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Community The Nation-State Law Commits To Strengthening Jewish Peoplehood In The Diaspora — But Not In Israel
Since its passage in the Knesset on July 19, Israel’s Nation-State Basic Law has managed to stir up anger and debate not just inside Israel but also around the world. In a recent appearance of mine on the BBC, the interviewer prefaced her question to me by insinuating that the idea of constitutionally defining Israel…
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Opinion Tolerating Anti-Semitism Hurts The Palestinian Cause
The British Labour Party has enjoyed a massive surge in membership and its best electoral success in decades under Jeremy Corbyn, the maverick socialist who rose from obscurity to capture its leadership in 2015. But since Corbyn’s election, Labour has been marred by an anti-Semitism problem that is now tearing the party apart. An anti-Semitic…
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Community I Used To Be Israeli Cartoonist Avi Katz’s Boss — And His Firing Was A Travesty
A version of this article originally appeared in Plus61J, an Australian-Jewish publication. In a democracy, the media is responsible for providing the public with the information and context it needs to make informed political decisions. Last week, when The Jerusalem Post terminated its relationship with veteran illustrator and political cartoonist Avi Katz, it revealed that…
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Opinion Israel Has Chosen Ultra-Nationalism Over Diaspora Jews
Back in the late 1990s, it seemed appropriate to describe relations between Israel, the United States and the American Jewish community as a strategic triangle. Each of the three sides to the triangle interacted with and nourished the other two. This was not an equilateral triangle: Israel seemed to be replacing U.S. Jewry as the…
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Opinion Israel’s Democracy Is On Life Support. Diaspora Jews Must Speak Up.
It is time for the Jewish Diaspora to update some of its favorite lines for advocating on behalf of Israel. For example, “Arabic is one of Israel’s two official languages” is now a factually incorrect statement after Israel’s new Nation-State bill was passed by the Knesset last week. The bill downgraded Arabic from an official…
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Fast Forward Netanyahu’s Most Retweeted Tweet Ever Praised Trump’s Wall
A new report from the research firm Twiplomacy found that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s most retweeted tweet ever lauded President Trump’s plan to build a wall on the Mexican border. “President Trump is right. I built a wall along Israel’s southern border. It stopped all illegal immigration. Great success. Great idea,” Netanyahu wrote, evoking…
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Community Netanyahu Cares More About His Power Than About Jews
It’s not every week that the Israeli state Holocaust memorial of Yad Vashem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) issue statements rebuking the Prime Minister of Israel for distorting the historical record of one of the greatest tragedies ever to befall the Jewish people. But it did happen last week. What provoked this…
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Fast Forward Yad Vashem Slams Netanyahu For Polish Holocaust ‘Deceptions’
Israel’s main Holocaust memorial criticized as historically inaccurate on Thursday a joint statement by the Israeli and Polish prime ministers aimed at ending a dispute over Holocaust legislation in Poland. The Jerusalem-based center, Yad Vashem, challenged in particular the validity of the leaders’ assertion that the Polish underground and government-in-exile in World War Two came…
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