A mourning etiquette for social media?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Originally published in The Jerusalem Post A friend of mine on Facebook has posted: “Travis Carter along with 18 other firefighters were killed yesterday fighting the […]
Matthew Levitt describes Hezbollah
Matthew Levitt’s Hezbollah 10/17/2013 12:40 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On September 30, 1985, four Soviet diplomats were captured by Hezbollah in Lebanon. At some point, perhaps to send a message or […]
Interview and book review of Alan Dershowitz
His life testimony 10/24/2013 10:53 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN When Alan Dershowitz was a young man attending Brooklyn College, he almost got arrested for a crime during a trip to Washington, […]
The importance of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef
The Rav and his detractors By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post, October 8, 2013 Even before news of Rabbi Ovadia Yosef’s death was announced, the knives were out. Yossi Sarid, […]
Interview with Walter Bingham
Originally published in In Jerusalem Walter Bingham has one goal at present – “to hold up a mirror to Israel and the rest of the Jewish world.” His radio show, […]
Why East Jerusalem doesn’t vote
Jerusalem’s missing voters Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine 10/03/2013 15:14 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN AND LAURA KELLY Bright-faced youngsters touting Nir Barkat or Moshe Lion election paraphernalia can be seen […]
Islamism is a crime against humanity
It’s time to define Islamism as a crime against humanity By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 09/23/2013 21:46 The Westgate shopping mall during a shootout between armed men and the police in Nairobi […]
Negev master plan failure
Why the Negev master plans fail By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 10/01/2013 21:36 DAVID BEN-GURION’S grave at Sde Boker in the Negev. Photo: Seth J. Frantzman While touring the Negev over the […]
Yossi Klein Halevi discusses his book on 1967
Liberating discoveries Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine 09/26/2013 05:24 By SETH J. FRANTZMAN In 1967, soon after the end of the Six Day War, a magazine named Shdemot decided to publish a […]
The dangerous ethnic demon
The invention of Israeli ethnicism By SETH J. FRANTZMAN 08/20/2013 20:44 THE GREAT SYNAGOGUE in Tunis. Many Jews from Arab countries faced discrimination when they came. (Photo: Seth J. Frantzman) In […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 