Category Archives: Israeli Society

Should African migrants be allowed to stay in Israel?

Posted on January 28, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

The subject of illegal African migrants in Israel has become a hot-button issue, with every imaginable group from human-rights organizations to the rabbis of the Conservative movement in America weighing in with advice for how Israel should deal with them. … Continue reading →

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Understanding Yehonatan Geffen

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

I am trying to understand Yehonatan Geffen. Geffen is an icon of Israeli culture. The nephew of Moshe Dayan, he is a poet, playwright, author, performer and journalist. He wrote the children’s song, “The prettiest girl in the kindergarten,” which … Continue reading →

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The Masorti movement is in bad company

Posted on January 19, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

The Masorti (Conservative) movement in Israel has allied itself with the Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism (IMPJ) in the legal struggle over what forms of worship are permitted at the Western Wall. I’ve written about that question before … Continue reading →

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Defending Israel against Reform evangelism

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

This week the conflict between liberal and progressive elements in American Jewry and the government of Israel was escalated. On November 16, Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President of the American Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), and others tried to push their … Continue reading →

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Abolish the Chief Rabbinate

Posted on September 17, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

What would you think if you and your children were registered as Jewish citizens of Israel, but when your daughter applied to be married, she was told that in the eyes of the Chief Rabbinate she was not Jewish? And … Continue reading →

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Ha’aretz, the newspaper that hates its country

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Ha’aretz is the oldest newspaper still in print in Israel. It began life in 1918 as an organ of the British military government, but was soon taken over by left-wing Zionists. The Schocken family bought the paper in 1935; Gershon … Continue reading →

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Deport Israel’s illegal immigrants

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The attitude of Israelis to African “infiltrators” or “asylum seekers” or “refugees” – what you call them is indicative of how you feel about them – is a manifestation of a broad cultural divide in our society. There are about … Continue reading →

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The real crisis of racism in Israel

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

The strategy of the US Reform Movement along with home-grown leftists to introduce an American-style obsession with “racism” into Israeli consciousness shows just how far from understanding regional reality these people are. The movement’s Israel Religious Action Center (IRAC) plans … Continue reading →

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