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      Remembering ‘MOVE’ as American religion on the 40th anniversary of Philadelphia bombing its own residents
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Joshua Shanes

Joshua Shanes is Associate Professor of Jewish Studies, and Director of the Arnold Center for Israel Studies, at the College of Charleston. He has published widely on modern Jewish politics, religion and culture, and contemporary antisemitism, in both academic and popular journals such as the Washington Post, Slate, Haaretz and Tablet.

Archive, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeFebruary 3, 2022

Rather Than Attack Amnesty For Labeling Israel an Apartheid State Critics Could Address the Actual Problems

By Joshua Shanes

Amnesty International has just released a new, comprehensive report on the situation in Israel/Palestine. Like…

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Archive, Israel-Palestine, OMFG, Politics/LawJune 14, 2021

Another Manufactured Outrage: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did Nothing Wrong in Listing Hamas, Israel, and U.S. Together

By Joshua Shanes

Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar asked Secretary of State Tony Blinken a straightforward question. It…

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Archive, Israel-Palestine, Politics/Law, Racial JusticeApril 15, 2021

Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel

By Joshua Shanes

Last month, a global consortium of leading scholars released the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA),…

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