Hen Mazzig has been named among the top 50 LGBTQ+ influencers and as one of Algemeiner’s top 100 people positively influencing Jewish life. His award-winning articles have been published by The Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, NBC News, Haaretz, The Forward, The Jewish Chronicle, The International Business Times, among others. He serves as a senior fellow at the Tel Aviv Institute.
Hen Mazzig
By Hen Mazzig
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Opinion My Jewish family was forced out of our homeland. We must not let Gazans suffer the same fate.
You don’t counter the fantasy of erasing Israel by proposing the same for Gaza, writes Hen Mazzig
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Opinion A campus LGBTQ+ group broke ties with its Hillel over Israel. Where are queer Jewish students supposed to go?
Rice Pride's severing of its relationship with Houston Hillel sets a dangerous precedent
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Opinion Thank You, Ambassador Haley, For Standing Up For Jews
“I wear heels, but it is not a fashion statement,” U.S. Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, said at the AIPAC Policy Conference last year. “It is because if I see something wrong, I’m going to kick ‘em every single time.” This is perhaps the most iconic statement made by, arguably, the most pro-Israel U.S….
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Opinion What The Left – And The Right – Get Wrong About The Settlements
In the last few years, many pro-Israel organizations and activists have adopted progressive language in an attempt to appeal to millennials and progressives — audiences which they they have lost due to years of promoting a right wing, conservative agenda. They’ve realized that promoting a “fun” Israel without addressing progressive issues is a failed approach,…
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Opinion I’m A Gay Jew Of Color Who Supports Israel. The Left Hates Me
I’m a gay Mizrahi Jew who supports Israel. And the left hates me. It’s ironic. I am the embodiment of intersectionality. I’m the son of an Iraqi mother and North African Berber-Amazigh father. I grew up in an underprivileged community, a gay boy in the closet who then became an openly gay man. I identify…
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