Nathan Jeffay
By Nathan Jeffay
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Life In Israel, Women Still Relegated to Back of the Bus
Israeli politicians love reports. They love commissioning them. They love pontificating over them. Oh, but when it comes to taking notice of them, that’s another matter. Over the last decade Israel’s busses have become highly controversial. A committee of haredi rabbis has been working hard to make as many bus lines as it can separate-gender….
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Life Haaretz Defends the Netanyahus
Want to turn your foes in to friends? Do it the Bibi way and try a P.R. disaster. Since before the general election last February which resulted in him becoming Prime Minister, he’s been regarded as “Teflon Netanyahu”. That is to say, political and P.R. disasters don’t seem to scathe him. Now we’re seeing that…
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News Israelis To Move Security Barrier At Site of Palestinian Protests
Two-and-a-half years after a Supreme Court order, Israel’s army is preparing to adjust the route of the long security barrier it has constructed on the West Bank at a key flashpoint where a fence cuts off Palestinian villagers from their own land. For five years, the villagers of Bil’in have staged weekly protests against the…
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Life Tradition and Economics of a Dried Fruit Tu B’Shvat
This Saturday is Tu B’Shvat, the so-called New Year for the Trees and everywhere you look in Israel people are trying to sell you dried fruit for the festival. There’s one obvious question. Why? The shelves in every supermarket are brimming with scrumptious fresh fruit. Israel is famous for its oranges and the season is…
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Life Israelis and Immigrants: A Love-Hate Relationship
What do Israelis think about immigrants? A new survey, commissioned by the Immigration and Absorption Ministry, reveals something of a love-hate relationship. The majority of the population — some 73% — thinks that immigration is vital for the state. This is presumably primarily due to what many Israelis consider the need to boost the Jewish…
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Life Carrots (for Israel’s Cabinet) and a Sticks (for the Rest of the Country)
So they say that an army marches on its stomach. Is the success of the Israeli cabinet also based on its nourishment? There are clear similarities between feeding an army and feeding the Israeli cabinet, most obviously the sheer quantity of food required. In Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s panic to pull together a coalition, he…
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News Mondrowitz Escapes Another Trial
For several dozen Americans who say they were sexually abused as children, news from Israel on January 14 ripped the scab off a still unhealed wound. Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that Avrohom Mondrowitz, their alleged abuser, will not be extradited to stand trial in America. But that is not the only recent decision regarding Mondrowitz….
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Culture In Israel, a Youth Village That Leads by Example
The staff at Yemin Orde Youth Village in northern Israel is delighted: It’s raining, and the children are getting drenched coming back from school. Many children in Israel’s residential facilities never experience a walk in the open air to or from school. They commonly live in large complexes that house both dormitories and classrooms. But…
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