Israel, Politics in Israel “It is impossible to answer “who is Israel” without examining and understanding the shared traumas that Israelis experienced in the last four years” Author Drew Kaplan Date 7 April 2015 In 1993 they opened their ears to peace with PLO leader Yasser Arafat (the...
Politics in Israel “In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left must redefine itself…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 April 2015 In order to win the battle for the soul of Israel, the Israeli center-left...
University “A confident and informed Jewish community can make a successful case for Israel without curtailing free speech and open debate” Author Drew Kaplan Date 1 April 2015 It was not so long ago that Jewish communal organizations were among the strongest...
University “…out on the quads, some students witness the heated debates and protests over the situation between Israel and its neighbors” Author Drew Kaplan Date 31 March 2015 …out on the quads, some students witness the heated debates and protests over the...
Politics in Israel “For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 30 March 2015 For many on the left, talk of Jewish identity provokes discomfort. Particular identity arouses...
Israel “…what identity do we have left as an American Jewish community and what ability do we have to form any of our own opinions about how the Jewish state acts in our name?” Author Drew Kaplan Date 25 March 2015 When even ostensibly liberal Jewish organizations with inarguably progressive domestic legislative agendas can’t say...
Israel, Politics in America “…inextricably linked the cause of Zionism to the politics of the conservative right, thereby shifting Zionist discourse towards increasingly extreme ends” Author Drew Kaplan Date 19 March 2015 The abandonment of the two-state formula and the refusal to condemn racist incitement from...
Israel, Jews, Jews in America “There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways we are perceived by others” Author Drew Kaplan Date 13 March 2015 There is a dramatic imbalance between the way Jews perceive themselves and the ways...
Israel, Jews in America, Young Adults “…the relevance of Israel to the younger generation of American Jews is not self-evident…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 9 March 2015 Jewish students on campus do not need heavily curated fact-sheets or pro-Israel YouTube videos...
Israel, Jewish, Jewish Community, Jews in America “…American Judaism seemed to be emerging from its hyper-political phase, the post-Holocaust, post-1967 era…” Author Drew Kaplan Date 2 March 2015 The mini (and short lived) spiritual explosion… took place in the 90’s, the era...