Gershon Agron

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I was only 6 years old when the Ukraine-born, American-reared journalist Gershon Agron started the newspaper that you are now reading. The year was…

Outrage over letter... Sir, – With regard to “GPO summons ‘Guardian’ reporter over controversial letter” (February 4), the letter in question was…

Herb gets it right... Herb Keinon’s analysis of the situation in Egypt (“How the Egyptian revolution debunks the…

Start paying attention Sir, – There are riots blowing through the Arab world, from Tunisia to Egypt to Lebanon (“3 killed in Egyptian protests…

When world music first appeared on the scene in the 1980s, it rapidly absorbed increasing numbers of cultural groups and geographical areas until it…

Lose the hyperbole Sir, – I’m a bit fed up with the intemperate use of hyperbole these days. Between Alon Pinkas’s rant how Israelis despise each…

European attitudes Sir, – Regarding “Norway’s FM slams Lieberman over NGO funding investigation” (January 13), the Norwegian foreign minister…

Managerial failures Sir, – Unfortunately, the management of Israel Railways does not seem to recognize that trains constitute a critical part of the…

GIVEN HIS background, musical and otherwise, it comes as something of a surprise to learn that Kobi Oz has performed in Yiddish. It was a guest…

Rebbetzins are right Sir, – Regarding “Barak slams ‘wave of racism’ in rabbi, rebbetzin letters” (December 30,) not only should Jewish women not date…

In 1932, Gershon Agron founded The Palestine Post as an English-language daily promoting Zionism in the British Mandate. The newspaper’s intended…

It used to be that the Israeli dream was to turn the desert green. Now the idea is to leave the desert exactly as it is and use it to make the…

I consider myself a lucky man. Having reached nearly 90 and having worked at The Jerusalem Post and its predecessor, The Palestine Post, for the past…

On the first day of December 1932, 1,200 copies of an eight-page newspaper called The Palestine Post were printed and sent into circulation…

Just imagine Sir, – What a relief to read “Queen’s UAE trip does not signify shift away from Israel, insists Foreign Office” (November 26). Given…

War and terror are “good for the business” of fundraising for Israel, but Arnold Gerson – the South African-born new CEO of American Friends of Magen…

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s spokesman Mark Regev called on the Palestinian leadership Tuesday to publicly disassociate itself from the…

Despite infringing on the author’s copyright and wishes, the unauthorized Hebrew translation of a best-selling Egyptian novel highlights how the word…

Risking civil war Sir, – Regarding “Border Police set to bolster IDF presence amid fear of settlement- related violence” (November 16), the Border…