Israel, Politics in America “The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he became friendly with a group of prominent Jewish Democrats…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 4 June 2015 The president’s views on Israel were forged during his time in Chicago, when he...
Israel, Jewish Community, Rabbis “A genuine, spiritually and theologically grounded, rabbinic voice is missing from the American Jewish community’s Israel conversation” Author Drew Kaplan Date 27 May 2015 Rabbinic talk is not political talk. Political does not mean partisan. Political talk focuses...
Israel “There is a fine line…between legitimate criticism, which is what Israel deserves, and illegitimate criticism” Author Drew Kaplan Date 26 May 2015 The 20th century produced many international conflicts that were clear-cut, black-and-white, good-and-evil. … The...
Israel “…the whole proposition of nakba is problematic insofar as it sets up Israel’s creation as a zero-sum game” Author Drew Kaplan Date 21 May 2015 …the whole proposition of nakba is problematic insofar as it sets up Israel’s creation...
Gaza, Israel “Israel’s supreme advantage in this war lies in the enemy’s own misunderstanding” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 May 2015 For Israelis, the mingled sensations of power and vulnerability are rooted in the mixed...
Israel “The hardening of Israel’s nationalism is, among other things, a harbinger of how the West will respond to the further dangers of Islamist politics, by digging in…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 11 May 2015 The hardening of Israel’s nationalism is, among other things, a harbinger of how the...
Gaza, Israel “Hamas can declare victory all it wants. But the reality is that a number of senior Hamas leaders were killed in the war along with hundreds of its operatives…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 10 May 2015 Hamas can declare victory all it wants. But the reality is that a number...
Israel “….we and the Palestinians cannot become one happy family tomorrow because we are not one, we are not happy and we are not a family” Author Drew Kaplan Date 3 May 2015 ….we and the Palestinians cannot become one happy family tomorrow because we are not...
Politics in Israel “As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all odds), Netanyahu has again assembled a coalition of dejected minorities…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 April 2015 As he did when he was first elected prime minister in 1996 (against all...
Israel, Politics in Israel “Much of Israel’s recent history is the gradual movement of Rabbi Maimon’s squiggle — and of other historical squiggles — from the margins of the founding Document, and the ethos it meant to enshrine, to the center” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 April 2015 God, to whom all pre-modern and even many modern Jews ascribed not only the...