Are Israeli media afraid of Arab voices?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I read an article recently about Haifa. It was interesting. The author looked at the city that is often held up as an exemplar of tolerance […]
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The layers of [white] privilege
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN There is a lot of talk about “white privilege,” primarily in the United States but also in some other academic and intellectual circles. Often these conversations […]
Five faces of the Trump election and the origins of political dysfunction
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Racist. Bigot. Ignorant. Sexist. Homophobic. Islamophobic. Angry. White. Men. If you’re going to insult people repeatedly, and you are running an election against them, you’d better […]
Don’t buy into the neo-feudalism of ‘only the educated should vote’
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN ‘Democracy is other people, and the ignorance of the many has long galled the few, especially the few who consider themselves intellectuals,’ writes Caleb Crain in The […]
An Israeli film critic’s rant and the legacy of 1950s Israeli racism
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On July 9 an Israeli film critic named Gidi Oshrer wrote on Facebook: “To all the Zubaidas and Khalils, the Shasnikim [Shas political party] and eastern […]
Why a racist cultural elite in Israel fears empowered minorities and seeks to divide
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN One of the common refrains among the Israeli intellectual elites, who self-identify as “left” is that the “others” in Israeli society are racist. Shani Gershi wrote on […]
