We are in a moment of unprecedented challenges for Israel and the Jewish people. Discourse about Israel, unlike any other foreign policy issue, has become toxic and increasingly polarized. Political hatred of Israel has united the far right and far left in a vitriolic and twisted union. School board candidates are issuing platforms that spend …
On any given day, Americans of all backgrounds participate in the political process—lobbying for policies and engaging lawmakers on a wide range of issues. Yet one group, those who support Israel and more specifically the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), is increasingly singled out and demonized, as if its participation in the political process …
Article by the Rabbi Weinblatt and the North American Values Institute in eJewishPhilanthropy about the growing ideological trends in public education that misrepresent Jews and Judaism, calling for Jewish leaders to take an active role in defending truth, complexity, and dignity in classrooms. Read the full article >>
At a time when Jews and the Jewish state are under attack from so many directions, one would hope that we could at least expect support from our rabbis. But instead, many engage in virtue signaling, or what in football terms is referred to as “piling on.” It is not necessary to delineate the very …
The late Geula Cohen, a Likud member of Knesset was asked how she would react if her son, who at the time was serving in the IDF in Lebanon was captured. She replied that she would stand outside the Knesset and join the protestors in shouting and demanding that the Government do whatever it takes …
The New York Times recent lengthy front page article, “Israel Loosened Its Rules to Bomb Hamas Fighters, Killing Many More Civilians” is disturbing – not necessarily because of the veracity of the allegation, but because of its reputation and the presumption of objectivity, reliability and accuracy of the New York Times. Yet it is fair …
It’s ironic that US Jews are being urged to enter the fray to save Israel’s democracy. Our job is to help lower the flames. Please note that the posts on The Blogs are contributed by third parties. The opinions, facts and any media content in them are presented solely by the authors, and neither The …
Rabbis should not use their High Holiday sermons to engage in unfair denunciations of Israeli policies. Instead they should display “more rabbinic courage” in helping to create a revival of support for Zionism in Reform and Conservative Judaism. This is the message that JNS editor-in-chief Jonathan Tobin hopes will sound from pulpits this Rosh Hashanah as Jews …