An exercise in letting things go [J Street 2012]

By Shani Chabansky March 26, 2012

Before the conference began, David blogged about “Israel-haters” at J-Street. He wrote that they’re here, and that’s okay. We have room to discuss their one-state solutions in the in-betweens, walking out from the plenaries and schmoozing. This place is the only place where “Israel-haters” can still feel like Jews. So I asked a couple people…

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Balancing reason and sentiment [Reason Rally]

By John Propper March 26, 2012

In light of the Reason Rally on March 24, at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., now seems like a good time to ask: how are Jews supposed to respond to a rise of attention to atheists, humanists, and the secular? Given how controversial the Rally has turned out to be (and was there any…

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Christians in the West Bank; extreme halakhah; Jewish culture & Mad Men history; and more. [Required Reading]

By John Propper March 26, 2012

Christians & Jews in the West Bank [Forward] Evangelical Christians have taken up the cause of Jewish settlers in the West Bank, The Jewish Daily Forward reports. In this article by Nathan Jeffay, a spotlight is cast on the role of evangelical Christians in affirming the lives of West Bank settlers, all under the believed…

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