Donna Divine, at The Blogs

Donna Divine

Oct 10, 2018, 6:23 PM

This undated photo provided by Alqasem family shows Lara Alqasem, a 22-year-old American graduate student with Palestinian grandparents, who landed at Ben-Gurion Airport Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2018, with a valid student visa. But she was barred from entering the country and ordered deported, based on suspicions that she supports the BDS boycott movement. An Israeli court ordered that she remain in custody while she appeals. The weeklong detention is the longest anyone has been held in a boycott-related case. (Alqasem family via AP)

Preventing this US student from entering the country gives momentum to the BDS movement that we oppose

Mar 22, 2016, 5:45 PM

A Jewish message in ‘A Place to Call Home,’ an Australian TV series

A Place To Call Home is as much a Jewish as an Australian story. The television series gives back to Australians an image of their history--of its fashions, its cars, its homes---but also importantly, of its costs--a symbolic grandeur...

Jan 8, 2015, 10:21 PM

Word Crimes

Zionism is a more contested than understood phenomenon--a portent of disorder for some, a badge of honor for others. Those enthralled by the notion of Jews seizing control of their political and historical fate are matched by others inflamed...

About Me

Donna Robinson Divine is Morningstar Family Professor of Jewish Studies and Professor of Government, emerita at Smith College. She has written books and articles on Middle East culture and politics. Among her most recent is EXILED IN THE HOMELAND: ZIONISM AND MANDATE PALESTINE.