Some responses to the arrival of new immigrants from India's Bnei Menashe community to Israel illustrate exactly what's wrong with the discourse around Israel, Palestine and Jewish belonging

From hotels closed off along the northern border due to fighting with Lebanon, to unoccupied rooms in places that were once considered a refuge from the center, such as Eilat and the Dead Sea, overnight hotel stays are sharply dropping across the country

For the first time, the early stages of the Rubinstein competition are taking place abroad. And instead of an Israeli work, each competitor must play a piece by a Jewish composer who lived during the Holocaust