Election 3.0 Materials!
We've got some election materials for the latest Israeli election - including a guide for teachers. We'll be updating this again over the next few days, both before and after…
U.S. and Israeli flags are flown in preparation for a media event during Austere Challenge 2012 in Israel Oct. 24, 2012. Austere Challenge 2012 is a three-week bilateral exercise designed to increase air defense interoperability between the United States and Israel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Stephanie Addison/Released)
“Good for the Jews?” – The Wrong Question
“Is he/she good for Israel/the Jews?” It's probably the question most frequently asked by my students about any particular politician. I’m not surprised. Having grown up in the American Jewish…
Election Materials!
We've got some election materials for the latest Israeli election - including a guide for teachers. We'll be updating this again over the next few days, both before and after…
Three comments on Israel Education in the wake of the Kotel Affair
Three thoughts about the way in which the compromise agreement over mixed-prayer at the Kotel was “frozen” by Prime Minister Netanyahu, thus infuriating the Jewish world: 1. For all its pain, the Kotel furore is good for Israel Education...
What drives Israelis to the center? Yossi Klein HaLevi VIDEO
Yossi Klein Halevi speaks of rejecting two forms of forgetting. He suggests that there are those who forget that Israel has mortal enemies, and those who forget that Israel is an oppressor. The fact that our mortal enemies are also the victims of our oppression, suggests HaLevi, creates the paradox of the Israeli soul.
Grievances from beyond the grave
Funk-rap band HaDag Nachash have come out with their latest song, taking the lyrics of Meir Ariel and setting them to heavy dub. Ariel's lyrics offer a sharp and timely…
