Roei Eisenberg

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May 2, 2025, 11:36 PM

Our Zionist Dream

One year ago, ANU was just a dream – a flicker of an idea tucked between the pages of Zionist texts in my library. I was searching for inspiration, for a platform that could support a new kind of...

Feb 5, 2025, 5:42 AM

What are we talking about when we talk about transfer?

Palestinian refugees returning to northern Gaza (Getty Images)

The notion of population transfer as part of either a short-term or long-term solution for Gaza has reared its ugly head again. It is being promoted by right-wing and centrist voices in Israel. It is also being advanced by...

Jan 22, 2013, 7:44 AM

The Most Hardline Government in Israeli History

We wield words like weapons. We accuse writers of bias, reporters of journalistic malpractice, and citizens - of certain countries - of criminal behavior on a national scale. But we rarely stop the rushing train of accusations long enough...

Oct 15, 2012, 8:22 PM

Primary sources

Every night after I've brushed my teeth, flossed, and turned on the classical music to which I go to sleep, I read a a primary source selection from The Zionist Idea or The Jew in the Modern World. It...

Oct 7, 2012, 4:29 PM

Identity, interrupted

I don't understand why the news is filled with fear-mongering about our foreign enemies while our dissolving Jewish identity is swept under the rug

Sep 29, 2012, 1:20 AM

The Speech Bibi Could Have Given

As my Twitter feed exploded with mockery and support for Netanyahu's ACME antics, I took a moment to imagine what might have been: Mr. President, Mr. Secretary General, fellow delegates, ladies and gentlemen: today we must speak of a grave...

Sep 4, 2012, 10:37 PM

The New Kiss of Death

David Ben-Gurion famously warned American Jewry that assimilation and acculturation into American society would be the slow kiss of death for their community. Fifty years later a more horrifying specter has reared its head. The American Jewish community has...

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About Me

Roei Eisenberg is an Israeli-American educator and policy expert. He is an active lay leader in the American Jewish community and the founder and executive director of ANU: A New Union.