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/2025/05/25/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/2025/03/27/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…