Rebecca Vilkomerson
By Rebecca Vilkomerson
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Letters Letter | Batya Ungar-Sargon’s Attack On BDS Is Inaccurate And Harmful
Dear Editor, Batya Ungar-Sargon’s unsubstantiated comments about supporters of Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) — the Palestinian civil society call to hold Israel accountable to basic principles of human rights and international law — deserve a response. While rightly saying that anti-BDS legislation should be opposed, much of her article recklessly slams BDS activists and…
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Opinion What’s Next After Bloodshed In Gaza?
You can find some of our other opinions about the conflict in Gaza here and here. Sixty Palestinians in Gaza were killed by Israel in one day this week, along with over 2,400 injured. As each day passes, the public justifications for their deaths have grown louder and louder: that the killed were members of…
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Opinion Coexistence Was Once Possible. It Can Be Possible Again
This piece is one of a series of pieces commissioned from leaders to speak to their feelings about Israel at 70. You will find the others here. My mother-in-law recently turned eighty. Born in Jerusalem to a Jewish family with deep roots in the city, she remembers her childhood in the pre-state days. Her father…
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Opinion Letter To The Editor: Why JVP Invited Rasmea Odeh To Speak
Next week, Jewish Voice for Peace will host our bi-annual national membership meeting in Chicago, bringing together nearly 1000 of our leaders and partners for critical conversations about resisting the harmful policies of the Trump administration and the Israeli government. Coverage in The Forward and other Jewish press has focused on the invitation to Rasmea…
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Opinion Pew Findings on Israel Show Criticism Has Entered Jewish Mainstream
The new Pew Center study on Jewish American life has been the subject of much handwringing since it came out last week, as the results show a weakening of connection to Jewish life among the non-Orthodox, as well as a weakening connection to Israel. For many years now, the lament of the organized Jewish community…
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Opinion Put Olive on Seder Plate for Palestinians and All Oppressed Peoples
Jews who want to challenge the community use foods as a way symbolizing those challenges on the most heartfelt of Jewish rituals: the Passover seder. Each day, we will examine a different food and what it means. Passover has always been my favorite Jewish holiday. Even as a child, I remember being slightly embarrassed that…
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