Book review: The Yemenite tragedy
Review of The “Magic Carpet” Exodus of Yemenite Jewry: An Israeli Formative Myth, by Esther Meir-Glitzenstein Sussex Academic Press, £67.50 / $89.95, published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine January 10 By SETH […]
Review of The “Magic Carpet” Exodus of Yemenite Jewry: An Israeli Formative Myth, by Esther Meir-Glitzenstein Sussex Academic Press, £67.50 / $89.95, published in The Jerusalem Post Magazine January 10 By SETH […]
SETH J. FRANTZMAN In the aftermath of the gruesome terror attack in Jerusalem on Tuesday tensions between Jews and Arabs have understandably increased in Jerusalem and the rest of Israel. […]
The “white privilege” debate keeps popping up. The latest story is a Jon Stewart debate with Bill O’ Reilly. The crux was that Stewart wanted Bill to “admit” his privilege. […]
Israel’s left-leaning daily presents itself as supporting democratic and pluralist values, but in fact represents an insular vehicle for promoting the cultural supremacy of an elite grounded in early 20th […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Time Magazine has come out with a headline claiming that race-class war is coming to America and Ferguson is the first stirrings of it. At the […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On July 26 an Israeli professor posted a tweet about a protest he had attended. He claimed that it was divided between two groups: Ashkenazi and Sephardi. […]
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN in The Jerusalem Post The accounts are so shocking, the more one reads the more one becomes numb. “The kidnappers would make me lie on my […]
Originally published in The Forward By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Late in March, Ebony magazine apologized after one of its senior editors made a racially charged dismissive comment on Twitter. Last […]
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Several years ago at the iconic Restobar in Jerusalem, before it closed, a friend of mine made an outlandish statement that still stings today. […]
Terra incognita: Israel’s k-word: Can Holon teach us a lesson in racism? By Seth J. Frantzman, March 5, 2014 (The Jerusalem Post) At a conference at the Ruppin Academic Center, […]