Alex Sinclair, at The Blogs

Jul 9, 2024, 1:45 PM

The Two Most Important Flags for Liberal Jews Today

Take a look at this picture. Israel’s government and Hamas don’t agree on much, but they do agree on one thing: this picture is an abomination. Bezalel Smotrich, Itamar Ben-Gvir and their supporters believe that only one of these flags...

Jan 2, 2024, 2:57 PM

On Conflict and Context

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Most Israelis were appalled when United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres made his now infamous speech on October 24th, saying that we must “recognize the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum.” He pointed out, both in that...

Jul 17, 2022, 1:56 PM

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Alex Sinclair is an educational consultant, and an adjunct lecturer at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He has written and spoken widely on Jewish education, Israel-Diaspora relations, and Israeli politics, in both academic and popular contexts. He has taught, worked and consulted at many of the finest Jewish educational and communal institutions in North America, Europe and Israel. His first book, published in 2013, Loving the Real Israel: An Educational Agenda for Liberal Zionism, was a finalist for the National Jewish Book Award, and his debut novel, Perfect Enemy, was published in November 2023. He holds an M.A. (Oxon) and M.St. from Balliol College, Oxford, and a Ph.D. from Hebrew University. He and his wife run a hotel for their three children in Modi'in, Israel. His novel, Perfect Enemy, can be found at tiny.cc/perfectenemy.

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