England, Israel, Middle East, War, World War I “There was a more immediate motive for the timing of the Balfour Declaration” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 November 2017 There was a more immediate motive for the timing of the Declaration. U.S. President...
Israel, University “…just because an activist group says dumb and misguided things about Jews and Israel, that doesn’t mean the campus in question is “hostile” or “uncomfortable” for Jews” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 November 2017 …just because an activist group says dumb and misguided things about Jews and Israel,...
Israel “…by accusing Israel of ‘white supremacy’, the anti-Zionists sound like that old tongue-in-cheek definition of anti-Semitism…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 24 October 2017 There are already enough reasons to be critical of Israel, if you are so...
Israel, Jews in America “American Jewry and Israeli Jewry can both be success stories, even as the standards for thickness, moral integrity, spiritual health, political vitality, and continuity must be measured by different gauges” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 September 2017 By extension, it is time to take each of these communities seriously on their...
Israel, Palestinians, Six-Day War “…taking on the identity of being the world’s wanderers is more of a punishment than a badge of honor” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 September 2017 …as we converge on marking 50 years since the 1967 war reshaped the relationship...
Israel, Jews in America “The gap is real between American and Israeli Jews, with the exception of small pockets of like-minded communities…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 August 2017 The gap is real between American and Israeli Jews, with the exception of small...
Israel, Jewish Community, Jews in America “It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as spectral in color rather than monochromatic Author Drew Kaplan Date 22 August 2017 It is time to start treating the gap between Israeli and American Jews as...
Israel, Six-Day War, Zionism “Zionism leverages the bravery of the Hasmoneans, but tries to get us to forget the corruption and decline of their ruling class once empowered…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 12 July 2017 Zionism — and, here, I mean especially the muscular Zionism of the Six-Day War,...
Zionism “Religious Zionism, the brand of Zionism that benefited the most from the triumph in the 1967 war, is the strangest hybrid of all” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 July 2017 Religious Zionism, the brand of Zionism that benefited the most from the triumph in...
Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Zionism “…how did a people that envisions itself in prayer as a community of tents, itinerant in the wilderness, become so fixated on construction projects?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 June 2017 The fact that Oz is an outspoken opponent of occupation and the policies required...