The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/haim-watzman/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Mon, 08 Jun 2026 21:53:51 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Haim Watzman | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/writers/haim-watzman/ 32 32 The Azedarach Tree https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-azedarach-tree/ Mon, 26 Oct 2020 03:41:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2405289 What a father sees from his window in the dark of an October night triggers painful memories, in Haim Watzman's new Necessary Story

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]]> Thirst https://www.timesofisrael.com/thirst/ Thu, 17 Sep 2020 09:05:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2387809 In this Necessary Story for Rosh Hashanah, Haim Watzman tells of a father who seeks out the son he sent away, with his mother, many years before

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]]> We’ll always have Paris Square https://www.timesofisrael.com/well-always-have-paris-square/ Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:50:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2370570&preview=true&preview_id=2370570 When you’re demonstrating against Bibi, you can’t hurry love, you just have to wait, according to Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story

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]]> Coronavirus hike, with Ninja Turtle https://www.timesofisrael.com/coronavirus-hike-with-ninja-turtle/ Sun, 19 Jul 2020 02:05:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2348628 Two boys take a hike with their father in an unexpected direction in Haim Watzman’s Necessary Story for this month

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]]> A detour to Mars from the Jordan Valley https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-detour-to-mars-from-the-jordan-valley/ Sat, 27 Jun 2020 08:04:16 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2331214 In this month's Necessary Story, Haim Watzman tells of a family in crisis after its first-grader skips school for a space trip

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]]> Tikun https://www.timesofisrael.com/tikun/ Thu, 28 May 2020 06:45:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2312446 A Necessary Story for Shavuot: A Shas door-to-door emissary explains the holiday to a non-religious woman — and tells her own story in the process

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]]> The anemone’s smile https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-anemones-smile/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:35:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2290926 A lone flower spurs Haim Watzman’s memories of his soldier son, who died nine years ago in the springtime

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]]> Doors https://www.timesofisrael.com/doors/ Sun, 05 Apr 2020 00:47:18 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2275050 Being alone and being together — a Necessary Story for Passover in the time of the coronavirus

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]]> Masks https://www.timesofisrael.com/masks/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 08:10:22 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2250840 Haim Watzman offers a Necessary Story for this Purim season, about men and masks

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]]> On the Fast Train https://www.timesofisrael.com/on-the-fast-train/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 03:36:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2234606 In Haim Watzman’s new Necessary Story, a woman finds friendship, but not her own, on the fast train to Jerusalem

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]]> Heavens https://www.timesofisrael.com/heavens/ Mon, 20 Jan 2020 02:08:00 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2218327 Haim Watzman's new Necessary Story ponders love, heartbreak and the night sky as a team of IDF reserve soldiers deals with a romantic crisis in the West Bank

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]]> A prayer for Bibi https://www.timesofisrael.com/a-prayer-for-bibi/ Thu, 12 Dec 2019 09:03:54 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2193698 This month, Haim Watzman offers a Necessary Story about words and devotion and rules and strangers

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]]> How long, my Lord? https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-long-my-lord/ Sat, 16 Nov 2019 07:08:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2179090 Haim Watzman offers a prophetic Necessary Story. Except that the prophet is a cat

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]]> The next to the last time I read Etgar Keret https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-next-to-the-last-time-i-read-etgar-keret/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 06:03:52 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2165757 In his new Necessary Story, Haim Watzman ponders father-son relations while channeling Neil Young and Israel’s second-best writer of short fiction

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]]> Turning the pages https://www.timesofisrael.com/turning-the-pages/ Sat, 14 Sep 2019 02:59:09 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2145441 My kids don’t listen to me, my life’s total chaos, who will I vote for, and what is this music? A pre-election Necessary Story

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