A real divide inside the pro-Israel organizations, a fight for the soul of the Jewish leadership. Just a few days in advance of the AIPAC policy conference, “J Street” is sending a shot across AIPAC’s bow by launching a public…
More evidence of change in the American Jewish community. A story taking up half the front page of the Washington Jewish Week describing a tour by Israeli Arabs that visited Washington synagogues to describe conditions in Israel for non-Jews. The…
We’ve failed to cover the the University of California Santa Barbara’s investigation of sociology professor William I. Robinson, who during Gaza circulated the assemblage of photographs I’m sure many of you have seen, of Israeli atrocities side by side with…
An excellent piece on why there’s been a “sea-change” in favor of binationalism, and the idea is now promoted in “symposia around the world,” including those progressive symposia that used to push the two-state solution. By Meron Benvenisti, the pioneer…
Three responses to the post on Michael Lerner yesterday based on the New Jersey Jewish News report: 1, from an anonymous Jewish critic, 2, from Jeff Blankfort, 3, from Jack Ross. 1. Lerner is not “going wobbly,” Lerner has always…
“Serving Israel on the public relations front and international arena has been Oren’s side job for the past two decades.” From Nathan Guttman’s piece in the Forward on Michael Oren, a New Republic contributing editor, and the likely next ambassador…
Check out the latest from Max Blumenthal: So, as if Obama didn’t have enough to deal with, there are now neo-Nazis running around with automatic assault rifles tucked in their back packs organizing the new militia movement. Great. Note to…
A piece that might have been titled “Jews are better; Jews don’t hate,” by David Suissa–on the 459th-ranked site on the internet, which has lately gotten substantial financing. Writes Jack Ross: “What we’re seeing in Huffington Post now is an…
In Cleveland, Abe Foxman implies that UNRWA’s John Ging, who had lately visited the city at the invitation of the Arab community to talk about Gaza, is contributing to a global wave of anti-Semitism that we haven’t seen since the…