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Jul 2, 2018, 11:33 AM

Israel has a simple solution – help the children

Pious politicians and columnists alike have something in common — they praise action when it is “the right thing to do”. I will lay bets that almost everyone, across the political spectrum, is in agreement on one thing — the lousy state of Israel’s public...

Jun 4, 2018, 12:18 PM

Nothing deflates a mad Corbynista like being laughed at

So, I had that anti-Semite in the back of my cab. And you know what I said to him? Do yah? Do yah? Nah, I don’t remember either. Tchaboom! I’m here all week. We know — at least we ought to know, because he never...

May 21, 2018, 4:58 PM

The best advice now is to read, learn and just shut up

I swore I wouldn’t do it. I promised myself: it’s a really bad idea, it’s a surefire path to aggravation and recrimination. But it seems there is no end to the litany of self-righteous “expertise” on the whole dreadful, bloody, Gaza mess, from the self-appointed “guardians”...

May 9, 2018, 7:53 PM

Our times could hardly be any more volatile

While, as we all know, Yiddish curses are the best, having a flavour and pungency that exists in no other language, the Chinese have their own collection of subtle nudges. One of the best-known is “may you live in interesting times”. Well, you’ll get no...

Apr 23, 2018, 4:07 PM

Natalie Portman won’t be the last to take this stand

Politics, we are often told, makes strange bedfellows – a dictum of which we could scarcely fail to be reminded in the wake of the Natalie Portman furore. For those who have been asleep in their caves over the winter and are just peering out...

Apr 10, 2018, 12:38 PM

Media must get front row seat to Corbyn showdown

Now the excitement of Pesach is over, we are back to business as usual. Or are we? I sense a fraying at the edges, and an indecision as to what to do next. The problem is, of course, our fractured relationship with the Labour Party....

Mar 29, 2018, 3:56 PM

Single-handedly taking Pesach to the next level

This column is being brought to you by the magic of technology. Since I have broken my arm, I am learning about a whole new world of the one-handed — and included in the things that I can do seems to be writing by voice...

Mar 2, 2018, 1:01 PM

Prince William’s Israel summer holiday – The Movie

Dateline: Summer 2018, Kensington Palace. Interior: A Royal apartment. Suitcases are sprawled all over the room. Catherine is supervising the packing, William is flapping. Catherine: I wish I were coming with you, darling. It’s going to be an exciting visit. And look — you don’t...

Feb 20, 2018, 6:17 PM

Young hissers make university life unbearable

The girl carrying the poster hissed at me as I started taking photographs. “What side are you on? What side are you on? I refuse to let you use my image!” And she marched up to one of the already unhappy middle-aged security men and...

Feb 5, 2018, 3:14 PM

What made the arthritic snail sit up and applaud?

I am sensing an understandable weariness on the part of the community as it faces yet another hurdle in the long-running saga I can only call “Us versus Them”. Perhaps it is exemplified by Jonathan Arkush’s decision to step aside from the unenviable job he once...

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