Simon Hardy Butler
The Times of Israel
New York, NY, United States
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After Every Simcha, a Hallelujah
Another night passed, and another dream came along. I have lots of them these days, presumably the result of the...... → Read More
The Importance of Meeting Ernest
Think haredi Jews, as a rule, smell? Are unhygienic? Rude? Obnoxious? If you do, you know what you can do...... → Read More
My Muslim Friend
Bigotry and baklava. They don't go together. One is sour, bitter. The other: sweet. I prefer baklava. Why am I writing about...... → Read More
Wonder Woman’s Jewish values
Billions of years ago, when I was a child attending Hebrew school at Central Synagogue in New York City,...... → Read More
The Old ‘Zionism Is as Bad as Anti-Semitism’ Myth
While waiting outside Theatre 80 St. Mark's to meet the spot's estimable owner, Lorcan Otway, last weekend, I noticed one...... → Read More
Satisfaction Guaranteed
There's little more fulfilling in life than finally meeting a wonderful new friend in person ... and, within the...... → Read More
Our Obligation to See ‘The Promise’
Piles of dead bodies. Men, women and children stuffed into boxcars. Forced slave labor. Does any of this sound familiar? If,...... → Read More
The Dershowitz question
"What do you suggest I do?" That was the query from eminent attorney Alan Dershowitz that I found in my...... → Read More
Tips for Sean Spicer
Uh, Sean? I think you need a bit of an education ... on the Holocaust. You know: the one whose...... → Read More
What If Israel Did Nothing?
Do you remember the Gulf War, when Israel was asked not to retaliate against the Scud missiles lobbed at...... → Read More
‘The Promise,’ the Armenian Genocide and Israel
In April, I will be going to see a film concerning a subject that is very important to me. The...... → Read More
My Hate-Speech Rude Awakening
I just came back from an instant-messaging conversation with an anti-Semite, and boy are my fingers tired. Actually, it's a...... → Read More
Is There a Zionazi in the House?
Language is always changing. Sometimes it's for the better, as in the case of → Read More
Dialogue on Anti-Semitism with Director Susan Seidelman
Born to a Reform Jewish family in Philadelphia with both Ashkenazi and Sephardic heritage, film director Susan Seidelman knows...... → Read More
Did You Hear the One About the Greedy Jew?
My wife and I have a good friend named Joseph Rocha who's a very talented comedian. He has an...... → Read More
‘South Pacific’ and a Lesson on Anti-Semitism
“Stupid Jewish lady!” The words came from the person in the driver’s seat, a young man with significant experience behind the wheel and a tendency toward getting angry at unwary pedestrians. I was sitting in the back, waiting, like everyone else in the car, to stop at my parents’ building just a couple of blocks away, where I was slated to be dropped off. In the street, the woman who was the… → Read More
Bach, Oatmeal and a Near-Centenarian’s Birthday
Lee Alvarez can't stop her hands from trembling, nor can she prevent her sight from continuing to deteriorate. Yet...... → Read More
A plea for 2016: Defending the undefended
Way back when, at a different time in my life, I was having a conversation with a close family...... → Read More
Giving Props to BDS
Sometimes I wonder if the most vocal proponents of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement are the same folks...... → Read More
Chiding Turkey and Israel on the Armenian Genocide
My friend Aram and I met at Columbia University, where we were undergraduates living at Carman Hall, a nondescript...... → Read More