OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 1-31-12 A remarkable community of artists from across the United States is rallying around a Jerusalem art school, demonstrating this small school’s outsized importance in the world of figurative painting and art education. Top American artists donated nearly three dozen paintings for a February 21 auction at [...]
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The Jerusalem Studio School Pioneers Art Zionism
Posted by giltroy on January 31, 2012
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Birthright Israel is a profound and transformational experience
By Gil Troy, Haaretz, 5-18-11 (In response to “Birthright Israel tours are insulting young Jews’ intelligence,” April 29 ) Anshel Pfeffer is a thoughtful, passionate journalist. But in his recent caricature of Taglit-Birthright Israel he succumbed to writing-by-punchline, painting a superficial portrait of an experience that is much richer than he suggested. Taglit-Birthright Israel offers [...]
Posted by giltroy on May 18, 2011
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Bold change is an opportunity
By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 3-24-11 Question: “How many congregants does it take to change a light bulb in a synagogue?” The answer is: “Change? You vant we should change the light bulb? My grandmother donated that light bulb!”Change is never easy – personally or communally. Most of us like our lives, habits, institutions [...]
Posted by giltroy on March 24, 2011
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Ian McEwan Missed the Real Israel
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, February 22, 2011 The delegitimization campaign tries to rob Israel of its normalcy, poisoning the conversational stream about Israel so everything becomes about settlements, occupation, conflict, violence. This Palestinian conceit makes everything about Israel be about Palestinians, exaggerating their hardships, caricaturing Israelis as uniquely evil, rooting every Middle East problem in one local conflict. Those of us seeking [...]
Posted by giltroy on February 23, 2011
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Oases of Israel excellence at IASA and elsewhere
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 1-19-11 Tragically, an Israeli epidemic of mediocre teachers, undisciplined students, unsupportive parents, unyielding bureaucrats and unchallenging curricula is spawning many dysfunctional classrooms and failing schools. Although we also see fabulous teachers, stimulating classrooms and well-run schools, the educational mediocrity my children have experienced has been our greatest disappointment in Israel. Shrieking teachers, [...]
Posted by giltroy on January 19, 2011
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