Peter Beinart has written a new book, The Crisis of Zionism . In it he attempts to tear apart the relationship of admiration, support and defense that has existed between Israel and American Jewry for over a century. According to his ideological … Read More »
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Holocaust Remembrance as Holocaust Denial
And while these also are tragedies, senseless bloodlettings, they lack the premeditation and planning, the systematic and determined effort that characterizes the effort aimed at the total eradication of Jewish existence from the world. Read More »
Anti- Israel Essay Desecrates Martin Luther King’s Memory but Wins an ML King Award
I have never met any modern Jew , let alone a Jewish teenager, who talks about defending the Jewish “race” — the Jewish people, maybe. Race-talk died with Hitler. If the student claimed friends invoked the Holocaust or said something bigoted about … Read More »
Wannsee at 70: The Lessons of Hatred Endure
The ideas about Jews that set the stage for the Holocaust were around forever. In the minds of Jew -haters throughout the centuries — and it was not easy growing up in Europe throughout the years to avoid some sort of prejudice toward Jews — the Jew … Read More »
Israel’s problems
Along with that country’s assertions of peaceful intentions are its leaders’ repeated denials of the Holocaust and s tatements that Israel must be destroyed. There are also those bombings of Israeli and Jewish institutions in Buenos Aires during the … Read More »
America redefines Zionism : The Diaspora as Jewish homeland
Introduction: The Anti-defamation League (ADL) definition of Zionism is, as it has been generally understood in both the Diaspora and Israel since the Holocaust , “the Jewish national movement of rebirth and renewal in the land of Israel . … Read More »
Cafe Oleh
Welcome to the first edition of our new Jerusalem Post aliyah project: Café Oleh! Each week you’ll hear from our resident Aliyah and Judaism bloggers about their experiences, their hardships, and the gratifications of moving to Israel. Why did you decide to move to Israel? “ET phone home. Read More »
2011: A year to remember
Until the miraculous year 2011 I was the same as millions of my people. I never believed that we as ordinary people could make any changes or even make demands. To be even more honest I didn`t care much about my Egypt, I even blamed my country for all of my failures and set backs. Read More »
Israel and Judaism
The cultural traditions of the Jews provide my best explanation of Israel’s democracy. The Holocaust also contributed, by way of showing what might happen if the population allowed itself to be ruled by autocrats or split apart by violence. … Read More »
Egypt: The new born democracy
After more than three decades of one-man rule and single-party political life, January’s popular Egyptian uprising opened the way to multiple political currents, including scores of new political parties such as the Muslim Brotherhood-affiliated Read More »
Zionism , from antisemitism to Holocaust
Jewish responses to Emancipation and continuing discrimination predated Zionism by decades. Two very different such efforts, are represented by Moses Mendelssohn, descended from a line of orthodox rabbis, and Karl Marx, the son of a Lutheran convert … Read More »
The blessings of complexity
Things are not entirely rosy for me and the Jewish people. My family has its share of Holocaust stories, and I warn visitors not to take a wrong turn into Isaweea. I still think that things have not been this good for the Jewish people since the death … Read More »
Thomas Friedman (and others) on Israel – Sloppy but not Self-hating
Just a few decades ago, in the Israel of “Exodus” and Moshe Dayan, every soldier was a Maccabee, every blemish overlooked. The renowned liberal historian Henry Steele Commager praised Zionism on Israel’s tenth anniversary as “benign” and peace-loving, … Read More »
On the Varieties of Americans in Israel
And, as any American Jew living in Israel knows, natural-born Israelis understand this almost intuitively. The first thing most likely out of an Israeli’s mouth when he or she hears that an American voluntarily came here from New York or California, … Read More »
Holocaust survivor creates moving art exhibition
It is the story of an eight-year-old Jewish girl during the end of the Holocaust in Poland, remembering a candy factory being bombed. All the kids played with thousands of candy wrappers flying everywhere. Amidst this, one kid did find, “a real sweet … Read More »
Is the Diaspora doomed, Israel abandoned? An open response to an email
is an inappropriate and inadequate response to the Holocaust . The Shoah is a clear shot across our bow, the promise of things to come unless we take its implications seriously, and act. And for Israel , while our dependence on the West is real, … Read More »
Teaching About Israel in Berkeley
(By Dr. Nurit Novis-Deutsch) With more than a little trepidation I undertook the assignment of teaching classes at UC Berkeley in California on Israeli society as a Goldman visiting professor this year. Read More »
Europe’s eureka moment: Time to get tough with Iran’s regime
Two events have coalesced Europe’s determination to confront Iran’s drive to obtain nuclear arms. First, the November IAEA report confirming Western suspicions that Iran is developing nuclear weapons. Read More »
The joke that isn’t funny anymore
When I was traveling through the south I saw t-shirt after t-shirt with taglines like, “Marriage is a Compromise: My husband makes the money and I spend it for him” or “Once upon a time I was happy, and then you came along”. Read More »
Ron Prosor talks about Jewish Refugees from Arab countries at UN
At last, the audience of predominately hostile nations at the UN heard Israel’s envoy, Ron Prosor, make a resounding comparison between Jewish and Arab refugees. Read More »
The Zionism -Racism lie lives – 20years after the UN’s repeal
Using the demonizing word “apartheid” linked him to the Big Lie delegitimizing the Jewish state by calling Zionism racism and comparing Israel to South Africa’s apartheid regime. The apartheid charge gussies up the Zionism -racism lie with sincere … Read More »
Our Holocaustology counselor
At Salon, Gary Kamiya railed last week against “The boys who cry ‘ Holocaust .’” Ostensibly, Kamiya only has Israel’s best interest at heart: “ Israel will not be given another 63 years. If it continues down this path, aided by its false ‘friends’ in the … Read More »
The racist rites of Israel’s right
Is the Right in Israel condemning Zionism to the garbage heap of history? Are they bent on creating a state of Israel that denies the very principles upon which the State of Israel was founded? Are they violating Jewish law? We have been witness over … Read More »
The Middle Eastern MVP
In sports the “worth” of a player is discussed ad nauseam. A primary example of this is the upcoming announcement of the 2011 National League Most Valuable Player Award . Statistically Matt Kemp of the Los Angeles Dodgers had the most impressive season. However, the Dodgers were a bad team that missed out on the playoffs. Read More »
Politics, morality, and other ideals
“If you want a friend in this town, buy a dog.”
