At a time when too many people think that Liberalism and Zionism are at odds, at this moment when too many Reform rabbinical students spend more energy bashing Israel than celebrating it, one of the Jewish people’s great synthesizers has died at the age of 95.
Throughout the social and political conflicts, Birthright-Israel has remained a delightfully counter-cultural and non-partisan organization.
Accusing Israel of racism and apartheid fails the anti-Semitic smell test.
From a full-time American historian, I became a Zionist activist too, trying to trigger a broader communal conversation about what Zionism can mean in the twenty-first century.
Pomerantz and I part ways in two critical junctures.
“The key question remains: what’s your Jewish motherboard, your non-negotiable, your red line, your identity anchor?”
Although these incidents highlight our emotional vulnerability, they also demonstrate our two democracies’ resilience.
While “The Poetry of Secrets” helps us understand oppression, it is never the downer it could be.
While the pain of the testimonials about racial discrimination is searing and demanding our attention, and while some of the essays were more hopeful about healing, many of these materials were not invitations to thoughtful discussion, but to a reprogramming.
Wilkerson sees her focus on caste as an X-ray, illuminating the invisible, unchanging dimensions of American life.
