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Nov 9, 2018, 4:23 PM

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My fellow Jews, It’s the first Shabbat after a bloody US midterm election campaign. Truth be told, it’s been a bloody few years. A cancerous tumor has infected World Jewry, tearing at the fabric from every corner – American vs. Israeli,...

Oct 28, 2018, 11:59 AM

Israel or Diaspora? – Part 3: The only realistic solution

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I wrote this a few days before the synagogue shooting in Pittsburgh. The intention was to highlight the only realistic solution for Israel, not the Diaspora. Now I'm starting to believe it's for both. (More about America's anti-Semitic tumor...

Oct 27, 2018, 7:37 PM

Israel or Diaspora? – Part 2: How it is when Politics is Religion

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We can talk about how it should be, or we can talk about how it is. To pay lip service to the former, Jews all over the world deserve a say in Israel’s religious affairs. I’d even say a vote....

Oct 26, 2018, 7:08 PM

Israel or Diaspora? – Part 1: It’s the Jews who are fighting

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For the first time in its history, Diaspora Jewry is feeling increasingly let down by its relationship with Israel. Some would even say slighted – and rightfully so – while others might call them a freier (sucker). But the...

Aug 2, 2018, 2:55 PM

Book review: The Empty Wagon

Imagine it’s 1941 and Hitler gives the remaining Jews an ultimatum: emigrate en masse to Israel immediately. If not, they’ll be sent to their deaths in the concentration camps. For this reviewer and I think most people, the choice is...

Carla Brewington

Jun 22, 2018, 12:01 AM

Coming out... as a Zionist was not an easy decision. Friends walked away, some faster than others, but most walked away. They would call themselves pro-Palestinian, not even knowing what that meant. For the record, I say Yes, to the innocent...

Moshe-Mordechai van Zuiden

Jun 20, 2018, 3:57 AM

The little ugly Zionism

Once upon a time, there was a very ugly lady. It's not nice to say but she really looked not so hot. No one liked her in any way whatsoever. At least, that's how it seemed. One day, however, it...

Raymond M. Berger

May 13, 2018, 10:29 AM

Jews, Lemmings, and Zionism

Why can’t we Jews advocate for our self-interest? Recently, far-left Israeli journalist Gideon Levy published a provocative opinion-piece in which he claimed that Zionism is inherently unjust. According to Levy, “Zionism gave birth to a terrible national wrong that has...

Apr 27, 2018, 9:11 AM

BDS Is Anti-Semitic: A Response to the 2005 “Palestinian Civil Society Call for BDS”

The BDS movement was started in 2005 by Omar Barghouti, ironically, while he was a student attending Tel Aviv University. Clearly the apartheid that is claimed by Barghouti did not exist for him since he attended the university amongst...

Mar 27, 2018, 8:23 PM

A million obstacles?

Quiet there, Mr. Ruff! Of your noise, we’ve had enough. Wouldn’t it drive you really bats If we were a million. --Katz The Two State Solution has been having a bit of a renaissance lately since around the last AIPAC conference. Executive Director of AIPAC,...

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