The shame of Yeshayahu Leibowitz’s intellectual laziness
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Israel’s left is celebrating as a street named for philosopher Yeshayahu Leibowitz has been unveiled in Jerusalem. Haaretz is waxing poetic. They note “Leibowitz was a […]
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Motivated to Serve: The Palestine Red Crescent Society
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On one side of a giant parking lot are hundreds of garbage bags, neatly stacked against an earthen embankment. Across […]
A short history of the Islamic ‘black flag’ in Jerusalem
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN An article at Times of Israel claims to have spotted the ISIS flag in Jerusalem. “Shopkeeper in Jerusalem’s Old City was seen flying the banner of the Islamic […]
Alive with history and tragedy
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Independence Day edition By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Fuad Zuabi was in mourning. His cousin, Detective Saleh Zuabi, had been killed a week and a […]
Where’s the Beef: My favorite butcher in the shuk
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN, originally in The Jerusalem Post In Jerusalem Ya’acov Mizrahi is the 72 year old owner of a butcher shop in the shuk, where he cuts and […]
From Beauty to Brutalism: Architecture in Israel
Originally in The Jerusalem Post By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Conrad Schick arrived in Jaffa in 1846. Born in the village of Bitz in the old German kingdom of Wurttemberg, his […]
Seth J. Frantzman - author - analyst 