Tag Archives: Yishai Fleisher

stuck in the in-between space

Clearly, the kind of virulent Arab anti-Semitism, or rather anti-Israel easily spilling, absurdly, into a kind of biological racism is not endemic to the Arab world in the same way that characterized the Jewish experience in Europe from east to … Continue reading

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lookin’ for joey’s camel

“Deux poids. Deux measures” A kind of double standard. A sigh, a resignation of acceptance of moral relativism. This is especially acute with regard to the established canon of the church of socialist thinking in which the high priests of … Continue reading

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free syria?… like a good neighbor

Can two wrongs make a good, can two bads make a right? Doubtful. Do you go with the known known or the known unknown? In the 1973 war with Israel, the great tank battle which turned back Syria was called … Continue reading

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brick by brick: waiting for the shovel ready

Anxious. Impatient. To build or not to build. To mourn or to rejoice. To cry and laugh simultaneously. It is said that  conquerors of ancient Israel could only capture the Temple in a physical sense; the Temple’s spiritual essence living … Continue reading

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