I believe it is because of shifts in the Palestine solidarity movement as well as in the larger political landscape of the left, and changes in Jewish thinking around identity and politics. . ... Jews, regardless of their political opinions, to be less attached to Israel than their elders..…
Palestinian Israeli Amir Fahori argued in his recent piece for Israeli left-wing Sicha Mekomit that none other than Professor Aharon Barak, that Jewish State is indeed the state of Jewish nation. ... some argued that it led to positive conversations between Jewish Israelis and..…
I think lot of Jewish folks have been shocked to see the rise of anti-Semitic alt-right, to see the nationalist marchers chanting, Jews will not replace us Charlottesville, and lot of these folks joining left- Jewish organizations. ..…
The parliamentary Labour Party, the entire Conservative Party and the media (including the BBC and the supposedly left-wing Guardian newspaper) have all embraced it. Certainly, it extends far beyond those members of Britain’s Jewish community who form part of the greater British..…
More so than numbers and pictures in the paper,” he told WGN News before he left. . ... He’s also bringing Stars of David for Jewish victims. He writes the names and glues pictures of the victims on each one. . . . ..…
In addition, some Haredi leaders have, at various points in Israel’s history, advocated for centrist or left-leaning positions, such as opposing Jewish settlements in the West Bank and supporting the possibility of giving up land in a peace agreement with the Palestinians. ... Hilonim are..…
By some accounts, Begin left the hall in tears. Exploring the ideological roots of this divide is indispensable for understanding Jewish terrorism, which has marred Zionist history from the 1930s to the present. . 2. . ..…
One of the videos would soon make news, capturing the moment when, instead of proudly reciting the oath of loyalty in which military induction ceremonies traditionally culminate in Israel, two of the recruits unfurled a banner that left the nature of their loyalties unclear. ... Homesh is a..…
It has abandoned its claim to Jordan, which by rights should be part of the Jewish state. . ... They don’t want Jewish organizations to criticize Israel from the left, but neither do they want them to be agents of the Israeli right. . ..…
Where this happens, the left has to come to the defense of Jewish communities, just as it did in the 1930s. ... Perhaps most importantly, there have also been good responses from Jewish Labour and left organizations, such as Jewish Voice for Labour, Jews for..…