Arrest Haredim and others who cause trouble on airplanes
Arrest Haredim and others who cause trouble on planes SETH J. FRANTZMAN The first man came to demand water. With a large beard and black coat he received his water […]
Tag Archives: Israel
How Israel’s poor minority was turned into “white racists” by Israel’s “left” in order to excuse it’s own racism
How Israel’s poor minority was turned into “white racists” by Israel’s “left” in order to excuse it’s own racism By SETH J. FRANTZMAN After the recent Israeli elections the country’s […]
Co-opting Judaism for social causes: Paternalism, condescending or justice?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN For more than a hundred years or so, ever since large numbers of Jews became involved in various modern movements, there has been a tendency to […]
The three faces of American Jews and Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN “The lack of engagement of North American Jews with Israel” is a problem, Rabbi Misha Zinkow at Temple Israel in Columbus, Ohio, told the New York […]
“Like the world stopped rotating”: The re-election of Netanyahu and the press
SETH J. FRANTZMAN Last Thursday night an overweight man tried to order a hamburger at a late night burger joint in Tel Aviv. He fumbled through his order. Pickles? Onions? […]
A night to remember: Israel elections 2015
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN The leader of one party running in elections, when asked what he would do about the peace process said he had no idea. Another leader, when […]
Fear and loathing on the Israel campaign trail in 2015
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine, February 27, 2015 There are only three MKs at the Knesset on February 4. It is Tu Bishvat, the tree-planting […]
Israeli Housing Crises: Country of refuge or country of opportunity
SETH J. FRANTZMAN The housing report landed like a fat man hitting the water of a placid pool. The State Comptroller detailed the ineffectual response of Israel’s government over the […]
Transcript of Haneen Zoabi statement before Israel elections committee
By GOOGLE TRANSLATE and SETH J. FRANTZMAN “What really bother you that I am a Palestinian and I want to stay within the Palestinian Knesset as well.” – Haneen Zoabi […]
The big unhealthy mess: American Jewish leadership, Israel and Netanyahu
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Rarely in the history of Israel has such a series of crises come to the fore regarding Israel, the US government, the American Jewish leadership and […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 