Erez Efrati

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An Ethiopian bar attacked by a mob after a protest against African refugees and asylum seekers in Tel Aviv's Hatikva neighborhood on May 23, 2012. (Photo: Activestills)

The face of violence: between racism and banal evil

In 1998, an Israeli film appeared called “Buzz.” It was based on a true story that had rocked the country four years earlier: two teenagers murdered a taxi driver, shooting him six times in the back. In the style of some great literature, there was no motive at all, just sheer thrill for boys who…

By Dahlia Scheindlin September 1, 2012

In your face. We were surrounded by an angry mob. (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Mob against migrants: How far can the violence go?

The rioting last night in south Tel Aviv against African migrants – some of them asylum seekers – was another one of those moments that paralyzed me with a mixture of disbelief, horror and sorrow. The photos of smashed windows were reflexively associated in many Jewish minds with Kristallnacht, as many people on social networks…

By Dahlia Scheindlin May 24, 2012