Dear Editor, In his article “It’s Time for American Jews to Recognize The Nakba,” Abe Silberstein calls for an “honest accounting of [Israel’s] history.” Sadly, the author does not supply it. One key error is Silberstein’s description of the 1947 UN Partition Plan. Silberstein writes this plan “provided for a Palestinian state.” At best this…
Editor’s Note: This letter was accepted and published before we were made aware of a social media post by its author that falls well outside the bounds of what The Forward deems acceptable discourse. The social media post has been deleted. We regret the error. Dear Editor: I read the ADL’s Kenneth Jacobson’s “The ADL…
In a recent op-ed in these pages, Peter Beinart argued that anti-Zionism — the ideology that posits that Israel does not have a right to exist as a Jewish state — is not inherently anti-Semitic. Beinart’s claim stands in stark contrast to what polling has shown, namely, that anti-Semitic beliefs and anti-Zionism are positively correlated….
Dear Editor, I appreciate how in your article “How To Speak About The Israel Lobby In A Non-Anti-Semitic Way” you thoughtfully attempt to navigate treacherous waters concerning discussion of the “Israel Lobby”. But I take issue with a couple of your assertions. One is your claim that “If there were no vigorously Zionist Christian right,…
This weekend, the internet combusted into an uproar after Representative Ilhan Omar tweeted “It’s All About The Benjamins Baby” with regards to American elected officials standing up for Israel. When Forward op-ed editor Batya Ungar-Sargon asked Omar who the money came from, Omar answered AIPAC. AIPAC! https://t.co/UdzaFUEfrh — Ilhan Omar (@IlhanMN) February 11, 2019 Ungar-Sargon…
Twice last week, The Forward published articles accusing American Jewish institutions of “betraying us” and “selling us out.” The authors of these articles accuse institutions — specifically the American Jewish Committee and Anti-Defamation League — of abdicating their responsibility to the American Jewish community by supporting right-wing, racist leaders in Brazil, America, and Israel instead…
Dear Editor: As a Holocaust survivor, reading your article “Seeking To Help Israel, American Jewish Institutions Sold Us Out,” I can’t help but sense your political blindness. While I respect the right you have to your own opinion, I also feel that your vision of the reality in which Jewish people live today is quite…
Dear Editor: I am a New York attorney who practices in the area of pro-Israel litigation. I am writing in response to “BDS is a Trap for Democrats” by Lara Friedman. In her piece, Friedman argues that with legislation that allows states to penalize companies that boycott Israel, Republicans “are now working to undermine democratic…
In a recent op-ed in these pages, Yousef Munayyer argued that no state has an inherent right to exist. “States don’t exist because they have a ‘right’ to,” he wrote. “They exist because certain groups of people amassed enough political and material power to make territorial claims and establish governments, sometimes with the consent of…
Dear Editor, I am the New York attorney who was written up in the op-ed piece “The Surprising New Battleground” published on January 7, 2019. I am writing in response to that article. Do you know who Oliver Brown was? The name might not seem familiar to you, but in fact you probably know it…
Dear Editor, As a proud member of the search committee, I found Josh Nathan-Kazis’ Dec. 19 piece about the selection of Lonnie Nasatir as President-Elect of the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago to be a missed opportunity to highlight an exciting and pivotal moment in the Chicago Jewish community. The search process was…
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