The Write Stuff

https://layoftheland.online/2026/02/25/anc-amnesia/

A Beit Berl Project - As South Africa’s leadership engages in state-sponsored antisemitism,
it should remember Israel’s unique contribution in its transition to post-Apartheid

By David E. Kaplan

ANC AMNESIA As South African leadership indulges in state-sponsored antisemitism, it should remember the Jewish state’s unique contribution in the transition to post-Apartheid. By David E. Kaplan Attending fro…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/09/15/gaza-is-liberating/
Gaza has liberated people across the world to openly feel free to express their hate for Jews.

By David E. Kaplan

GAZA IS ‘LIBERATING’! Gaza  has liberated people across the world to openly express their hate for Jews. By David E. Kaplan It sounds disgusting because it is disgusting. The more pictures and video clips of suffer…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/07/21/small-in-size-huge-in-heart-the-druze-community/
A world indifferent, Israelis understand why the Druze in need have to be supported by Israel in deed.

By David E. Kaplan

SMALL IN SIZE HUGE IN HEART – THE DRUZE COMMUNITY A world indifferent, Israelis understand why the Druze in need have to be supported by Israel in deed. By David E. Kaplan Last week I received a call in Israel from my cousin in Australia opening w…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/05/25/rebel-rabble-or-worse/
Understanding the menacing mentality of the Houthis, look not to the desert sands of Yemen
but to the urban landscapes of Europe and America

By David E. Kaplan

REBEL, RABBLE OR WORSE? Understanding the menacing mentality of the Houthis, look not to the deserts sands of Yemen but to the urban landscapes of Europe and America. By David E. Kaplan Trying to fathom why a strange-look…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/05/04/israels-sounds-of-sirens/
They resonate, they reverberate, they blare telling a story of where we were in the past but also where we are in the present

By David E. Kaplan

ISRAEL’S SOUNDS OF SIRENS They resonate, they reverberate, they blare telling a story of where we were in the past but also where we are in the present. By David E. Kaplan A stranger who is totally unfamiliar with Israel’s …

https://layoftheland.online/2025/04/02/heartwarming-insights-of-jewish-philanthropy/
A review of Solly Kaplinski’s evocative “Journeys into the Gentle Heart’ revealing the WHY of the WHO

by David E. Kaplan

HEARTWARMING INSIGHTS INTO JEWISH PHILANTHROPY A review of Solly Kaplinski’s evocative “Journeys into the Gentle Heart’ revealing the WHY of the WHO. by David E. Kaplan Travelling the length and breadth of Israel, you cannot fail to notice when…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/03/27/of-markets-and-mindsets/
Farewell to Stef Wertheimer – a feisty ‘warrior’ for peace and prosperity who has died at age 98.

By David E. Kaplan

OF MARKETS AND MINDSETS Farewell to Stef Wertheimer – a feisty ‘warrior’ for peace and prosperity who has died at age 98. By David E. Kaplan I was privileged to interview  Stef Wertheimer in 2010 as editor the…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/03/23/stop-the-rot/
Bibi, if you don’t or can’t stop the rot, it will consume all – is this what you want as your legacy?

By David E. Kaplan

STOP THE ROT Bibi, if you don’t or can’t stop the rot, it will consume all – is this what you want as your legacy? By David E. Kaplan If the ‘reason’ Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu presents for the…

https://layoftheland.online/2025/01/05/israels-field-day-in-dubai/
A Middle East round of ‘carnage’ was happening not on a battlefield
but a rugby field

By David E. Kaplan:

ISRAEL’S FIELD DAY IN DUBAI A Middle East round of ‘carnage’ was happening not on a battlefield but a rugby field. By David E. Kaplan One would think from the daily platter of international news that the only interaction the …

https://layoftheland.online/2024/12/04/failure-of-the-big-guns-antisemites-mobalise-language/
If the ‘executive’ arm of antisemitism was once in Germany,
its ‘judicial’ arm is today in the Netherlands

By David E. Kaplan:

FAILURE OF THE ‘BIG GUNS’, ANTISEMITES MOBILIZE LANGUAGE If the executive arm of antisemitism was once in Germany, its judicial arm is today in the Netherlands By David E. Kaplan “Sticks and stones can break my bones but words will never harm me,” hardly…

https://layoftheland.online/2024/11/18/once-distinct-soon-extinct/
Is this the future and fate of the Jews of Europe?

By David E. Kaplan

ONCE DISTINCT, SOON EXTINCT Is this the future and fate of the Jews of Europe? By David E. Kaplan “What remains of Jewish life in Europe today works like this,” writes Giulio Meotti in Il Foglio, an Italian daily with nationw…

https://layoftheland.online/2024/11/10/trump-and-tomorrow/
With Israel at war and rampant global antisemitism, what does the future hold
with Trump returning as leader of the free world?
By David E. Kaplan :

TRUMP AND TOMORROW With Israel at war and rampant global antisemitism, what does the future hold with Trump returning as leader of the free world? By David E. Kaplan “Jan. 6 made me rule out Trump; Oct. 7 made me vot…