‘It’s a Hasidic World’?
‘Haaretz’ writer visits schmaltzy Disney ride, is flummoxed
| 4:02 PM Aug 18, 2009
Haaretz writer Alex Sinclair recently took a fun family trip to Florida’s Walt Disney World—and wound up flummoxed by the representation of Israelis on the “It’s a Small World” ride. Like the dolls representing every other country—Brits get Beefeateers; the Italians gondoliers—the ride’s animatronic singing Israelis are represented with childish but not really offensive caricatures. ...

