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Category Archives: Israel
Is Israel becoming a mafia state?
From Times of Israel: …I found myself talking to a Jewish woman who works in the US government. “I don’t understand,” she said with dismay. “In America, Jewish people are upstanding citizens. What is happening in Israel?” The woman was … Continue reading
Tabletmag: ‘BRINGING ‘DAF YOMI’ TO LIFE. AND VICE VERSA.’
Beth Kissileff writes: One frustration in reading a memoir about life in Israel is a total absence of a mention of Arabs and others who live there. Nonetheless, part of the liveliness of Kurshan’s memoir comes from her life in … Continue reading
The liberal Zionist crisis — white nationalists are villains, but settlers are ‘complex’
I think the healthy attitude for all people is to put your own people first. They should be one’s primary political concern. Interests over principles. I do not care if Israel is a liberal democracy. My first concern is that … Continue reading
Jews argue whether Zionism is racism — in the Forward!
Philip Weiss writes: Charlottesville has been a depth charge. The Israeli right was loath to condemn the white nationalists at the fringe of Trump’s base, and this has sent a shock through the American Jewish community. There is open argument … Continue reading
White supremacist leader compares his ideology to Zionism on Israeli TV
From Times of Israel: “As an Israeli citizen, someone who understands your identify, who has a sense of nationhood and peoplehood and the history and experience of the Jewish people, you should respect someone like me who has analogous feelings … Continue reading
Forward: ‘Richard Spencer Might Be The Worst Person In America. But He’s Right About Israel’
Naomi Dann (a media manager at Jews for Peace) writes: The images of Nazis and white supremacists marching in the streets of Charlottesville with torches chanting “blood and soil” shook me to my core. But so did something else that … Continue reading
‘Transferring’ Palestinian citizens of Israel to a Palestinian state goes from outrage to Netanyahu policy
Sounds like Bibi is keeping it real. If you love Jews and the Jewish state, then you’ll love this idea. Why would any nation want to retain people who hate it? On the other hand, many on the Alt Right … Continue reading
Mike, The Mad Dog & The Jews
I just watched the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary “Mike and the Mad Dog.” Forty minutes (commercial free) into the show, Robert Thompson, media expert, says: “There are a couple of stories in the Mike and the Mad Dog story … Continue reading
Steve Sailer: ‘Netanyahu Invites Visegrad Eastern Europeans to Summit Next Year in Jerusalem’
Steve Sailer writes: Back in early 2014, I predicted that liberal Jews around the world would increasingly turn toward their old home culture of Germany for leadership, while nationalist Jews would look toward better ties with Eastern Europe. That’s more … Continue reading
The Fascism Of Yaakov Moshe Harlap
In his fifth lecture on R. Yaakov Moshe Harlap, Marc Shapiro says: “His stress on the land of Israel…is not just super-Zionism but bordering on fascism. If you tell me that is the Jewish approach, then the Jewish approach is … Continue reading