The Magnes Zionist

Before I say "Happy New Year" and "May You be Inscribed in the Book of Life for the Coming Year", I would like to make c...

The pipe-bomb that was set to kill Prof. Zeev Sternhell, Israel prize winner and authority on fascism in Europe and in Israel, was most like...

Naheel Abu Rideh, 21 Philosophers will argue whether there is a significant ethical difference between killing and letting die. Apparent...

Several readers have pointed out to me that the ultraorthodox, anti-Zionist Neturei Karta have taken part in demonstrations with non-orthod...

YNET is reporting that, for the first time, a group of the ultraorthodox, anti-Zionist Neturei Karta, joined Palestinian and Jewish protest...

Leave it to David Brooks, the only conservative commentator worth reading, to lambast his fellow conservatives for jumping on the Palin ban...

I never had much reason to dislike John McCain; on the contrary, his character seemed admirable in many respects (especially in comparison t...

God bless Juan Cole, who pointed out the similarities between Sarah Palin and Islamic fundamentalists when it comes to their religious views...

How many times have you heard this line: Look, I admit that there are problems with Israeli democracy, e.g., its treatment of its Arab citi...

Richard Silverstein gets it right (as usual) when he writes that the issue of Bristol Palin's pregnancy is a personal one and not polit...

Sarah Palin is very busy. Tuesday she cancelled all her appointments to get prepped by the McCain staff, and to prepare for her big speech W...

So, we now have an attractive, affable, young governor, who believes in the spirit of bipartisanship in the state legislature. The governor ...

Over the past year, the reactions to Obama in Israel have ranged from mockery to incredulity to suspicion. The suspicion has been allayed by...

Yesterday Haaretz published a story on the semi-annual settlement report of Peace Now. Read about it here . The publication is one of those...

The email version of my posts is generated around a day after I write it. So when I wrote in my post below that the US media had not cover...

Nice news greeted me when I turned on my computer as soon as Shabbat was over in Israel – the S.S. Liberty and S.S. Free Gaza made it to Gaz...

Well, the gallant crew and passengers of the S.S. Free Gaza and the S.S. Liberty are headed toward the shores of Gaza. I just want to wish f...

My favorite Israeli Cassandra, Meron Benvenisti, wrote a sobering op-ed in Haaretz today that sums up, more or less, how I feel. The two-st...

All right, it is time for the annual Shabbat Nahamu post -- the comforting thoughts for the Jewish people, and, in particular, those in Isr...

The boy in the picture above, proudly displaying his diploma for learning English, had his visa revoked last week by the United States, ...

Many of you know that human rights activists, Israelis and Palestinians, among others, are trying to bring supplies to Gaza by boat. They ha...

Tisha B'Av. The Ninth of Av is the Jewish fast day that commemorates the catastrophes that befell the Jewish people over the centuries,...