Rabbis must lean into Zionism from the pulpit this holiday season

Writing in The Jerusalem Post, Rabbi Stuart Weinblatt argues that today’s antisemitism echoes the Dreyfus-era 1890s more than 1930s Germany — and that rabbis in both eras have been called on to lead. He urges colleagues to use the High Holy Days to teach Zionism’s history and the Jewish people’s ties to the land, rather …

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When a self-described Zionist organization stops acting like one

The question is whether Jewish national self-determination and Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish state remain core values T’ruah is prepared to defend. T’ruah calls itself a Zionist organization. Yet its recent actions, increasingly legitimizing individuals, organizations and ideas that reject Zionism and deny the legitimacy of Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish state suggest …

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Time for a Divorce: Should the Democratic Party Be Broken Up? — My Op-Ed in The Times of Israel

In the wake of the recent NYC primary results, I argue in The Times of Israel that the moment has come for a reckoning within the Democratic Party. Drawing on James Carville’s call for a schism, I make the case that the party must separate itself from the Democratic Socialists, whose platform I see as …

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