Shira Robinson

Bio:

Shira Robinson, an editor of this magazine, is assistant professor of Middle East history at George Washington University.

Articles by this Author


The Ghetto vs. the Gun	*Idith Zertal, Israel’s Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood* (trans. Chaya Galai) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).**	MER240
My Hairdresser Is a Sniper	Two months ago, my hairdresser confessed to me that he was a sniper. During his last trip to downtown Jerusalem, Jake told me, he had seen sharpshooters on top of all the buildings. "I had never noticed them," I admitted....	MER223
The Problem of Privilege	“To believe in a democratic Jewish state today is to be caught between the jaws of a pincer,” writes Peter Beinart in his widely circulated and hotly debated...

The Ghetto vs. the Gun

Idith Zertal, Israel’s Holocaust and the Politics of Nationhood (trans. Chaya Galai) (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005).

MER240

My Hairdresser Is a Sniper

Two months ago, my hairdresser confessed to me that he was a sniper. During his last trip to downtown Jerusalem, Jake told me, he had seen sharpshooters on top of all the buildings.

"I had never noticed them," I admitted....

MER223

The Problem of Privilege

“To believe in a democratic Jewish state today is to be caught between the jaws of a pincer,” writes Peter Beinart in his widely circulated and hotly debated...