
Avraham Avi-hai
Kosher food in Israel is an $800 million racket of corruption - opinion
The way it really was! Some faces and facets of Yiddish humor
How it really was: Why did we create Israel? A reminder
How it really was: Israel’s first oil discovery
How ‘The Jerusalem Post’ and I scooped the world
How it really is! Moral dilemmas and reality
Morally, I should speak out. Realistically, what good would it do? Praise would come from the anti-fascists. But supporters of these right-wing parties would ignore this at best or lash out.
How it really was: Days of nostalgia, purity and awe
The purity of immersion in nostalgia and its hopes have morphed into the terrible beauty of the great reality we have created.
How it really is: Guess who doesn’t recognize Israel?
As an Israeli, I resent these people peddling a non-Israeli, anti-Zionist fake “Year in Israel.” As a taxpayer, I resent subsidizing these programs
What was Jerusalem like in the 1950s? A hypothetical letter home
Kaleidoscope and cacophony: If I had written a letter to my parents back then
Antisemitism in Russia, the US: Fury, fear and hope
The old “Blame-the-Jew” Russian and European syndrome may be paralleled in the US as national dissonance grows in both. And I am afraid.
Will Ukraine break the mold of corrupt, antisemitic eastern Europe?
History shows that corruption and antisemitism are endemic in Eastern Europe. Yes, experts know what was, but not what will be.
Did David Ben-Gurion decline into dementia?
I had direct contact with B-G, which today, in hindsight, seems to indicate that he was already in the initial stage.
How it really was! Preparing for life in Israel - the serious side
Hachshara was developed by Labor Zionists across the world in the early part of the 20th century to recruit and train agricultural laborers who would build Jewish presence in Palestine.
How it really was: Preparing for life in Israel
The year was 1948, the place was a 160-acre (624 dunam) farm on the outskirts of Guelph, Ontario.