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August 2016

August 05, 2016

Jewish Community: Black Lives Matter No Matter What

I’m going to take a break from my gleeful Trump posts to deal with an...

February 2016

February 26, 2016

Why I’m Still a Zionist

(Update: Since the original publication of this post, it has been repeatedly pointed out to me...

February 23, 2016

My Crisis of Zionism

True Zionist confessions: As a campus Hillel director and later a JCC professional, I was...

February 09, 2016

Liberal Jews Get a Piece of the Rock

If you follow news of the Jewish world, by now you have heard about the...

January 2016

January 21, 2016

Home of Israeli Secular Humanistic Leader Vandalized

This is the sort of "breaking news" that I don't usually blog about, but in...

December 2015

December 30, 2015

Israeli Crackdown on Left-Wing Groups Continues

News out of Jerusalem this week is that the right-wing government has given the thumbs-up...

December 17, 2015

Defaming the Left in Israel

Israeli right-wingers are going off the rails and taking Israeli democracy with them. The Jewish...

November 2015

November 16, 2015

Israeli Extremists Respond to Paris Massacre

Haaretz writer Uri Misgav has published a powerful blog post about right-wing nationalist Orthodox Jewish...

October 2015

October 26, 2015

Does Torah Command Immediate Execution of Disarmed Terrorists?

To my liberal rabbinical colleagues who hold the view that the Torah’s wisdom is necessary...

October 16, 2015

It’s the Occupation, Stupid

View image | gettyimages.comI’ve mentioned before that I’m still a paid-up member of the Reform...

September 2015

September 17, 2015

Christian-Jewish Relations in 5776

Let's talk about the state of "Christian-Jewish" relations! For most of the past 2,000 years,...

August 2015

August 31, 2015

Why I Support Open Hillel

After years of sitting on the “right-of-center” when it came to Israel (I called myself...

August 22, 2015

J Street U Picks Muslim Leader, Jews Freak Out

The new president of the campus arm of the liberal Zionist organization J Street was elected...

August 20, 2015

340 Rabbis Come out in Support of Iran Deal

September is a busy month for the Jews this year. As is usually usual, the...

August 17, 2015

Iran Deal: Leaders Out of Step with American Jewry

As I wrap up my vacation, it’s time to return to blogging. A few weeks...

August 05, 2015

Murderous Jewish Religious Fanaticism, Part Two

View image | gettyimages.comBefore I take a short vacation hiatus from the blog and my...

August 04, 2015

Murderous Jewish Religious Fanaticism, Part One

View image | gettyimages.com Last week was a horrible one in Israel. Contained within the...

July 2015

July 09, 2015

Maccabees, Reform Rabbis and the Quest to Slay the BDS-Monster

As I blogged about several weeks ago, Sheldon Adelson & Co. have founded a new multi-million dollar...

July 08, 2015

Who Is a Jew and Who Is a Rabbi?

The newly-appointed Israeli Minister of Religious Services, David Azulai, has said something stupid. This puts...

July 05, 2015

The Holy Kabbalist and the Dead Cop

Last night the head of the National Fraud Unit of the Israeli Police, Deputy Commissioner...

June 2015

June 23, 2015

Obama Coffee

President Obama continues to be pretty popular among American Jews. Not so much among Israelis....

June 17, 2015

Bibi, Bougie, Ivette and E-1…What Does It All Mean?

To everyone’s surprise - and no one’s more than his own - Bibi Netanyahu is...

June 11, 2015

Sheldon Adelson, Maccabee Warrior

The Adelson-Saban Republicratic (So-Called Mainstream) Jewish Summit Meeting to Eradicate the Menace of BDS Jew-Hatred...

June 10, 2015

How to Lose Friends and Alienate Allies

President Obama gave a pretty important interview last week to a major news channel. You...

June 04, 2015

Easy as ABC: Adelson, Antisemitism, BDS & Campus

A few weeks ago I hosted a forum at my congregation. The topic was whether...

June 02, 2015

Violence at King David’s Tomb

I wonder if John Hagee's Christians United for Israel know what happened at King David’s tomb...

June 01, 2015

Being Clueless about Being Jewish in a Polite Society

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an entertainment writer who contributes to GQ, The New York Times and,...

May 2015

May 21, 2015

Israeli Foreign Policy…Medieval Version

Repeat after me, “The Bible is not a real estate guide.” Obviously, Israel’s brand-new Deputy...

March 2013

March 04, 2013

A New Day In Israeli Politics?

I am a political junkie. My drug is not domestic, as I prefer to feed...

February 2013

February 12, 2013

Crime Wave At The Western Wall

I just returned from Jerusalem to news about the latest round of arrests of Jewish...