Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking The Holocaust Was Invented to Prevent the Establishment of Israel October 13, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Over and over again we hear the claim that Israel was established because of the Holocaust. This myth is causing us incalculable damage and appears to be blatantly wrong. Furthermore,…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Hate and the War Against Terror October 12, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments While I have grown used to being called a racist and a fascist — as if having some views that are similar to Rightists makes me these things — I…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking “Palestinian” Refugee Status Was Easy to Obtain October 11, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Do you know how easy it was to get Palestinian refugee status from UNRWA in 1948? All it took was living in the British Mandate for Palestine for two years.…
Current Events First-Hand and Investigative Right-Wing Demonstration in Haifa – 10 October 2015 October 10, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments The time between marvelling at the white and red tufts of clouds shining at me as the sun set behind rooftops on the University of Tel Aviv campus and making…
Random Reflections Reflections on Random Torah Verses Descendants of Esau and Jacob: Naming Names and Telling Tales (Genesis 36:1-43) October 9, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments In psychotherapy, it is generally proposed that the beginning of coping consists of naming the problem or issue with which one is having difficulties. But giving a name is insufficient.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Shira Rubin: Dishonest Reporting on Israel October 8, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Shira Rubin, a journalist based in Jerusalem, wrote an article that was published yesterday (October 7) in USA Today, called: Israeli forces, Palestinians clash amid escalating violence in West Bank.…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Bassam Eid and Naftali Bennett Seem to Agree October 7, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Palestinian Arabs and The Jewish Home party may seem like strange bedfellows but sometimes life offers truths that fiction would never dare propose. The Arabs might actually not think too…
Getting to Know Israel Not Haifa Beit Shearim – Don’t Miss It! October 6, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments A friend was visiting me from the USA and we wanted to see something interesting but had only the morning hours for our trip. I decided to take her to…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Two Terrorists Taken Down, One Unimpeachably and the Other Shamefully October 5, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Two videos made it online after the weekend terror attacks in the Old City of Jerusalem. Both make my blood curdle and my heart break. One makes me ashamed. In…
Getting to Know Israel Not Haifa Get off-the-Beaten-Path on Your Next Visit October 3, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Whether you live here and want to know where to visit next time you have a free day to tour around your own country, or you are planning a visit…