How to Restore the U.S.-Israel Alliance
Downgrade the peace process.
May 7, 2015
For Lag ba-Omer, a Story of the Land of Israel by S. Y. Agnon
"I placed a loaf of bread and some olives in my pack . . ."
The minor holiday of Lag ba-Omer, which falls today, marks the 33rd day after Passover. In Israel, many celebrate it with pilgrimages to the putative grave of the 2nd-century sage Shimon bar Yoḥai, located in the Galilean town of Meron. All of this figures prominently in a Hebrew story, "To the Galilee,” by the Nobel laureate S. Y. Agnon. Set in 1911, the story has been newly rendered into English by Jeffrey Saks (with an introduction here). It opens like this:
May 7, 2015
A Jewish Journalist Visits Britain’s “Israel-Free Zone”
And is punched in the head.
Is Religion Responsible for Religious Violence?
And why is so much commentary on the subject so shallow?
For Lag ba-Omer, a Story of the Land of Israel by S. Y. Agnon
"I placed a loaf of bread and some olives in my pack . . ."
An Israeli Organization Spreads Misleading Information about the Gaza War
What's wrong with Breaking the Silence.