The Magnes Zionist

I suppose I should be pleased that Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, whose blog I occasionally read with pleasure, contrasted favorably the Magnes Zionist...

Recently, Forward contributing editor Jay Michaelson wrote a long piece challenging the leftwing critics of Israel to reveal their endgame...

It's perfectly kosher for a rightwing Jewish organization like NGO Monitor to disagree vigorously with a leftwing organization like Jewi...

Every so often the suggestion is raised that Palestinian citizens of Israel, like Jewish citizens, should do some form of national service. ...

Given the orthodox record of silence on the plight of the Palestinian Arabs, is it consistent for somebody who defines him or herself as re...

Dear Readers, I have gone for around six weeks without posting anything. During those six weeks I have been very busy, but there’s another r...

(Readers: this appears under a different headline, not mine, at Open Zion here ) Is the two-state solution for Israel-Palestine still viabl...

Recently, Prof. Efraim Karsh gave a talk at my university, in which he claimed that – contrary to received wisdom, the Arab-Israeli conflict...

  To the Delegates at the UMC General Conference in Tampa Dear Delegates, Before I say anything, before I try to convince you of anything...

Israeli Independence day came and went. Since the semester is not yet over, I am still in America, and there is little observance here. My s...

Günther Grass’s poem What must be said has been defended and attacked throughout the globe. The poem protests against the German sale of a...

Peter Beinart is the most recent of those who have claimed that  a Jewish state is necessary as a refuge for Jews fleeing anti-Semitism. “I ...

In an op-ed published today by Rabbi Donniel Hartman, we learn that killing “known terrorist leaders” who have “blood on their hands,” and ...