Contributing editor Jeffrey Goldberg to begin blogging here Plus the new head of the Israeli opposition, and more in the news Announcing 'The Bloom in Bloomsday' 2011 Will eligible MLBers sign up? Plus the Dodgers sponsor Maccabiah ball  | |  Oded Hirsch broke away from the kibbutz he grew up on to become an artist in New York. In his latest work—a project staged with the help of 120 kibbutzniks—he reckons with the world he left behind. BY TOBY PERL FREILICH As a child of Kibbutz Afikim, in Israel's Jordan Valley, artist Oded Hirsch is familiar with the region and its residents, but at a March meeting with members of neighboring kibbutzim, he had his hands full managing a suspicious and, at times, hostile crowd. "Just what are you trying to do," they asked, "exploit us? Make fun of us? What do you really think of us?" More  | Bella Meyer traces her love of flowers to time she spent with her grandfather, Marc Chagall. Now as the owner of a Manhattan shop, Fleurs Bella, Meyer is creating her own art with blossoms as her medium. More BY SHOSHANA OLIDORT AND JAKE MARMER |  | The 500 infant children of migrant workers currently facing deportation expose the unsettled nature of Israel's immigration policy for foreign caregivers More |  | Like this week's parasha, TV's fall lineup—with shows about Playboy bunnies, sultry stewardesses, and pretty P.I.s in tight pants—offers women nothing but humiliation More | |
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