Allison Kaplan Sommer is a journalist at Haaretz, host of Haaretz Weekend podcast and co-host of The Promised Podcast.
Allison Kaplan Sommer
By Allison Kaplan Sommer
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Life Israel’s Wage Gap
If Israel’s government wants to improve the economic condition of women, it can start by looking at its own payroll. According to the public sector salary report that was just released, the majority of government workers are women — 64% — and yet women’s earnings in the public sector significantly trail those of men. Haaretz…
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The Schmooze Welcome to Jordan: Check Your Yarmulke at the Border
There’s plenty of controversy in Europe, Canada and the U.S. regarding the banning of burqas and the restrictions on religious clothing and jewelry in public schools and other settings. But so far, no one has proposed that religious items get checked at the border. In the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, there are recent reports that…
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The Schmooze Jon Stewart, Dubbed The Most Influential Man, Interviews Obama Tonight
President Barack Obama and Jon Stewart. One of the pair is the most influential man in the world, and the other hopes to sway young Americans to show up at the polls and vote Democrat on November 2 with a TV appearance tonight. The most influential of the pair is not the President of the…
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The Schmooze Hummus Shortage Looms in Israel
It’s a crisis sure to rock Israel and devastate the quality of life for Jews and Arabs alike: a possible hummus shortage. The past year’s scorching and drought-plagued weather has already taken a toll on fruit and vegetable crops in the Middle East. Prices for salad ingredients have skyrocketed and now there are signs that…
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Life Murders, Deemed ‘Honor Killings,’ Rock an Israeli City
The Israeli city of Lod is a powder keg of tension after a devastating wave of recent murders, most of which are believed to have been honor killings related to interfamily disputes. The latest two murders were particularly chilling. At the beginning of October, Amal Khalili, a 27-year-old divorced mother of three who reportedly had…
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Life Housecleaning Is a Dirty Business For Israel’s Political Wives
Good help is hard to find, especially if you are the wife of a top-tier Israeli politician. First it was Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sara, who has had serial crises with various disgruntled former nannies and housekeepers. First, with two nannies back in 1996 and then a housekeeper last year she was vilified and…
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Food ‘Married’ Sardines and a Hug: The Hunt for Israel’s MasterChef Begins
The judges in the Israeli version of the international cooking competition hit “MasterChef” are as warm and supportive as a Jewish mother – but not quite as critical. Their behavior stands in sharp contrast to other countries’ versions of the internationally successful reality format, in which amateur home cooks ranging from high tech executives to…
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The Schmooze Star (of David) Wars in European Soccer
Are Italian police banning shirts and flags displaying the Star of David at a European soccer championship match to be held this week? Both the London Jewish Chronicle and Haaretz reported over the weekend that a warning to fans appeared on the website of the Tottenham Hotspur team. The London club is about to face…
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