Let Them Rage: Why Anti-Zionists Should Be Allowed to Run
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...
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The Next Prime Monster —“Necessary Stories” column from The Jerusalem Report
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....
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Why Israel’s Crazy Electoral System Might Be Best Idea Ever
Haim Watzman My piece praising Israel’s proportional electoral system is now up on the Forward’s website. Jewish suffragettes scored a signal achievement in 1920, when the first nationwide elections...
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Summer of ’88 —“Necessary Stories” from The Jerusalem Report
Haim Watzman I didn’t understand why the woman with the wispy hair looked so worried or why she kept glancing behind her, in the direction of the corridor of her apartment on Carlebach Street. I stood...
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