Former Haifa Mayor, Yona Yahav, and Reflections on Political Vision
Yona Yahav is a man of vision. In 1956, as a twelve-year-old boy, he envisioned himself Mayor of Haifa. Everything he did from that point on was with that goal in mind. And he...
Yona Yahav is a man of vision. In 1956, as a twelve-year-old boy, he envisioned himself Mayor of Haifa. Everything he did from that point on was with that goal in mind. And he...
by Sheri Oz · Published January 21, 2019 · Last modified January 27, 2019
Finnish artist Jani Leinonen could not have asked for better promotion. There has been global media coverage of the protests in Israel in which the Christian community demanded that the Haifa Museum of Art...
by Sheri Oz · Published January 16, 2019 · Last modified January 17, 2019
Before you get all bent out of shape, it might be a good idea to check a few things out first. A big fuss was made about a particular sculpture on exhibit at the...
Allow me to correct Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks. Presumptuous of me? Perhaps. I love reading what Rabbi Sacks writes, so let me just offer a little tweak to something he wrote. In a recent...
You can find remarkable unexpected treasures when you do an archaeological dig in old newspapers. Here is something that came up while I was looking for something else: I do not think I need...
Fake news has become a “thing”. How can we know when we are being fed fake news? Especially when a particular journalist has a good reputation and the news outlet in which he or...
by Sheri Oz · Published December 13, 2018 · Last modified November 20, 2020
Biographies of Hungarian Jewish artists seem to skip over what they were doing and where they were during World War II. In fact, they often skip over the fact that they were even Jewish...
Politically and Diplomatically Speaking
by Sheri Oz · Published November 26, 2018 · Last modified November 27, 2018
Few people seem to have seen the report about a contentious decision by the new Supreme Court, new because of judges recently appointed whose appointments were facilitated by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked of the...
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