The face of the Syrian refugees you fear?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN I went to Europe in August to learn about the refugee problem. Now we are seeing increasing hostility to refugees in Europe and America. The public […]
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Want America to look like Scandinavia? Deport 90% of the people…or stop this theory
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN An interesting article at The Washington Post looks at whether the Bernie Sanders allegory of America being like Denmark has drawbacks. Over the years we’ve always […]
Laundering right wing nationalism as left wing in Israel
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN You’ve got to hand it to parts of Israel’s nostalgic Labor Zionist Left. It has the best of both worlds. It can be critical of the […]
Does ‘Haaretz’ have a problem with people of color?
By SETH J. FRANTZMAN Last week when Ethiopian Jewish protests broke out in Jerusalem on Thursday, every major newspaper covered the events on the front page of their Friday edition, […]
‘The police must take responsibility!’ Anti-racism protest in Jerusalem
‘The police must take responsibility!’ Anti-racism protest in Jerusalem By SETH J. FRANTZMAN On April 30th a massive anti-racism demonstration brought parts of Jerusalem to a halt. More than 1,000, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Not only do #MuslimLivesMatter, they often matter more in the West
SETH J. FRANTZMAN Within hours of the discovery of the bodies of Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, Yusor Mohammad, 21, and Razan Mohammad Abu Salha, 19, local media, such as CBS affiliate […]
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