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Add The New York Post on Google Visitors find oasis in Israel Friends just returned from three weeks in Israel. It was family functions — weddings, bar mitzvahs, veal cutlet dinners, who knows what.
“You wouldn’t know the country was in chaos. Beaches are packed. The big obstacle is getting a reservation at a coveted restaurant.
“The wedding was on the waterfront of ancient Roman-era Caesarea. The bridal canopy waterside. Hors d’oeuvres, cocktails. The couple emerged along a parapet built by the Crusaders. Atheists, they wrote their own vows. The marriage performed by a friend. Bride and groom stomped on the traditional glass recalling the destruction of the Temple 2,000 years ago. Then eating and dancing till midnight.
“Hotel Dan Caesarea was packed. Said a couple from London, ‘We usually go to Spain — but with the outburst of antisemitism, we came here where we knew we’d be welcome.’ ”
“It was an afternoon at the movies (‘Minions & Monsters’), then strolling the mall in North Tel Aviv, which had Chanel, Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren. Plus Israeli brands.
“Another day, brunch at a packed countryside dairy farm. This 10-minute drive from the chaos of the West Bank sold homemade jams, oils, macaroons, breads, cakes. An Arab-Israeli family — Mom, Dad, two kids gorged on the sandwiches and pastries.
An art installation in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa neighborhood seen on Aug. 16, 2026. AP Photo/Oded Balilty “Weekend was at Jerusalem’s King David Hotel. A nighttime tour of frenetic Mahane Yehuda market, sampling Libyan, Syrian, Polish, Palestinian, Turkish foods washed down with Israeli wine. Next day, the park and pool were glorious. Then, feast at an Arab restaurant. A lit garden under the trees in a village in the Jerusalem Hills. Almost surreal.
“Rooms were with family north of Tel Aviv. Ritzy 10-story apartment building, four bedrooms, two bathrooms. A bedroom was also the apartment’s fortified safe room.”
Flying back was Lufthansa, Air France, Swiss, KLM. They flew home nonstop — to the problems of their own country.
America’s film industry was shaped by Jewish immigrants. Barbie? Jewish creator Ruth Handler, daughter of Jewish immigrants. Teddy bear? Created by Morris and Rose Michtom, Russian Jewish immigrants. Shopping cart invented by Sylvan Goldman, Jewish businessman from Oklahoma. Pushing groceries? A Jewish inventor is helping you.
Jewish physicist Robert Adler? Key inventor behind TV’s wireless remote. Home video game console? Developed by Ralph Baer, a Jew who fled Nazi Germany. The child Germany rejected — known as the father of home video games. His invention paved the way for PlayStation and Xbox.
Even inside your stomach, Israel may be present. Swallow a tiny capsule containing a camera, that’s PillCam technology pioneered by Israeli engineer Gavriel Iddan.
Eighty-plus years ago, Nazi Germany murdered 6 million Jews. Today, the sovereign Jewish state is helping Germany, with defense technology capable of protecting German cities and lives.
And for this information we in New York thank Nadav Peretz.
And back in the USA, our most famous city is inhaling the stench of antisemitism.
United States of America. One for all and all for one. E pluribus unum.
Only in New York, kids, only in New York.
