Haim Watzman I didn’t hear the “Re-Vo-Lu-Tion” chants that Gershom heard because I was unable to attend the demonstration Saturday night. Had I not been otherwise engaged, I would have attended, but I suspect that I would come home more meditative and less enthusiastic than my blog partner. Like Gershom, I’m delighted to see Israel’s [...]
Re-Vo-Lu-Tion or Re-Ac-Tion?
July 31st, 2011 · 2 Comments · Politics and Policy
Tags: Israeli economy·populism·social justice·socialism·Yoram Aridor
Cause of Death (2)
May 5th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics and Policy
Gershom, I agree with the spirit of your Cause of Death post, but I think you’re over-idealizing Israel’s socialist past. Think back to those good old days, when the country was making makework for everyone. Remember getting shunted from one bureaucrat to another in grossly overstaffed government offices where everyone always seemed to be on [...]
Tags: capitalism·Israeli economy·socialism
Cause of death: Globalization, weak dollar, human decency
May 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics and Policy
He was 48 years old, according to the brief items that appeared in the Hebrew press late last week (here , and here ). Yossi Danziger was the director-general of Polgat, a producer of wool fabric in the southern Israeli town of Kiryat Gat. He died of a heart attack, shortly after the company did. [...]
Tags: dollar·free market·Globalization·Israeli economy·revaluation·Yossi Danziger

