Shaul Magid

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May 23, 2023, 10:56 AM

After Passover, Shavuot comes along and shakes the foundations of existence

The Exodus changed the Jewish people — but the giving of the Torah changed everything

Aug 8, 2012, 3:56 PM

On Palestinian ‘culture’ and Ashkenazi-centrism

Romney may not be a racist, but some of his Jewish supporters seem to be

Jul 27, 2012, 12:15 PM

Dani Dayan’s service to the left

With a single New York Times op-ed, the head of the Yesha Council has revealed what the hasbara industry have been trying to conceal for decades

Jul 1, 2012, 2:13 AM

It’s the ‘spirituality,’ stupid

How is it that American hippies, once utterly devoted to counter-culture causes, turned into die-hard right-wingers when they came to Israel?

Jun 6, 2012, 8:12 AM

Migrants in Israel and the persecuted majority

The mentality of the victim, or the besieged minority, is fueling an increasingly tyrannical Israeli society

May 24, 2012, 10:40 AM

What if the left abandoned Israel?

What kind of country would Israel become without the Gideon Levys, Akiva Eldars, Leonard Fines, Jacob Arnold Wolfs, Dror Etkeses, David Shulmans, Shaul Arielis, and Peter Beinarts?

May 11, 2012, 8:09 AM

Peace partners? A question for the ‘pragmatic’ right

Claims that “there is no partner for peace” and “only the right can bring peace” may have been true in their time, but today they've lost their validity; so what's holding Israel's right back from pursuing the two-state solution it ostensibly embraces?

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About Me

Shaul Magid is the Distinguished Fellow in Jewish Studies at Dartmouth College