And while the State of Israel may claim to speak on behalf of all Jews everywhere, it doesn't. ... To transform American Jews from rubber stamps for Israel to Jews who believe in denouncing Israeli Occupation and the racist nature of Israeli state.. ..…

In Israel, there are over 600 members of an organization called The Parents’ Circle.  They are all Jews and Muslims who have lost children in the conflict.  ..…

So it’s a fairly good bet to expect people who like to hold forth about “white” American Jews to move effortlessly to denouncing Israel as an evil colonial enterprise led by Nazis who insist on “Jewish supremacy.” ..…

Rather Iraqi Jews were newcomers in foreign place.. Impossible Exodus tells the story of these Iraqi Jews first decades Israel. Faced with treatment and discrimination from state officials, Iraqi Jews resisted they joined Israeli political parties, demonstrated in the..…

Obama's speech included a significant and carefully balanced segment on this subject, which paired a strong defense of the 'unbreakable' U.S. bonds with Israel (and a review of the history of persecution of Jews) with a recognition that Palestinians 'have suffered in pursuit of a homeland.'..…