Tag: Zionism
Zionism has very few sacred cows
Over the past few years, I've taken a deep dive into Zionism in my personal and professional studies. I've read more books, papers and articles than I can count. I've interviewed experts, scholars and...
Zionism, normalization and integration
When Israel signed the Abraham Accords, Haaretz reporter Anshel Pfeffer wrote, “Zionism is an archaic and misleading term in our day and age.” Pfeffer was not the first to claim that, while Zionism was a movement...
Zionist Rabbinic Coalition holds second annual conference in Washington
When Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt speaks around the country about the Zionist Rabbinic Coalition, which he chairs, people often tell him, “I thought all rabbis are Zionists.”
“The landscape of the American Jewish community and of the...
When Palestinian nationalism becomes antisemitism
Article 9 of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s charter couldn’t be more nefarious. It states: “Armed struggle is the only way to liberate Palestine. This is the overall strategy, not merely a tactical phase. The...
Australian governing party branch calls to recognize ‘Palestine’
The governing Australian Labor Party’s branch in Victoria, the country’s second-most-populous state, passed a resolution calling on the federal government to “move immediately to recognise Palestine.”
The measure was “carried by the voices,” meaning it...
‘He was an ardent, farbrente Zionist,’ Mort Klein says of Ed Ames
Some 15 or 20 years ago, Mort Klein, national president of the Zionist Organization of America, saw a man who looked a lot like entertainer Ed Ames at an American Israel Public Affairs Committee...
The battle of the Zionisms
The Palestinians have taken the old adage, “If you can’t beat them, join them” and expanded it to “If you can’t beat them, copy them, and then try to beat them.”
Muslim armies conquered the...
On Israel’s 75th, Hadassah identifies 18 ‘must know’ American Zionist women
Actor Mayim Bialik—of “Blossom” and “The Big Bang Theory” fame, and more recently, host of the popular TV game show “Jeopardy!”—and Melissa Weiss, executive editor of Jewish Insider, Hadassah, have been identified as two of the “18...
Bronx Defenders to pay $170,000 to harassed Jewish employee
A legal-aid agency in New York City with a history of anti-Israel bias reached a settlement with a former Jewish employee, who claims that she was harassed and treated so poorly that she had...
Welcome to Hanun: Israel to establish new community along Gaza border
Israel’s Cabinet voted on Sunday to establish a new community along the border with the Gaza Strip.
The future town, to be named Hanun, will be located in the Sdot Negev Region and eventually be...