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Mar 12, 2019, 4:32 PM

Modern Hasidic Asceticism: Its Historical Origins

In a penetrating article in Tablet, Benjamin Brown assessed the growing ascetic tendencies within some Hasidic sects. To begin his analysis, Brown stated: Kedushah (holiness) was developed as a pietistic ideal for the virtuous few, encouraging married men to limit...

Feb 16, 2019, 6:39 PM

Leftist Hypocrisy: Selective Concerns for Victimization

Mitchell Bard has a wonderful article pointing to the one-sided approach US progressives have to concerns for Palestinians: Any perceived victimization by Israel is strongly deplored but they are silent when the source of the victimization is Arab religious...

May 24, 2018, 9:29 PM

Ignorant and Elitist Liberal Jews Pile on Israel

In the last month, three momentous events have taken place: US decision to leave the treaty with Iran, the opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem, and the violent confrontations at the Gaza border. In response, sections of the...

Sep 7, 2017, 9:03 PM

The Liberal Jewish Community Erred on Charlottesville

While President Trump’s behavior after Charlottesville was regrettable, much of the outrage within the Jewish community won’t help combatting the problems we face. While condemning Trump, an editorial in the liberal Catholic magazine, Commonweal, noted, “That some of the...

Apr 4, 2017, 7:33 PM

Thoughts, Rhetoric, and Actions: The Biased Standards that Trump (and Netanyahu) Are Held To

President Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric demonstrated that for an increasing number of people, political rhetoric considered disparaging towards groups is treated as just as important, maybe even more so, than actual actions that impact on these groups. How to...

Nov 27, 2016, 8:10 PM

To Understand Trump Supporters See Hacksaw Ridge

Why did the white working class support Donald Trump? For many liberals, they were racists who wanted to take back the country. This view was articulated by CNN commentator, Van Jones who labeled it “Whitelash.” It was the view...

Mar 1, 2016, 3:52 PM

Sanders Bleaches Out His Jewish Heritage

Hillary Clinton enthusiastically and understandably embraces the expectations of being the first female president. But her only remaining opponent for the Democratic presidential nomination would be a trailblazer, too. Bernie Sanders would be the first Jewish president. But he doesn’t...

Feb 26, 2016, 2:58 PM

Choices Odeh Must Make

There are fundamental differences between the Israeli Arab political parties Balad and Hadash. The former perceives itself as the representative of all the Palestinian people and rejects the legitimacy of the Israeli government to legislate their lives. It seeks...

Sep 8, 2015, 8:20 PM

Jesus and the Baal Shem Tov: Similar Roles but Different Outcomes

In the 1880s, audiences flocked to saloons to watch Irish entertainers sing, dance, and tell jokes. The residents of Mulligan’s Alley became household names. By 1915, the headliners at vaudeville houses were mostly Jewish immigrants like Sophie Tucker and...

Mar 8, 2015, 7:46 AM

Hadash at the Crossroads

For a number of years, Hadash mayors worked constructively with government ministries to improve the economic wellbeing of its residents. The shining example was Mayor Ramiz Jaraisy who helped transform Nazareth into a high-tech hub for Arab workers and...

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Robert Cherry is a professor of economics at Brooklyn College. Author of Jewish and Christian Views on Bodily Pleasures: Their Origins and Relevance to Twentieth Century (Wipf & Stock, 2018); Increased Constructive Engagement amoAung Israeli Arabs, (Israel Studies, Jan 2014); Rethinking Poles and Jews (Rowman & Littlefield, 2007).

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