Ariel Sobel
By Ariel Sobel
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News Debra Messing’s new podcast takes on antisemitism, and Trump
Editor’s Note: The author of this article, a freelance contributor, has a troubling history on Twitter that the editor who handled it was unaware of before publication. We would not have accepted the article had we known of this controversy, and we regret any pain our engagement of this author may have caused. However, the…
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Opinion Why Do Jews Have To Be Murdered For You To Admit Anti-Semitism Is Real?
For the second time this year, a white supremacist marched into a synagogue and shot it up. On the six-month anniversary of the deadly shooting in the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, a copycat inspired by that attack marched into the Chabad of Poway and opened fire. In the wake of the horrific attack,…
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Opinion The Democrats Are Making Me More Pro-Israel
This week, Bernie Sanders’ national deputy press secretary accused American Jews of dual loyalty. “This is a serious question: do you not think that the American government and American Jewish community has a dual allegiance to the state of Israel? I’m asking not to rule out the history of this issue, but in the context…
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Opinion Ilhan Omar Is Right: Anti-Zionist Jews Don’t Speak For Us
In the wake of Rep. Ilhan Omar unfortunate tweet and apology, a host of anti-Israel Jewish groups leapt to her defense. It was the usual suspects, including the anti-Zionist group Jewish Voice for Peace, the anti-Occupation group IfNotNow, and Jews for Racial and Economic Justice. These groups were quick to defend Omar on the grounds…
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Opinion Anti-Semitic Environmentalism Is The Latest Social Justice Threat To Jews
As a young writer living in California, I find progressive spaces are practically unavoidable. I can’t walk down Santa Monica without someone suggesting I try veganism, nor go to my screenwriting group without a colleague suggesting I add a President Trump joke because Hollywood is all about the resistance. As an intersectional feminist, you’d think…
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Opinion Take Note, Women’s March: Jewish Existence Is Resistance
I agonized over what to write on my poster for the Women’s March this Saturday. The past year has been a see-saw of Women’s March leaders claiming to stand against anti-Semitism and homophobia, then regularly promoting it. They say they disagree with anti-Semitic and homophobic statements, but will not condemn them specifically. When asked about…
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Opinion Can We Finally Admit That Jews Can Be Both White And Oppressed?
The discussion over whether or not European Jews are white is like the herpes of Jewish thought spaces. No one enjoys it. It makes your skin itch and crawl. And it keeps popping up out of nowhere. Although a number of Jews of color have written extensively on this issue, many Jewish people with the…
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Opinion The Women’s March Is An Abusive Boyfriend. It’s Time To Break Up.
Criticism against the Women’s March has been percolating in Jewish spaces for a while now. From March leader Tamika Mallory’s closeness with Louis Farrakhan, the anti-Semitic leader of the Nation of Islam, to the March’s failure to include Jewish women in its “Unity Principles” to the recent revelation that Mallory and another leader, Carmen Perez,…
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