Naomi Dann
By Naomi Dann
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Opinion Richard Spencer Might Be The Worst Person In America. But He Might Also Be Right About Israel
The images of Nazis and white supremacists marching in the streets of Charlottesville with torches chanting “blood and soil” shook me to my core. But so did something else that happened this week. In the aftermath of these acts of blatant racism and anti-Semitism, one of the march’s leaders, Richard Spencer, was invited onto Israeli…
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Opinion The Jewish Left Needs To Call Out Real Anti-Semites Like Christopher Bollyn
The fact that the Brooklyn Commons, a progressive community space and café in New York, has refused to cancel an event with 9/11 conspiracy theorist Christopher Bollyn — despite calls from Jewish and non-Jewish progressive organizations and media outlets — reveals a couple of important things about the conversation around rising anti-Semitism happening in the…
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Opinion Want To Engage Young Jews? Look to Open Hillel
Rebecca Vilkomerson speaking at the Open Hillel conference / Gili Getz “I bought my ticket right after my rabbi’s Rosh Hashanah sermon. I knew I needed this community,” a student participant at the Open Hillel conference told me today. The student went on to thank Open Hillel for providing a long overdue space for young…
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