Simon Weil

Simon Weil was born in London in 1953. He is an independent scholar who has written on Wagner’s anti-Semitism and jazz. Weil thinks his best quality is his sense of humour. He last visited Israel in 1978. He fell out of love with the country after the first Lebanon war.

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From the Sabras to the Settlers

There are many ways to explain Israel’s failings. One approach is to look at how being Israeli has changed what it means to be Jewish. In an in-depth meditation on Israeli identity, Simon Weil detects a case of arrested development.

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