Netanyahu and Obama: Name-Calling and its Discontents
2014-10-31
Ultimately, the name-calling is amusing and makes for good copy, but it’s irrelevant. What matters, as always, is policy. Continue Reading
Views of Egypt show new Jewish discourse in USA
2011-02-14
Advertisements In a piece published at the UK news site JNews, I look at Jewish-American responses to the revolution in Egypt and examine how it reflects a new discourse within the Jewish community.Continue Reading
Lunatic Zealots: Right Wing Nuts Assault JVP Members
2010-11-15
Advertisements The Jewish community as a whole needs to start getting a grip on the insane zealotry inherent in lock-step support of Israel. As someone who was raised in an orthodox community which supports settlements, anti-Arab racism and the sort of awful tendencies that have gained so much more prominenceContinue Reading
Am Yisrael Chai?
2010-11-09
Advertisements Walking down a street in Hebron that was once a bustling market, one sees shut up stores, and sometimes spray painted slogans in Hebrew on them. Turn up the road near the Ma’arat Ha’Machpela (Tomb of the Patriarchs), which is also the Ibrahimi Mosque, and one can stroll downContinue Reading
Moving Past Obama
2010-11-04
Advertisements A while back, I wrote about “Giving up on Obama.” A natural corollary to that declaration is, as my friend, Rabbi Brant Rosen inquired, “what then”? Before I answer that, I wanted to clear up a misapprehension some took from my piece. I have, indeed, lost faith in Obama’sContinue Reading