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Community A 91 year old Zionist stands against annexation
Recently Prime Minister Netanyahu announced plans to annex parts of the West Bank to Israel—an area in vigorous dispute since the conclusion of the Six Day War in 1967. While the problems between Israelis and Palestinians are deeply entrenched, this unilateral move by Israel’s government is the most egregious in a culmination of Netanyahu-backed steps…
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Community Zionism is the Jewish Black Lives Matter
There is a particular irony when I hear those in the mainstream Jewish community touting the specious “All Lives Matter” slogan. No, this isn’t just about a betrayal of our ethical tradition demanding that we uplift the oppressed. Rather it is an irony that cuts so deep that this slogan actually undermines a belief shared…
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Fast Forward Jewish Harvard students form anti-Zionist organization
(JTA) — A group of undergraduate students at Harvard University has formed what they call an “anti-Zionist Jewish organization” that supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel. The Harvard Jewish Coalition for Peace introduced itself in a public statement posted Monday on Facebook as “a new organization founded in the idea that Jewish…
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Opinion In An Era With Two Jewish Centers, We Need A New Zionism
It’s no secret that we Jews are living in divided times. In recent years, more and more American Jews have become frustrated with specific Israeli policies and are defining their entire relationship with Israel by the areas of their disagreement. That has led to more American Jews publicly criticizing Israel, which has led to more…
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Opinion The Jewish Community Shuts Down Extremists On The Left. Why Tolerate Them On The Right?
Last May, I was perplexed and amused to see Mort Klein, head of the Zionist Organization of America, respond to an article posted on Twitter about “sex robots.” In a since-deleted tweet, Mort lamented that they didn’t exist while he was in high school, because he apparently was not the suavest with women at that…
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Culture I Didn’t Want To Fall For Israel — Confessions Of A Millennial Jew
I remember it like this: It was the turn of the century. There was an uprising. I had just learned how to read. It was an odd time to take children to Israel. The country had become a bloody backdrop against which cafes and buses exploded, flinging scraps of human flesh into the air. We…
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The Schmooze Every Jewish Reference On Vampire Weekend’s ‘Father Of The Bride’
Vampire Weekend’s new album, “Father Of The Bride,” is really Jewish. Imagine this: You’re walking down the street and you run into the reanimated body of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir, and she hands you a bowl of matzo ball soup, and you look down and all the matzo balls have been replaced by Shabbat-O’-Grams…
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Fast Forward UC Berkeley Jews Condemn Anti-Semitic Remarks At Student Council Hearing
The UC Berkeley Jewish community put out a letter condemning anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist remarks made at a recent student government meeting, The Daily Californian reported. The student government was meeting Wednesday after deciding to disqualify candidates from the Student Action party from elections after discovering campaign finance violations, according to The Daily Californian. But one…
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