With COVID-19 claiming 1000 lives a day, Jair Bolsonaro waves Israeli flags at anti-lockdown, anti-democracy protests. For a Brazil already convinced Jews put him in…
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Israel’s ‘emergency government’ intends to begin unilaterally annexing chunks of the West Bank. It may seal the historic victory of a menacing Zionism of Jewish…
Annexing the West Bank punctures useful delusions about Israel and Zionism which have, until now, kept together otherwise fractious Diaspora Jewish communities – and their…
Netanyahu recently claimed ‘the people’ gave him a ‘massive majority.’ It’s a bald untruth, but that’s not why it’s so revealing Source: https://www.haaretz.com
‘Don’t blame, don’t complain’: This Independence Day, Israel’s honoring an Orthodox cheerleader pushing obedience for wives — and for Diaspora Jews. It’s a fitting choice…
Right now, Israel looks a lot safer than in New York, London or Paris. Does Israel have a moral duty to serve as a haven…
Jewish weeklies were the glue that held Diaspora communities together. Their demise will be felt in every aspect of Jewish life Source: https://www.haaretz.com
The Sanders candidacy represents a type of Judaism that not only threatens the right wing, but also challenges the liberal left Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Voting in the elections for a useless, anachronistic organization such as the World Zionist Congress isn’t worth your time Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Israeli governments traditionally engage with Diaspora Jews by requesting they donate money, give unquestioning support and shut up. Netanyahu has gone way further Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Corbyn is not an anti-Semite. His real sin is to fight against injustice in the world, including the version Israel perpetrates Source: https://www.haaretz.com
Democratic Union’s Shaffir is excellent on environmental affairs and corruption, but I’ve yet to hear from her any concrete plans to address Israel’s most existential…
Every Jew who lived under Soviet rule has a family member like Bernie Sanders, a living encyclopedia of the most catastrophic decisions made by Jews…
Allowing the Israeli army to be a draw for young foreign Jews is building the connection between Israel and the Diaspora on very problematic and…
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The UK student ‘debate’ spurred by feuding pro-Palestine and pro-Israel groups is noisy, intimidating and intellectually crude: That’s why I founded an alternative way of…
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Real countries don’t have to argue they are legitimate, not least when they’re hitting 71 years old. That’s why there is nothing more ridiculous than…
Our political culture insists on seeing the Jews as the direct descendants of the ancient Hebrews. But the Jews never existed as a ‘people’ –…