Important analysis by Richard Silverstein on the recent Ethan Bronner article on Tel Aviv, and very relevant to Tom’s comments about Tel Aviv and its images of itself.
“Ethan Bronner has a bit of a problem in his latest piece for the N.Y. Times about Tel Aviv’s 100th birthday celebration. He knows there has been too much water under the bridge regarding the controversy over this event for him to write an urban hagiography. So he acknowledges the controversy, but still attempts to get in all the typically sunny travelogue items that are requisite for such stories:”
via Bronner Fetes Tel Aviv’s 100th Anniversary | Tikun Olam-תקון עולם: Make the World a Better Place.
