How the Munich Olympics Proved the Hollowness of Post-World War II Internationalism
The UN became a dictators’ debating club, sports became politicized, and anti-Semitism got a pass in both.
September 6, 2022
The Israelization of Ḥaredim, or the ḥaredization of the right?
With another Israeli election approaching in November, recent polling confirms that a growing minority of Ḥaredim are inclined to cast their votes for non-ḥaredi parties. For the most part, this means voting for parties on the political right, especially those associated with Religious Zionists—i.e., non-ḥaredi Orthodox Jews. Efrat Finkel seeks to explain why:
The UN became a dictators’ debating club, sports became politicized, and anti-Semitism got a pass in both.
The man who avoided war and averted illusory peace.
The Israelization of Ḥaredim, or the ḥaredization of the right?
A strange mixture of philo-Semitism and anti-Semitism.
A biblical symbol of opulence.
With another Israeli election approaching in November, recent polling confirms that a growing minority of Ḥaredim are inclined to cast their votes for non-ḥaredi parties. For the most part, this means voting for parties on the political right, especially those associated with Religious Zionists—i.e., non-ḥaredi Orthodox Jews. Efrat Finkel seeks to explain why:
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