Zionism – A Mission for the 21st Century

8 September 2009

Those of us who believe Zionism still has a role to play in Israel (and that it means more than just support for Israel) must help to realign its ideology with the needs of Israel and the Diaspora.

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Fighting the 2nd World War All Over Again

3 September 2009

Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds might be a great piece of revenge fantasy, but it does nothing to help us understand Jewish partisans and others who attempted to resist the Nazi reign of terror in Europe, or those who attempted to avenge the murder of an entire people.

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It’s OK to Blog on Blogger

1 September 2009

While self-hosted WordPress undoubtedly has the edge when it comes to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), don’t automatically discount Blogger as a free blogging platform, under certain circumstances.

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Oppose Farouk Hosni as UNESCO’s Director-General

27 August 2009

Take action to oppose the appointment of Farouk Hosni as Director-General of The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Does the world really need an avowed book-burner (and anti-Semite to boot) to fill a key role for which far better qualified candidates have put themselves forward?

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The South African Machal Volunteers

25 August 2009

The story of the 1948 Machal volunteers is another glorious chapter in the history of both SA Jewry and Israel. A couple of books documenting much of the story are now back in print. The first is SOUTH AFRICA’S 800, the second The Volunteer (the autobiography of David “Migdal” Teperson).

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New Vision For The JNF: A Billion Trees By 2100

18 August 2009

The KKL-JNF (Jewish National Fund) has served the Zionist Enterprise well for over a century. Initiating a JNF Billion Tree Campaign (A Billion Trees In Israel By 2100) could provide the over-arching vision needed to take the JNF through the 21st Century, while man-made climate change, desertification and Israel’s Low Forest Cover (LFC) status.

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The Machers and the Rebbes

10 August 2009

Machers – powerful businessmen and politicians – are jeopardising the future of the Jewish people by funding the backward and reactionary forces within Judaism (represented by the Rebbes), rather than the open and progressive ones. Is it due to ignorance, wilfulness or underlying psychological reasons?

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A Premonition Of Israel’s Demise

4 August 2009

Two of the most serious existential threats to Israel are internal rather than external. The demographic growth of the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) community and its alienation from mainstream Israeli society, coupled with the growth, violence and lawlessness of the Settler Enterprise make Israel a far less cohesive and secure society. Unless current trends are halted, the combined impact may well lead to the demise of Israel as we know it.

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Gender segregation on Israeli Buses

28 July 2009

Gender segregation in the Haredi (ultra-Orthodox) sector is increasingly being allowed to intrude into the public space. A significant example of this is the so-called Mehadrin bus lines, where women are compelled to sit in the back of affected buses. This trend towards the Haredisation of the public space must be resisted by all legal means.

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Maskil Has a New Home on the Web

26 July 2009

Those who’ve been following any of my legacy Blogger blogs (Altneuland, Cafe Birkenreis, J-Blogosphere or Plant More Trees) via RSS feed or e-mail may not be aware that I’ve consolidated most of my blogging activities on a new site, Maskil. The new blog runs on the superb WordPress.org CMS software and utilises a premium template [...]

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