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Monique Dietvorst

Mar 7, 2026, 1:02 PM

Virtue Signaling Good Jew Seth Rogan: Denouncing Israel Won’t Stop Antisemitism

A recurring idea in modern political discourse is that antisemitism exists primarily because of Israel. According to this narrative, if Jews would simply distance themselves from Zionism or publicly condemn Israel, hostility toward Jews would disappear. This belief is historically...

Dec 8, 2020, 5:49 PM

Building a Zionist Curriculum for Seth Rogen

When Seth Rogen appeared on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast on July 27, 2020, he knew that some Jews would get upset, but probably could never imagine the firestorm that would ensue in the Jewish world. Since then, Rogen has...

Sep 9, 2020, 3:35 PM

The Rogen Affair: Did Daniel Gordis Miss the Mark?

The month long train of reactions to Seth Rogen's explosive comments about the State of Israel, and the paucity of the Israel education he received as a youngster, have been fairly predictable. On the one hand, we've seen one...

Laura Shaw Frank

Sep 6, 2020, 3:30 PM

Seth Rogen is wrong about Israel education in America

Illustrative. High school students. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

As an Israel educator, I have seen the sea-change in the way Israel is taught; his critique may have once been on-target, but it is no longer legitimate

Joshua Weinberg

Aug 7, 2020, 5:46 PM

Peoplehood in a Pickle – A Response to Seth Rogen

Despite current social protests in Israel, the surge in the spread of COVID-19, and intensity on Israel’s Northern border, I want to turn the conversation this week to the Israel discourse in North America. Seth Rogen’s unrehearsed remarks on...

Aug 5, 2020, 10:22 PM

Seth Rogen Does Not Endanger Israel. Our Silence on Annexation Does.

Last week, Seth Rogen set the Jewish and Israel social media world ablaze when he stated in an interview that “Israel doesn’t make sense” and that he “was fed a huge amount of lies about Israel entire life”....

Aug 5, 2020, 1:42 PM

Lies My Community Fed Me

Seth Rogan has been in the news lately for an interview in which he disavowed many normative Jewish things, such as religion in general, which he called “silly,” and the state of Israel, with which he doesn’t agree. He...

Aug 4, 2020, 3:08 PM

An American Pickle

During my life time, I've been in a few pickles. So when I read that Seth Rogan starred in an HBO movie, called, "An American Pickle" I pondered, "What would this film be about?" I thought, "A film about some American...

Aug 4, 2020, 8:38 AM

Let’s Talk About Seth

Seth Rogen doesn’t get it. He just doesn’t. He simply doesn’t understand much about life or about the world and shows very little understanding about what it means to be a Jew. Because to not understand Israel is to not...

Aug 3, 2020, 9:58 PM

Superbad Judgement

Seth Rogen. (Stephen McCarthy/Collision via Sportsfile/ Wikimedia Commons)

Seth Rogen has made a career out of being the quintessential Jew. He drops the Jbomb regularly and has openly made undeniable Jewishness his schtick. Whether or not he attends synagogue, keeps kosher or prefers mustard over mayo, he...

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