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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...

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...

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 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...

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 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 2012

March 12, 2012

One State Will Never Fit All

While I was attending a youth conclave for the Society of Humanistic Jews in Washington,...

November 2011

November 10, 2011

Some Thoughts About Islam (And The Israeli-Arab Conflict)

These days, it seems that most critiques of the Islamic world come from American and...

July 2011

July 08, 2011

Hitchens Comments On The Gaza Flotilla

Christopher Hitchens has an outstanding piece on Slate.com about the slowly gathering “Free Gaza Flotilla.”...

July 05, 2011

Rabbi Lior’s Arrest Is The Price Of Entangling Religion & State

For those of you who haven’t been following the latest religious follies in Israel, I...

April 2011

April 18, 2011

Arrests In The Itamar Murders

Yesterday Israeli officials announced the arrests of two young men who will be charged with...

April 03, 2011

More Secular Humanistic Zionism

As I write this, I have only received one comment about my previous post on...

March 2011

March 25, 2011

Rockets In Southern Israel. Again.

I am watching the Channel 2 news from Israel. Rockets are dropping in southern Israel...