Israel keeps balance on a diplomatic tightrope
It has been more than two years, but I am finally back in Israel; my absence, like everyone else’s, thanks to Covid-19. Inevitably, there are changes and, just as inevitably, Israel is in some sort of...
View ArticleIsrael keeps balance on a diplomatic tightrope
It has been more than two years, but I am finally back in Israel; my absence, like everyone else’s, thanks to Covid-19. Inevitably, there are changes and, just as inevitably, Israel is in some sort of...
View ArticleIsrael needs levelling up and Tech Hub’s the start
Jewish News readers will be all too aware of the continuing back- and-forth between supporters of the state of Israel and its opponents, most recently over the ‘A-word’ – apartheid. In a much-disputed...
View ArticleSwarovski Israel should not go on Bella Hadid offensive
I learn that the American-Palestinian model Bella Hadid, well-known, among other things, for her anti-Israel social media activism, has been named as the new face of Swarovski. Those unfamiliar with...
View ArticleIsraeli flag has come to signify righteous venom
In Britain and Israel in the past several weeks it has been anniversary time, from the Queen’s ‘Platty Joobs’ as I learn we must call Her Majesty’s 70-year-long reign, to Israel’s Independence Day and...
View ArticleIt’s finally time to fix Israel’s lamentable PR
Have you heard of Amnon Shefler? If it helps, he’s a lieutenant-colonel in the Israel Defence Forces. I’m disappointed to report I’ve only now heard of Lt-Col Shefler — because he is leaving his post...
View ArticleA new boss, but what is the Jewish Agency for?
Once upon a time, o best beloved, there was a brand-new state of Israel. There was a brand-new army, and a whole raft of brand-new politicians. And all these shiny new people set out to create a...
View ArticleInfluential men with so many wives, yet so little awareness
What is it, I idly wonder, with men of a certain vintage, that they collect wives and partners like confetti? And they all seem to fall into similar categories of boundless egos and self-belief,...
View ArticleSex and skullduggery down the rabbit hole
I was looking something up online the other day when I fell down a research rabbit hole and happened on an incredible story. It ought to be a film. Perhaps that should be “rabbi hole”, because this was...
View ArticleEnthusiastic new PM could find herself in need of a rabbi if Bibi returns
Politicians — particularly in America — are often referred to as having a “rabbi”, usually meaning their closest adviser on relations with the Jewish community. I am curious who might fill the role of...
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