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Category Archives: Israel
Rabbi Meir Kahane & The Nazi Question
R. Meir Kahane can’t get through an interview without being asked if his program does not resemble that of Nazi Germany. He answers that anyone can convert to Judaism while the Jews of Germany could never be accepted as legitimate … Continue reading
Can Israel Do No Wrong?
I went to the website of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and put “Israel” in the search box. I got 2314 results. Judging by the headlines I read, not one press release was critical of the Jewish state. In just those … Continue reading
Nazi Hunter: Nuremberg-esque march no way to celebrate Estonian independence
Nazi hunter Efraim Zuroff writes: Tuesday’s march, which was sponsored by the Sinine Aratus (Blue Awakening) youth movement, closely affiliated with the Estonian Conservative People’s Party (EKRE), was a good example of at least one of the major problems we … Continue reading
SWC Officials Attend Israeli PM’s Speech to U.S. Congress; Existential Threat Extends Beyond Israel
Here’s the bit I love most: “The Prime Minister reminded the world that Iran is a master at ‘hide and cheat’ and that nuclear inspectors failed to stop North Korea from becoming a nuclear power and that inspectors alone will … Continue reading
John Mearsheimer: What Mondoweiss Means To Me
You don’t often find scholars praising a blog. What grabs my attention here is that I have always thought of the pro-Israel crowd as the good guys and the anti-Israel crowd as the bad guys. So while I still think … Continue reading
NYT: In U.C.L.A. Debate Over Jewish Student, Echoes on Campus of Old Biases
I don’t see anything shocking, appalling or horrible in the following story. All that happened is that four students got caught saying out loud what most people think (they make choices based on their group interests). It seems to me … Continue reading
The Future Of Greater Israel
John J. Mearsheimer, “The Future of Palestine: Righteous Jews vs. the New Afrikaners,” in Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor, eds., After Zionism: One State for Israel and Palestine, (London: Saqi Books, 2012), pp. 135-153: Israel is not going to allow … Continue reading
Political Scientist John Mearsheimer: ‘A major threat to academic freedom today comes from the Israel lobby’
I never thought about the following points until I read this essay. I’ve always taken it for granted that Israel advocates are the good guys and anti-Israel advocates are bad guys. Perhaps the matter is more complex? Chaim Amalek: “It … Continue reading
Should Jewish citizens in a Gentile land be voicing their displeasure at Gentile representatives who do not show up to a speech by the leader of the Jewish state?
I’m noticing shuls in 90035 and my friends in 90035 are annoyed that their black Congresswoman Karen Bass did not show up to the Israeli prime minister’s speech yesterday. Rabbi Mayer Schiller said in 1999: “The State of Israel poses … Continue reading
How To Be A Fascist
Growing up a Seventh-Day Adventist, the word “Papist” was commonly thrown around to connote views we despised. “Fascists” functions similarly in the world today. It’s the worst thing ever. It’s also about the last political movement where you will find … Continue reading