Brad Brooks-Rubin
By Brad Brooks-Rubin
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Community The next cease-fire we need? An end to one-sided PR campaigns.
“The problem is that everyone in this conflict is right and everyone is wrong.” Nearly twenty five years ago, I was part of a group of American law students living for the summer in the West Bank and we had the chance to meet Yossi Beilin, then a leading politician on the Israeli left. During…
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Opinion If Israel proceeds with annexation, American Jews will socially distance – from Israel
I recently participated in a conversation about Israel with a group of five very thoughtful 20-something Jews from a variety of backgrounds. It was stunning to hear the pain, fear, and confusion that marks how young Jews engage with Israel — or try to engage. One word in particular came up over and over: Shame….
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