“Israelism” Review: The Dangers of Pro-Israel Indoctrination

By Daniel Kushner September 6, 2023

“In declaring that the only way for Jews to be safe is for Israel to be safe, the safety of Jews everywhere else has effectively been compromised.”

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Image of a black painted fist in a circle on a white diamond on a stone wall.

The Mizrahi Black Panthers Dreamed of a Different Future

By Maia Golzar Anderson August 20, 2023

“At this moment of heightened conflict, we must remember, and draw inspiration from the Mizrahi legacy of intersectional activism through the Mizrahi Black Panther Party in Israel.”

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Diaspora English: A Tour of the West Bank

By Daniel Crasnow July 1, 2021

Daniel Crasnow sees the occupation up close through the lens of “Breaking the Silence”

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An American Jew in Israel: Standing Against Annexation

By Alina Kulman July 9, 2020

“As an American in Israel, I can talk to English-speaking immigrants to Israel, and use a shared vocabulary to explain why I believe the annexation would lead to the creation of an apartheid state. And unlike my Israeli friends, I can stand up for Palestinian rights without fear of societal backlash.”

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It’s Time for Jewish Philanthropy to Invest Outside of the Jewish World

By Talya Wintman June 23, 2020

If we are serious about racial and economic justice, we must center the voices of small local nonprofits, people of color, and the broader communities in which we are situated, and we must do so inside of our endowment meetings.

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Welcomed, Then Attacked by Yitzhar

By Max Buchdahl November 5, 2019

That was all the time it took to make it clear that there is no “both sides” when it comes to the brutalizers of Yitzhar and the nearby Palestinian villagers who are brutalized by them.

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Spotlighting Unsettled: Deep Reporting From a New Series on Gaza

By Ariella Markowitz March 26, 2019

Media representation of Gaza usually falls into one of two categories. There are programs covering the facts and figures: KALW’s “Gaza Corner” comes to mind, a weekly news program reported by foreign correspondents. The second category is the generalizing documentary project: think Ai Weiwei’s Human Flow, which employs Gaza as a metaphor in a more…

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Going on Birthright? Here Are Some Questions to Ask.

By Lucy Berman January 15, 2019

A few weeks ago at JFK airport, I huddled with fellow Brown University students and members of IfNotNow near the El Al check-in line. The airport was crowded that night. It was filled with anxious travelers of all sorts, including dozens of young Jewish adults searching for their Birthright groups. As they wandered the airport,…

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Has Ramah Taken #YouNeverToldMe to Heart?

By Lev Gringauz January 3, 2019

It’s off-season for the Jewish summer camp world. But the conversation about including Palestinian perspectives in Israel education, started by IfNotNow earlier this year with their #YouNeverToldMe campaign, will continue to haunt institutions like Camp Ramah, the Conservative movement’s camping arm. As any camper, counselor, or camp professional knows, last summer defines what next summer…

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A Day in Ramallah

By Nesha Ruther September 27, 2018

H. meets me in the Menarah at around 4:30; I am late, and she, in the tradition of everyone I have met here, is beyond gracious. We walk down Rukab Street towards Rukab Ice Cream. It’s the oldest ice cream shop in Ramallah and so notoriously good that the street is named after the shop…

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Student Cooks Eggs on Laptop Overheated by Israel-Palestine Hot Takes – New Vices

By Lev Gringauz May 29, 2018

A local Jewish college student on the front lines of BDS recently boiled eggs on his AIPAC-sticker-laden laptop using the raw energy of online Israel-Palestine-related hot takes. Jake Zucker, of rural New York City, New York, said he wasn’t sure what to do when his stovetop stopped working. “Man, I need a high-protein breakfast if…

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I Was Arrested for Protesting Deaths in Gaza

By Josie Slovut April 13, 2018

I was arrested on Tuesday. My crime was participating in an act of civil disobedience outside the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas in solidarity with Palestinians being killed in Gaza. I could have had it worse. When Palestinians peacefully protest for their own rights, which they continually and bravely do, they…

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I’m Fighting Demolitions Because I’m a Zionist

By Hannah Radley March 15, 2018

Last summer, I had the opportunity, along with 30 other British Jewish students, to visit the Palestinian Village of Umm al Kheir. It was a hard day. We walked around the village in the heat, seeing with our own eyes what it’s like living in a village where someone’s home could be demolished. The Bedouin…

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Welcome to the Conversation: A Guide to Left-Wing Israel Organizations on Campus

By Sarah Asch January 18, 2018

The first time I encountered a progressive view about Israel was when I went on my first college tour at the age of 16. On UC Berkley’s campus, across the Bay from my house, I noticed small black flags planted in the grass. A sign informed passersby that these flags represented the movement for justice…

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Reclaiming Alienated Liberals: Israel’s Imperative for Diaspora Jews

By Benjamin Davidoff October 11, 2016

Originally published in the Spring 2016 edition of The Current. It has been over seventy years since the end of World War II and the Holocaust. As remaining survivors become fewer and fewer, the Holocaust moves from being a living memory to one that is more historical in nature. Inevitably, as we are further removed…

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