Mitchell Plitnick

Born in New York City, raised an Orthodox Jew and educated in Yeshiva, Mitchell Plitnick is the former Director of Education and Policy for Jewish Voice for Peace. He is currently a policy analyst whose writing has appeared in the Jordan Times, Israel Insider, UN Observer, Middle East Report, Global Dialogue, San Francisco Chronicle, and Tikkun. He has been interviewed by the PBS News Hour, the O?Reilly Factor and CNBC Asia, among others. Read his blog at allvoices.com.

Archive, Politics/LawOctober 16, 2008

RDBook: Bernard Avishai’s The Hebrew Republic

By Mitchell Plitnick

Political economist Bernard Avishai thinks that Israel’s best hope for peace and a bright future is to embrace European-style secular democracy, integrating its Arab citizens into a business-driven globalized economy.