Is Zionism No Longer Able to Offer Solutions to the Present Reality?
“Zionists just want to be happy.” – Hermann Cohen I do not think it’s…
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Another Manufactured Outrage: Rep. Ilhan Omar Did Nothing Wrong in Listing Hamas, Israel, and U.S. Together
Last week, Representative Ilhan Omar asked Secretary of State Tony Blinken a straightforward question. It…
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Unquestioned Support for Israel Wasn’t Always the Way for Conservative Christians
As civilians in southern Lebanon fled an impending Israeli ground offensive, over three thousand Christian…
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Are We Seeing the End of the ‘Good Arabs’ in Israel?
For anyone who follows the conflict in Israel/Palestine, the latest conflagration seems all too familiar….
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Decolonizing Jewish Studies Part II: A Response to the Backlash
Recently, we identified Jewish Studies scholarship that is sexist, racist, and cisheteronormative, arguing that neoliberal…
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Battle of Antisemitism Definitions is Actually a Proxy War For Criticism of Israel
Last month, a global consortium of leading scholars released the Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism (JDA),…
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How Did Hasidic Jewry Become a Stronghold of Trumpism?
Is American Hasidism in crisis? After successfully rebuilding its institutions after the war, Hasidism in…
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In the Story of the New Testament We Are the Romans—No Matter Who Wins the Election
A number of years back, I heard something that changed my whole perspective on the…
Read MoreIf Not for AIPAC: What Ilhan Omar Should Have Said
I hope Rep. Omar is able to move forward after this unfortunate, second charge of anti-Semitism; to do less social media and more of what she was elected to do: legislate.
Read MoreRacism and Anti-Semitism Are Not Intrusions of a Dark Past Into Our Present
We add to the power of racism and anti-Semitism rather than resist them when we fail to acknowledge that the past lives through us.
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