July 24, 2007, 5:02pm
The New Yorker Weighs in on the Avraham Burg Affair
By Daniel Treiman
New Yorker editor David Remnick revisits last month’s Avraham Burg brouhaha in a characteristically judicious and thoughtful dispatch from Israel.
The full New Yorker article is here.
Hat tip: Jewschool.
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French Jews on arrival in Israel say: "'In France I was worried, in Israel I feel safe'" "Two planes carrying 600 new immigrants from France land at Ben-Gurion Airport, marking biggest aliyah event since beginning of year. More than 3,000 olim expected to arrive from France by end of 2007" Yael Branovsky Published: 07.25.07, 09:36 / Israel Jewish Scene http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3429568,00.html
Great, one Israeli Mr. Burg moves to France and it's a big "affair." 800 French Jews just mmoved to Israel and no American paper including the Forward bothered to mention it. This year it's expected that a total of 3000 French Jews will move to Israel. Many other Jews will move to the US. Is it possible that these French Jews know something that Burg doesn't?
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