Rebecca Livengood

Why J Street U Deserves a Birthright Trip

By Rebecca Livengood | February 8, 2011

Birthright says that it doesn’t “deal in politics,” but that’s impossible given how politicized Israel has become. So what’s stopping Birthright from allowing J Street U to facilitate a trip? Here’s why that trip should happen.

Who’s Afraid of the Anti-Zionists?

By Rebecca Livengood | May 10, 2010

Why should anti-Zionism be wrong? Harpo Jaeger defends the co-validity of differing opinions on the Jewish state, and says that the more we seek to understand each other’s views, the more we stand to gain as a community.