Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Will the Real Palestinian Please Stand Up! October 2, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Out there, in the world, all the walls were covered with graffiti: ‘Yids, go back to Palestine,’ so we came back to Palestine, and now the worldatlarge shouts at us:…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Israel’s First Step as a Modern Nation: Appeasement! September 29, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments True to tradition, many leftist Jews in Israel and outside keep clamouring for far-reaching and potentially dangerous Israeli concessions to a so-called Palestinian people whose leaders do not seem genuinely…
Links My Work Elsewhere Sheri Oz: When a Judge Says She Was Raped September 25, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments From the article: Allegations of rape seem to bring out all the arm-chair “experts” who talk as if they know the truth about what “really” happened and are not meek…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Healing from Collective Trauma – Identifying The Real Nakba September 23, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments When the dust settles and a recently invented Palestinian people will have their own state (or not – but we will assume for the moment that such a state will…
By Other Authors Links Bellerose: Indigenous Rights – Learning the Basics September 21, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments From Ryan Bellerose’s article: If conquerors can become indigenous, then the white Europeans who came to my indigenous lands in North America could now claim to be indigenous. The white…
Links My Work Elsewhere Former Refugees Have a Dream: A Kibbutz in South Sudan September 18, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Three former refugees who sheltered in Israel returned home with mixed feelings, gratitude, new knowhow – and drive to transform not only their own lives, but their fledgling country. This…
Getting to Know Israel Haifa Abu Zeid – My Very Favourite Fish Restaurant in Haifa September 15, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Of the four fish restaurants in Bat Galim, a small insular neighbourhood along the Mediterranean, there is only one to which I now take visitors and guests: Abu Zeid Restaurant.…
Getting to Know Israel Haifa Photos of Bat Galim Beach September 12, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Walking along the beach in Bat Galim, only a two-minute walk from my home, often presents many opportunities to take photos. Who doesn’t love the sunset, the lapping of waves…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking While Eyes Are On Syria, Abbas Wants to Cancel Oslo September 9, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Looks like Abbas is scrambling, looking for a way to hang onto the little he has. Apparently, the threatened cancellation of the Oslo Accords is a step toward unilateral declaration…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking I Wish I Was an Israeli Leftist September 7, 2015 Sherry Oz No Comments Life would be so much easier if I could just let myself go back to being a Leftist. I could beat my compassionate heart for all to see, proud of…