That was Harry Truman’s way of saying that politics is a matter of pursuing interests, not friends.
Another expression meaning about the same thing:
If “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you” prevails in heaven, the principle in politics is simpler: “Do unto others. Read More »
International Rescue
Another earthquake disaster and Israel is ready again to fly into immediate action. In contrast to Haiti, Eastern Turkey is just around the corner from Israel, yet Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan initially declined offers of help from the world’s most experienced team of rescuers. Read More »
Is Israel as tough–and as flexible–as she needs to be?
I don’t usually worry about whether Israel will be tough enough, but I am worried now.
Like most Israelis, I supported the Shalit deal. It was the right thing to do, and I applaud the Prime Minister for doing it.
Nonetheless, like many others, I did not see it as a victory but as a defeat. Read More »
The Obama administration should not be impeded cy the city and state
Saturday morning, while lying in bed reading The New York Times of October 1, I read an article that caused me great concern. Read More »
G’mar Chatimah Tovah….
May this coming year END the cycle of Karmic Backlash for once and for all… May the slate be wiped CLEAN as we enter the next stage of our lives… May all things superfluous, superficial, take their appropriate place at the BOTTOM of our list of priorities… Read More »
Forty years ago today: Happy Birthday and Happy New Year
Photos and video: David Wilder It’s never pleasant visiting people in mourning. Especially when the deceased were victims of terror. It’s such a waste of life and such a disgrace to our people.Yesterday I paid a condolence call to the Palmers. Read More »
Notes on Obama’s popularity in Israel
Don’t Forget to Follow Rosner’s Domain on Twitter Writing about a “Post” poll is a delicate matter. Especially so, if what one wants to say is that the poll should be taken with a grain of salt. But I’m going to do it anyway, as I think all such things should be discussed openly, as to make sure readers understand what they see. A. Read More »
Abbas: A liar and a Holocaust denier
When history is erased, it can then be revised.
It is no secret that Abu Mazen (Mahmoud Abbas) and his Palestinian National Authority has the aim of delegitimizing any and all Jewish claims to the land of Israel dating back to the Bible. Read More »
Israel up close and personal
You’ve heard of the country, now meet the people. first name: Marc last name: Goldberg big name: no picture big name: Marc 85. Read More »
The ‘Other’ side to Israel
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When there were ‘liberated territories’
For several hundred years before the Balfour Declaration was issued in 1917, enlightened European nations were quite well aware that the Jews needed and should go back to their ancestral land, the Land of Israel, Eretz-Yisrael. Holland’s Hebraism, England’s Restoration Movement and more. Read More »
Torah teachers and other treasures
Recently, my family had the honor of serving coffee, in our home, here, in Israel, to the rabbi and rebbetzin who built the gesher that brought us from the secular life to the religious one. That dear couple was visiting The Holy Land for a celebration. Their arrival in the Holy Land meant an additional festivity for my family. Read More »
Shopaholic goes dental
So don’t worry, I’m not going to rant about nostalgia and consumerism again. Instead I’m going to tell you about my successful attempt at self-improvement. Read More »
Man on trial
As I write this article on a sweltering and ominous Tisha B’Av my fingers tremble a bit with every keystroke. My beard itches, my throat is parched, and my stomach rumbles. I am uncomfortable and lightheaded as well as spiritually weighed down by the mood of Israel on this day. Read More »
Tzipi Livni should resign now
Opposition Leader Tzipi Livni’s unprecedented outburst against Prime Minister Netanyahu to an American audience, in my opinion, warrants Kadima calling for her immediate resignation as party leader. Livni’s eruption was unconscionable. Read More »
9th of Av
The first music that I heard on Israel radio this morning (Tuesday, August 9th, ט’ באב ) was עַל נַהֲרוֹת, בָּבֶל–שָׁם יָשַׁבְנוּ, גַּם-בָּכִינוּ : בְּזָכְרֵנוּ, אֶת-צִיּוֹן . My old brain transformed that into Peter, Paul and Mary, “By the waters of Babylon, we sat down and wept when we remembered thee Zion . . . Read More »
On shared mourning & shared housing
(This is an excerpt from my one-woman show, “Babel’s Daughter,” my own story of moving from Bible Belt to the Holy Land. (For info on showings see: http: //www.havayah.com/the-tour.html ) I have skipped forward in the play to the below point because of its mournful tones and Tisha B’Av-related content. Read More »
Palestine Season at the UN will test Palestinians: Do they seek peace or Israel’s destruction?
