Tag Archives: Holocaust

To Gaza with humble apologies

I am a Jew symbolic of the carnage of Gaza. I will walk on the ravished desolation of destroyed lives places where Apache helicopters fired yet another missile on to crowds reduced to charred remains. I wonder how to make … Continue reading

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Zionism, discrimination, and racist intent

Jerry Slater constructs an artful but unconvincing defense against the charge that the Jewish State is inherently racist. He reasons that the preferences and privileges accorded to Jews over non-Jews in Israel/Palestine is founded upon genuine Jewish insecurity rather than … Continue reading

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If anti-semitism justifies ethnic cleansing, then what does anti-Palestinianism justify?

Jerome Slater tries to make the claim that Zionism isn’t racism. Many of the commenters who responded to his post presented more eloquent and knowledgeable arguments than I can, so I’ll keep it brief. According to Slater, Zionism isn’t racism … Continue reading

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Empathy for fearful Dershowitz

I missed an important lesson about Alan Dershowitz’s encounter with Palestinian novelist Susan Abulhawa at the Boston book fair on Saturday. Step back for a moment, and what do you see. You see a young Palestinian writer, calm in her … Continue reading

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‘We wouldn’t eat their sandwiches!’ –an interview with Lillian Rosengarten

Lillian Rosengarten, the only American on the Jewish boat to Gaza, lives near me in the Hudson Valley, and the other day I visited her to interview her about her experience on the British-flagged catamaran that the Israelis had intercepted … Continue reading

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Jewish identi-kit(h)

A question often raised on this blog is “What is Jewish identity?” Religious commitment, especially of the Orthodox variety, is easy to understand, but what is a Jewish atheist? Some commenters here have argued that there is really little more … Continue reading

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Jews with guns

My wife and I were talking about our visit to Israel. I could relate to Israelis in a way that she could not. I wanted to write about my feelings, for instance, about seeing so many Israeli youths with guns, … Continue reading

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My nephew in Jerusalem is headed to Poland

My nephew beeped me on ICQ last night. He’s in the eleventh grade at a Jerusalem high school, which means he will be going on a school trip to Poland. He wanted to hear family stories from the Holocaust and … Continue reading

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