Wednesday 9 September 2009

GOLDBERG: The Zionist melting pot boils over

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- September 9, 2009

Ethiopian schoolchildren

by J. J. Goldberg - Forward - 11 September 2009

The September 1 opening of Israel’s new school year was fairly uneventful as Israeli school years go: no nationwide teachers’ strike over salaries, no student protests against tuition hikes, hardly any violent opening-day riots. Compared to the storms of recent years, the back-to-school flare-ups this fall seemed at first glance to be little more than — well, child’s play.

On closer examination, though, this year’s disruptions are worrying. They could be the harbingers of something far more serious than traditional salary and tuition disputes — namely, a mounting reluctance among various groups of Israelis to live and learn alongside one another. Read More…

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