By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 12/06/18  Last week, Argentina was supposed to play a football match against Israel. Instead, it ended up playing a political match against Palestine –and lost by a landslide. After being exposed to numerous pressures and threats, led by the Palestinian Football Association, the Argentine team succumbed. The match … Seguir leyendo Messi, Rajoub — and Firmenich? – 12/06/18 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 03/5/18  As Paul Johnson pointed out in The History of the Jews, many prominent nineteenth-centurysocialist Jews hailed from wealthy families. When they went radical, they turned their backs totheir lineage and, more often than not, to the religion of their ancestors. The father of FerdinandLasalle, founder of German … Seguir leyendo Karl Marx, the Jews and Capitalism – 03/05/18 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 29/1/18  For centuries, the Catholic Church´s popes have been Italians. In the last four decades, the Vatican has been led by three non-Italian popes: the Polish Karol Wojtyla, the German Joseph Ratzinger, and the Argentine Jorge Bergoglio. As Argentine journalist Pablo Sirvén has pointed out, Francis´s predecessors visited … Seguir leyendo Pope Francis Skips Argentina Once Again – 29/01/18 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 4/1/18 Former Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs (2010-2015) Hector Timerman is now under house arrest. He is not in prison only because he is terminally ill and he was granted the privilege. He was accused of betraying his country by secretly negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding with the … Seguir leyendo Hector Timerman’s Lament – 04/01/18 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 30/11/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/happy-posthumous-birthday-mr-churchill/ Yesterday we commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Partition of Palestine, contained in General Assembly resolution 181, of 1947. Today, November 30th, we would do well to remember the birth of one of the most extraordinary men and influencing leaders of the Twentieth Century: Winston Leonard … Seguir leyendo Happy Posthumous Birthday, Mr. Churchill – 30/11/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 06/11/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/centennial-of-the-balfour-declaration-nothing-to-apologize-for-2/The Palestinians have been demanding a British official apology for the Balfour Declaration, issued a hundred years ago this month. Instead they received these public pronouncements from the highest authorities of His Majesty’s Government. “We are proud of our pioneering role in the creation of the State … Seguir leyendo Centennial of the Balfour Declaration: Nothing to apologize for – 06/11/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 11/9/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/pm-netanyahu-in-argentina/ Today, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu lands in Argentina. Official Israeli trips to this country can be traced back to 1951, when Golda Meir came here, inaugurating a succession of future visits that included those of Abba Eban, Levy Eshkol, David Ben-Gurion, Isaac Rabin and Shimon Peres.Netanyahu’s … Seguir leyendo PM Netanyahu in Argentina – 11/09/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 18/7/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/too-many-718s/ Two weeks ago, the Argentine newspaper La Nación announced: “AMIA Bombing: unidentified DNA found amid human remains and is suspected that it could be the attacker´s.” Readers should be pardoned for believing that we are in 1994, the year in which the AMIA Jewish community center … Seguir leyendo Too many 7/18s – 18/07/17 →

By Julian SchvindlermanThe Times of Israel – 6/6/17 http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/zionist-jazz/ Granted, the title is exaggerated. But how else could one properly describe Nina Simone’s 1962 performance of the classic Jewish and Zionist standard Eretz zavat halav udebash? A black and white video of the beautiful and sober execution in quintet formation (piano, bass, percussion, drums and … Seguir leyendo Zionist Jazz – 06/06/17 →

As the dramatic and painful 20th century was drawing to a close, one of the most important books of our times appeared in France: The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression. Published in 1997, the same year marking the 80th anniversary of the Bolshevik Revolution, it still is one of the most potent and … Seguir leyendo The book that settled scores with history – 10/05/17 →