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An Ethiopian bar attacked by a mob after a protest against African refugees and asylum seekers in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood on May 23, 2012. (Photo: Activestills)
The face of violence: between racism and banal evil
In 1998, an Israeli film appeared called “Buzz.” It was based on a true story that had rocked the country four years earlier: two teenagers murdered a taxi driver, shooting him six times in the back. In the style of some great literature, there was no motive at all, just sheer thrill for boys who…
By Dahlia Scheindlin September 1, 2012
Letter from Cairo: City’s Jewish history presents political problems
Surprising the locals When I walked into Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue last Saturday afternoon, the groundskeeper, Hassan, was both surprised and excited. Now a museum, I was not the only person there. But it turns out I was the only one to kiss the mezuzah on the way inside. Hassan smiled and asked me, “Anta…
By Roee Ruttenberg July 7, 2011
When a conference on Jew-Hatred turns into Jew-Bashing – and one-sided scholarship (Jerry Haber)
The following was originally posted on The Magnes Zionist. Organize a conference that invites virtually only hard-line Zionists (ranging in ideology from New Republic liberal hawks toCommentary neocons, with the occasional rightwinger settler) and you get the conference that Yale’s Initiative for the Interdisciplinary Study of Anti-Semitism and the International Associations for the Study of Anti-Semitism…
By +972 Magazine September 2, 2010
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