Elisheva Goldberg is a freelance writer living in New York. She was formerly an editor and analyst at Molad: The Center for the Renewal of Israeli Democracy, and an assistant editor at Open Zion, a Daily Beast blog edited by Peter Beinart.
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Opinion Meet the ‘Good Kids’ Who Refuse To Spy for Israel
Thinkstock The refusal of 43 men and women to continue their reserve duty in Israel’s elite 8200 intelligence-gathering unit has taken Israel by storm. The group published a letter on Friday, and it made its way quickly into the Israeli, American, and international headlines. The letter stated that these soldiers and officers are no longer…
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Opinion Why Did We Obsess Over Israel’s War in Gaza? Capitalism.
A journalist films as rescue workers remove the body of a Palestinian man from the rubble of his home in Gaza / Getty Images The American media covers Israel more than almost any other pressing geopolitical concern. The disproportionate coverage was continually pointed out (as it had been in the past) as reporters crawled in…
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Opinion When ‘Death to Arabs’ Rings Out in Holy City
Israel is consumed with calls for revenge for the murders of three kidnapped students. But some are pushing back against the cycle of hate./Getty Images The headlines in Israel this week have been overwhelming. First the bodies of the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers — Naftali Frenkel, Gil-ad Shaer and Eyal Yifrach — were found, buried,…
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Opinion No, Presbyterian Divestment Is Not Anti-Semitic
Twitter Yesterday, Jane Eisner, with whom I most often agree, wrote about the Presbyterian vote to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola Solutions. These are three companies that reportedly participate in the Israeli occupation of the West Bank by providing heavy equipment for the construction of the barrier-fence, the destruction of Palestinian homes and building…
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Opinion Can Brooklyn Jews Talk Civilly About Israel?
Young Jews discuss Israel at a ‘Resetting the Table’ event in Brooklyn. / Ezra Weinberg This past Sunday, in the high-beamed, chilly Brooklyn Lyceum, a group of 20- and 30-somethings tried to talk about Israel — no small feat. The program, called “Resetting the Table,” was designed to allow young people to get together and…
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Opinion Harvard Group Was Right To Visit Arafat’s Grave
Harvard students pose at Yasser Arafat’s grave. / Twitter Last Monday, the Harvard College Israel Trek went to the Muqata’a, the offices of the Palestinian government, in Ramallah. While they were there, the group took a picture with Yasser Arafat’s grave, which was inevitably Tweeted by the group’s tour guide. The photo was picked up…
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Opinion Jerusalem Protest Breeds Color War, Not Civil War
Settler youth bear signs reading “Girls of Israel for the nation of Israel,” “A king’s daughter doesn’t date a non-Jew,” and “No more assimilation!” / Elisheva Goldberg Last night in Jerusalem, Arabs and Jews (well, mostly Jews) got together at an event called “Pashut Sharim” or “Just Singing,” a four-year-old initiative funded primarily by Hillel…
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Opinion 11 Reasons To Love — or Hate — SodaStream
REASONS TO LOVE: 1 — It’s delicious. What Jew doesn’t like seltzer? 2 — It’s eco-friendly, saving massive amounts of otherwise virtually indestructible plastic waste. 3 — It could feasibly pay for itself. 4 — According to MSNBC, it’s the largest job provider for local Palestinian workers. 5 — It comes in invigorating Energy Drink,…
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