Haim Watzman We passed him as we trudged up an earthen path in search of a Bronze Age site north of Montpellier in southern France. He had wispy hair and the soft contours of a man grandchildren love to cling to, but the steady stride of a good walker. Giving us a sideways glance, he [...]
Visitor at Cambous — “Necessary Stories” column from The Jerusalem Report
September 11th, 2011 · No Comments · Culture and Ideas, Judaism and Religion
Tags: Eleanor Roosevelt·France·Youth Aliya
A Case of Identities — Necessary Stories column, Jerusalem Report
September 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · Culture and Ideas
Haim Watzman All year I work hard to reinforce my Jewish-Zionist-Israeli conception of myself and to instill it in my children. I talk to them about the importance of serving their country, by serving in the army or by going to college in Sderot; about how we must preserve our heritage and traditions. And about [...]
Tags: France·identity·Israel·Judaism
More Anti-Semitism, or Just More Fear?
June 24th, 2008 · 10 Comments · Politics and Policy
Everyone knows that Europe has grown more anti-Semitic, as Avi Primor writes in the new issue of the Journal of Foreign Affairs. Like many things that everyone “knows,” the facts are different, writes Primor, who’s the former Israeli ambassador to the European Union and now head of the Center for European Studies at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya.
Tags: anti-semitism·Belgium·European anti-Semitism·France·Holocaust·Islam