This fall is going to be Palestine Season at the UN. The Palestinians seem set on winning a unilateral declaration of independence from the General Assembly, despite the Obama Administration’s efforts. Read More »
The true Israeli ‘Spring’
I’ve been hearing much about recent civil protests being Israel’s equivalent of the Arab ‘Spring.’ I would argue that the Israeli Spring is something completely different. Read More »
Is.Real 2011: A new docu-reality series
Israel is so often misrepresented in the world today. Viewed by some as a country perpetually in conflict, others believe it is a backwards country where the main mode of transportation are camels. Read More »
Is.Real 2011
Is.Real is a docu-reality web series initiated by Tel Aviv University StandWithUs fellows, which follows the lives of 4 young Israelis. first name: Is. Read More »
Power to the people!
Street protests are nothing new to Israel. But rarely are they spontaneous and free of fetters to a specific organization or political party. Something new is in the air. Israel is in the midst of an awakening – a social awakening. Over sixty years ago the wonder, that is the State of Israel, came into being. Read More »
The meaning of our protest
You’ve never seen a protest quite like ones that have taken place in Tel Aviv over the past few weeks. For one, you’ll see a surprising amount of red t-shirts sported for a supposedly apolitical protest. Read More »
The world as web
Recently, a website of mine that I conceived of and helped build was hacked into. I discovered the dastardly act one day when I found Arab symbolism and anti-Zionist statements scrolling on it. It was hijacked. Who was responsible? A sinister mystery. Read More »
The not-so-revolutionary spirit of Israel’s housing protests
Something special is happening in Israel. There’s a revolutionary spirit in the air; people are fed up, and they’re realizing that others are fed up too. Read More »
My boss punched me. With love.
Saying the army is a huge part of Israeli society is about as obvious as saying that Larry David is a Jew. Since I made aliyah at the grand old age of 26, I was of no use to the military. Because of my lack of army experience, this sometimes makes me feel out of place in social situations. Read More »
Time out, back in late August
This will be a daring attempt: My first time off blogging for two weeks or so. Vacation time. Back in the last week of August. If I have something very important to say – if I can’t resists the temptation – I’ll use my Twitter account. You can join me here . Read More »
More tolerance in Norway
Three days after the massacre in Norway, the country’s prime minister, Jens Stoltenberg gave a speech in which he declared that Norway’s response to the attacks would be more freedom, more tolerance and more democracy. Read More »
Memories
“The nice thing about your weekly entries,” writes a friend, “is that although you have been writing for many years, you never repeat yourself!” What she doesn’t know is that I can’t afford to repeat myself because I have one friend with a devilish Read More »
An old man sat on a park bench
And as MISSY walked by him, she picked up the very pungent aroma of roses and spice… A rather BEAUTIFUL smell actually. She wondered where it was coming from exactly… Was he wearing COLOGNE? This really old man? No…No… And then she noticed a GARLAND of sorts around the man’s wrist… A garland of roses and cloves… Read More »
Exciting. But who knows what’s next?
There is no doubting the success of those who organized demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and elsewhere on behalf of social justice. Activists and their friends in the media are reporting that more than 300,000 participated . Police estimates are 200,000. Whatever the accuracy of one or another, the pictures were impressive. Read More »
On politics, experience, and the street
Ha’aretz is the daily newspaper most likely to be read by Israel’s economic, intellectual, and political elites. It is also predictably left of center, and arguably the country’s best newspaper. Its political slant is consistent with its readership. Not for Israel a clear connection between economic status and right wing politics. Read More »
Who should be apologizing?
The editorial of the Jerusalem Post last week is entitled ” Apology to Norway ” and can be summed up thus: We hope that the Norwegian government and people will accept the ‘Post’s apology and forgive us for any offense or hurt caused at this sensitive time. Read More »
Syria? It’s Israel’s fault
The number of dead in Syria, Arab civilians killed by Arabs, attached to security forces of the regime, is rising. Read More »
How to get the most out of a chicken
For most of us, shabbas chicken is ubiquitous. It might be dressed differently but it is generally sitting on every shabbas table throughout the world. Read More »
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