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July 2016

July 26, 2016

No Blue Sky Between Republicans and Democrats on Israel

As we prepare watch the Democrats roll out their plan for America this week, it’s...

May 2016

May 15, 2016

Peace for Israelis, Liberation for Palestinians: Bringing the New Jerusalem

I was in Santa Cruz, CA to speak at a conference organized by Friends of...

September 2015

September 25, 2015

The Uprooted and Unwanted: A Sermon for Yom Kippur

Rabbi Brant Rosen leads a newly-formed Jewish congregation, Tzedek Chicago, a congregation that pursues a...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

The German church and the Palestinian call: A church challenged, Part 1

Four years ago I was in Stuttgart, Germany for my first speaking tour in that...

June 08, 2015

The Politics of Hope: One Jew’s Journey from Philadelphia, to Palestine, and Back

When I was a boy in the 1950s attending Hebrew school in Philadelphia, once a...

August 2014

August 11, 2014

Footnotes in Gaza — The Power of Memory

My review of Joe Sacco's astonishing Footnotes in Gaza appeared in Commonweal Magazine in October, 2011....

August 04, 2014

Gaza, 2014: Telling the Truth About Israel

Telling the truth Five years ago I attended a conference in Boston entitled “One State for...

June 2014

June 15, 2014

BDS the End of Israel? A Jewish and Presbyterian Response to Rabbi Marans

Dear Subscribers, I'm off to the Presbyterian General Assembly today. This OpEd written by Rev...

June 10, 2014

Tent of Nations Orchard Destruction and Pentecost Reflections

Three weeks ago I boarded an Amtrak train in Portland bound for Seattle. I was...

April 2014

April 13, 2014

Passover Message

Dear Subscribers, My friend Robert Cohen in the UK has just sent out his Passover...

October 2013

October 30, 2013

The Two State Illusion, Racism in Israel, and Jewish Hubris

On October 16 The Christian Century published my review of Rashid Khalidi’s Brokers of Deceit:...

September 2013

September 06, 2013

Talking about Israel at the Greenbelt Festival in the UK – a Yom Kippur Meditation

I’m back! It’s been a long time - there is a bit of catching up...

August 2011

August 08, 2011

Will Israel’s tent protesters awaken to the tents that came before theirs?

The following appeared first in Zochrot, was then picked up by Mondoweiss, and I can...

June 2011

June 18, 2011

My visit to South Africa, part 2: A Moment of Truth for the U.S. Church

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s recent appearance before a joint session of the U.S. Congress...

June 11, 2011

My visit to South Africa Part 1: A confessing church,1985-2011

Johannesburg, South Africa, April 2011: Why? I kept asking them. Why are you so wholeheartedly...

February 2011

February 09, 2011

Bursting the Bubble of “Liberal Zionism”

Peter Beinart and The Failure of American Jewish Progressivism: Bursting the Bubble of “Liberal Zionism”...

January 2011

January 17, 2011

Two Voices from Israel

I am bringing you two Jewish voices from Israel. One is a cry of despair...

October 2010

October 11, 2010

Peace, peace, and there is no peace

On October 6 The Washington Post ran a story entitled “A key back channel for...

July 2010

July 20, 2010

Report from the Presbyterian General Assembly – Part 2, The Jewish Response

There were two groups of Jewish attendees at the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian...

July 12, 2010

Report from the Presbyterian General Assembly – Part 1

I’ve just returned from Minneapolis, having attended the 219th General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church....

May 2010

May 12, 2010

Signs of Hope from the American Jewish Community

Dear friends and loyal subscribers, I have not dropped off the earth! In fact, I...

February 2010

February 16, 2010

Challenging the Law of Return, and an important new book

In this week's posting I bring two items to your attention. 1. Challenging the Law...

January 2010

January 29, 2010

“We must transfer our anger to the brutalities of our time.” Howard Zinn dies at age 87

I graduated from Columbia in 1970. Students had closed down the campus that Spring over...

January 01, 2010

Jerusalem 2009: The Light in the Tent

I sat in the tent and it was full of light. Fawzieh al-Kurd is the...

December 2009

December 13, 2009

Rededicating the Temple – A Hanukah Homily

The Jewish festival of Hanukah is celebrated this year on December 11-19th. The Hebrew word...

November 2009

November 17, 2009

The Politics of Hope

Roger Cohen gives us the politics of despair. On the one hand, his recent OpEd...