Reclaiming Zionism

By hdilman October 21, 2010

Last night, on the eve of the 15th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s murder, more than 1000 people gathered at Kikar Zion, in the heart of Jerusalem. The rally wasn’t a Rabin memorial but its date is significant and even metaphorical.  While Rabin’s legacy looms larger than any of his actions- the moral from it is…

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Does Max Blumenthal know who he’s talking to?

By Ben Sales October 21, 2010

Anyone who wants to make an intelligent contribution to the discourse on the proposed Israeli loyalty oath should know that drunk 18-year old Americans are not a representative sample of Israeli or Jewish society. Jenny Merkin knows that. I’m pretty sure Brandon Springer knows that too. I’m not sure that Max Blumenthal knows that. In…

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Land, Birthrights, and Ownership

By bbarer October 21, 2010

My post-secondary education has consisted of a couple years of this and that, followed by two years of almost exclusive (Western analytic) philosophy. Just speaking for myself, I have learned to ask pertinent questions, but articulating answers of a similar quality has not been part of my education. This is because philosophy teaches you how…

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The Reading List: Gilad Shalit for Marwan Barghouti?

By Ben Sales October 21, 2010

The rumors may be true: The iconic Israeli and Palestinian prisoners may be exchanged for each other. [Forward- JJ Goldberg] Bill Clinton wants Shalit free — and so does the American Task Force on Palestine. [JTA] Back in America, Jews love immigrants, right? Not so fast. [JW] Apparently Harvard is back to rejecting Jews… kind…

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Israel, the Oath and the New Jewish Youth

By bspringer October 21, 2010

Yesterday, Jenny Merkin posted Max Blumenthal’s recent video of mostly young Jewish internationals in Jerusalem swearing allegiance to the State of Israel via a loyalty oath crafted by Blumenthal in the spirit of the Führereid, you know that oath the Nazi Wehrmacht swore to ze Führer. Astonishingly, most of Blumenthal’s subjects proudly swore the oath…

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