"There is, indeed, a marginalized Israel. But it is not Mizrahi."

Israel from the Inside with Daniel Gordis · Aug 2, 2023 · 46m

As grave as Israel’s present crisis is, I’m still optimistic—which does not mean certain—that democracy will survive and even remain largely liberal. Yet if we are to avoid a similar crisis in the future, it will be critical that we eventually understand how we got where we are, and what were and are the underlying causes of this deep, painful national rift. Some of that we will only know with the passage of time. It will take decades to fully understand this, but even now, it’s impossible not to wonder.

In almost every Israeli bookstore, you’re likely to find copies of a book by Avishay Ben…