“It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as spectral in color rather than monochromatic
It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as...
Category Archives: Israel
“Zionism leverages the bravery of the Hasmoneans, but tries to get us to forget the corruption and decline of their ruling class once empowered…”
Zionism — and, here, I mean especially the muscular Zionism of the Six-Day War,...
“Religious Zionism, the brand of Zionism that benefited the most from the triumph in the 1967 war, is the strangest hybrid of all”
Religious Zionism, the brand of Zionism that benefited the most from the triumph in...
“…how did a people that envisions itself in prayer as a community of tents, itinerant in the wilderness, become so fixated on construction projects?”
The fact that Oz is an outspoken opponent of occupation and the policies required...
“…this restlessness is the psychological, spiritual epicenter of Jewishness as it has been enacted, transacted, and transmitted for centuries”
Midway through Salt Houses — the stunning debut novel by Hala Alyan about four...
“There are a lot of vigorously debated hypotheses about why American Jews appear to be distancing themselves from Israel”
There are a lot of vigorously debated hypotheses about why American Jews appear to...
“…the history of the Palestinian national movement is one long series of military defeats and ideological concessions”
…for Israel, the most pervasive myth is that there is no Palestinian partner for...
“Those who remember the physical insecurity of the pre-’67 borders largely accept the moral insecurity of the post-’67 realities as easier to tolerate”
For the Jewish people, the Six-Day War entailed a trade of mythology for security...
“The truth is, much like The Odyssey, the Bible is a majestic story of a journey that lives uncomfortably at odds with what the failures inevitable upon arrival”
The truth is, much like The Odyssey, the Bible is a majestic story of...
“…for the Israeli government, continuing its occupation is far less costly than the concessions required to end it”
On this 50th anniversary of the war, it is clear that over the half-century...