Mitch Ginsburg
The Times of Israel
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Past articles by Mitch:
Israeli literary great and political activist A.B. Yehoshua dies, aged 85
Influential author, the recipient of the Israel Prize and dozens of other awards was also known as a sharp-tongued polemicist and staunch Zionist → Read More
Locked down? Open up to… exceptional contemporary Israeli poets
Two new collections have been released in recent months, and one slightly older poem serves as an anthem for these times → Read More
Locked down? Open up to… ‘Shtisel’ creator Yehonatan Indursky
The recent spotlight shining on the ultra-Orthodox world offers a good excuse to hole up with some hareidi television, movies, and documentaries → Read More
Locked down? Open up to… Meir Shalev
In the first in a series of articles aimed to widen cultural horizons within our virus-narrowed constraints, Mitch Ginsburg extols Meir Shalev's new memoir as a breath of fresh air → Read More
In forgotten article after Six Day War, Amos Oz warned of ‘eternal annexation’
Recently returned from the battlefield, the writer, then 28, penned a bitter denunciation of Moshe Dayan's settlement policies: 'The shorter the occupation, the better for us' → Read More
In overcoming struggle, Talmud became the soundtrack for this writer’s life
Ilana Kurshan's Talmudic commentary/memoir is a striking example of a contemporary life lived alongside an ancient text → Read More
A back-dated deal with a toppled French PM: How Peres secured Israel’s nuclear deterrent
The tale of Paris’s consent to build a plutonium reactor for the Jewish state 60 years ago illustrates the indefatigable young Shimon Peres’s capacity for achieving the seemingly impossible → Read More
New English collection opens the doors to Yehuda Amichai’s unforgettable poetry
Israel's greatest modern poet is revealed in all his diversity, sensuality and universality → Read More
Murder as a tool for redemption
The notion of a price to be paid for Jewish blood has deep roots in Jewish underground movements. It can be traced to, among other milestones, March 1946, when two Irgun fighters, who had been captured in a raid on a British base in Palestine, were sentenced to death. Menachem Begin, as depicted in Daniel Gordis’s biography of the late prime minister, told the British: “Do not hang the captured… → Read More
Israel’s education ministry finds the enemy of our youth: love
With hate crimes on the rise, with video still circulating of young adults stabbing the photo of a murdered...... → Read More
New phase in Syria war brings Israeli disputes to light
Which is the greater threat, Islamic State or the Shiite axis? Defense Minister Ya’alon now seems to be sending different messages from his chief of staff → Read More
Jonathan Pollard, Jewish-American spy for Israel, going free after 30 years
Initially shunted aside but then adopted by Israel and demonized by parts of US defense establishment, agent finally being released Friday in a case that has haunted bilateral ties → Read More
The Israeli slowly poisoning herself to save us all from nuclear fallout
Professor Brenda Laster is so convinced her radical treatment might train the immune system to fight radiation’s effects, she’s taking it herself; other experts are far from persuaded → Read More
After evacuating Gaza, a lonely general of faith struggles for Israel’s salvation
God-fearing and ‘unenlightened,’ Maj. Gen. (res) Gershon Hacohen hasn’t lost trust in the ‘holy’ army, but believes an Iranian nuke on Tel Aviv is preferable to a two-state solution → Read More
Two indicted for Church of Multiplication arson
Yinon Reuveni and Yehuda Asraf stand accused of flagrant attack against Christian site of worship near Sea of Galilee → Read More
Netanyahu refuses to back state-commissioned army cutback plan
Prime minister praises Locker Report and military’s suggestions; says he will weigh both proposals and bring to cabinet vote → Read More
Army report calls for sharp budget cuts, angering IDF brass
Locker Commission calls for shorter mandatory army service, slashes to pensions; Ya’alon says suggested reforms are ‘imbalanced in the extreme’ → Read More
A year on, soldier’s death in Gaza binds his US family to Israel
Evie Steinberg, who came to the holy land for the first time to bury her son, Sgt. Max Steinberg, now ‘dreads going home’ → Read More
Defense minister says Iran deal threatens world peace
Candidate to be next Mossad chief calls nuclear agreement ‘a massive betrayal’ of Israel and Sunni states → Read More
West Bank suspects arrested in fatal June terror attack
Muhammad Abu-Shaheen and 4 accomplices held over killing of Danny Gonen outside settlement of Dolev → Read More