Religion Dispatches
Are the Jews in trouble? From the outside, things look quite good. Anti-Semitism is at an all-time low in the United States. The U.S. administration seems to allow Israel to do what it wants, even as many of us disagree with what it is choosing to do.
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What the anxious West has failed to recognize in the Arab Spring is that the political transformations of the Middle East are the coming of age of a new Islamism.
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Read MoreTwo leading scholars plead for Christian Zionists “to find a better way” to “love Israel.”
Read MoreSpeech will be out of “pro-Israel,” Christian Zionist playbook.
Read MorePresidential hopeful to hold “pro-Israel” press conference tomorrow in New York.
Read MoreOverrought reaction to Obama speech meant to appeal to Christian Zionists.
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A recent book by an eminent Israeli has caused a sensation in Israel as it calls on Jews to move past the Holocaust, which has rendered them oblivious to the suffering of others. Though Burg is firmly rooted in the tradition of Israeli apostates, his thesis overlooks several critical phenomena.
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The positive reception of Budrus in the U.S. says a lot about the political climate today. The right-wing “pro-Israel” movement is going through a tough time. It has always built its public appeal on one simple narrative: Israel wants peace, but it must fight to ward off implacable violence from its enemies. Anything Israel does is justified because it’s in self-defense.
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