by Andrew | Jan 25, 2024 | Blog
This essay of mine appeared in “For a Righteous Cause: Annual Report 2024,” published in January 2024 by Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry. Last year, as the rapper Ye (formerly known as Kanye West) was having a very public...
by Andrew | Apr 20, 2023 | Blog
This essay of mine appeared in “Antisemitism Worldwide Report for 2022,” published April 17, 2023 by Tel Aviv University’s Center for the Study of Contemporary European Jewry and the Anti-Defamation League. In the fall of 2022, the Hebrew Israelite...
by Andrew | Jul 1, 2022 | Blog
Crossposted on my Times of Israel blog. There are more than 60,000 titles for sale at Halper’s Books, a labyrinthine store on Allenby Street in Tel Aviv. Most of the inventory is used, but a couple of weeks ago, a brand new book appeared on proprietor Yosef...
by Andrew | Jun 2, 2021 | Blog
Update 6/6/21: The family of Acote Ahdaiyah has launched a GoFundMe to raise money for the medical expenses of Ahdaiyah’s daughter and granddaughter and to transport Ahdaiyah’s ashes to the African continent, where she had hoped to live one day. Last week,...
by Andrew | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog
Crossposted on my Times of Israel blog. Cathrielah Baht Israel has been documenting life inside the African Hebrew Israelite community in Dimona for over three decades. She has photographed momentous occasions, such as visits by Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston,...
by Andrew | Nov 26, 2019 | Blog
Crossposted on my Times of Israel blog. Hebrew Israelites have been in the news a lot this year. In January, a group called House of Israel provoked a confrontation between Catholic high school students from Kentucky and Native American activists at the...