Former employees at the Americans United for Separation of Church and State say they were pushed out of the organization for expressing solidarity with Palestinians. The battle at AU highlights a growing tension within nonprofits over Gaza.
Early Zionism sought to reform the “Ghetto Jew” into the secular Zionist militant. But now the new Israeli government not only wants to push society to the right, but to dismantle its secularism as well.
Every year Palestinian farmers experience violence during the olive harvest. This year for Sukkot, Ilana Cruger-Zaken is inviting others to join her in supporting their resilience.
Park Avenue Synagogue inserts the Israeli national anthem, the Hatikva, into its Yom Kippur liturgy, as Rabbi Neil Zuckerman praises his son for overcoming exile in New York and going “home” to Israel and joining Israel’s army. “There is no mistaking it: Zionism is the synagogue’s core value that takes over at a key moment in the Yom Kippur service,” says one observer.