Barriers to Peace with Sulaiman Khatib
byCan maintaining one foot in reality and another in the dream for a better future allow ‘radicals’ to succeed where ‘moderates’ have failed?
Exile
byWe sang the song of home On alien soil Each residence A reminder of exile We greeted each With a wasting smile And clung…
Netanyahu Handles Trump All Wrong
byNetanyahu’s attempts to outmaneuver Trump are based on a false premise that accepts Israeli subservience to Washington.
Midnight Musings
byThere are always a million thoughts and feelings swimming around the eternal perimeter of my mind. In the background, the sound of the nostalgic…
Post-Zionism & Jewish Liberation
byIsrael needs a post-Zionist Jewish liberation ideology that can transcend narrow nationalism and present a uniquely Hebrew universalism.
Z’khor Y’mot Olam: Pinḥas
byPinḥas and his ideological successors were the radical minority upsetting the comfortable status quo – often at high immediate costs to themselves.
Real Muslim-Jewish Dialogue with Sheikh Omer Salem
byHow similar are the Hebrew and Islamic visions for the world? Can Jews and Muslims be partners in achieving our respective missions?
Anti-BDS Legislation Misses the Point
byA more effective means of combatting BDS would be to initiate alternative boycotts targeting American companies that profit from our conflict.
Understanding the Zealot Movement
byWhile the Zealot movement fought a class struggle alongside its national struggle for independence, it would be wrong to understand the Great Revolt solely through the prism of revolutionary theory.
Stop Shaming Activists into Hiding their Jewishness
byJews fighting for Palestinians can’t not make their struggles about themselves because to do so would be dishonest – especially in-so-far as Palestinian and Jewish liberation have become so intertwined.
Combatting ICE as an Expression of Jewish Identity
byEven beyond our own experiences of oppression, the Jewish people has carried within us through history a drive to fight injustice in all its forms.
A Song for Embers and Matches
byBring yourself out Bring yourself to dance and to sing Stand on two feet Or crawl on four Balance on shoulders Bring yourself to…