Haim Watzman “I think you should wear white this winter,” Amir says to Tziporah. He rummages through the box of dress-up clothes and dons a homburg and a brown clip-on tie that matches his hair. Tziporah is decked out in an orange paisley number with spaghetti straps, over which she’s draped a long, trailing, and [...]
The Next Prime Monster — “Necessary Stories” column from The Jerusalem Report
January 12th, 2013 · No Comments · Culture and Ideas
Tags: Israeli elections·mishpahton·political satire·preschool
Let Them Rage: Why Anti-Zionists Should Be Allowed to Run
January 13th, 2009 · 11 Comments · Politics and Policy
Haim Watzman If it weren’t the fact that the fracas at yesterday’s meeting of Israel’s Central Election Committee was theater rather than serious deliberation, I might be more upset about the decision to bar from contesting the coming election two of the three Arab slates represented in the current Knesset. Everyone there, both the right-wingers [...]

