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Anti-Zionism and Anti-Semitism
The news that the man responsible for the shootings in Toulouse claims to be a member of al-Qaida and says that killing Jews was his way of avenging the deaths of Palestinian children is bound to set...
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Guest Post: A Failure Of Reason
After a Twitter exchange a couple of weeks ago in which he schooled Ali Abunimah on Zionism and social cleavages within Israeli society, I asked Dov Friedman if he would be willing to turn his thoughts...
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Haj Al-Husseini and Holocaust Hucksterism
Most anyone familiar with the give and take of discourse on blogs and social media knows about Godwin’s Law. Godwin’s Law is the proposition that the longer an online discussion takes place, the...
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When Zionists Boycott
Last weekend, the Washington Post ran an op-ed by Steven Levitsky and Glen Weyl, professors respectively at Harvard and Chicago (which has made for a dangerous combination in the past), arguing for a...
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Truth In Advertising
There has been much sound and fury over the past couple of weeks over labeling; more specifically, over the labeling rules for goods coming into the United States that are produced in the West Bank....
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Being More Pro-Israel Than Israel
I consider myself to be unabashedly in the pro-Israel camp. I am glad that there is a Jewish state, I am proud that it is democratic, and I happen to like that state a lot irrespective of its...
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The Crisis Of Anti-Zionism
It’s been a pretty terrible run recently for British politicians who like to wear their opposition to Israel as a badge of honor. The former mayor of London, Ken Livingstone, paved the way for the...
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Searching for Keith Ellison
I published an op-ed in Ha’aretz today on Keith Ellison’s DNC bid, and why I think the perfect candidate to lead the Democratic Party would be an Ellison who isn’t actually Ellison. The op-ed can be...
View ArticleLet Soccer Be Soccer
Israelis were stunned and hurt on Tuesday to hear that the Argentinian national soccer team had canceled its game with the Israeli national soccer team scheduled to take place in Israel on Saturday...
View ArticleAirbnb Breaks the BDS Seal
It is difficult to assess whether Airbnb’s announcement on Monday that it is going to delist rentals located in West Bank settlements is akin to the first shot fired at Lexington or to the Munich Beer...
View ArticleThe Big BDS Bang
The 116th Congress has barely gotten settled, and already BDS and efforts to combat it are wreaking havoc across the Democratic Party and between Democrats and Republicans. This week featured...
View ArticleScraping the Bottom of the Progressive Barrel
Last Friday, liberal Zionists received an unwelcome and unpleasant surprise with the announcement that Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was reconsidering, eventually to officially withdraw, her...
View ArticleIsrael’s Independence Day and Jewish Independence
Today Israelis are celebrating the 74th anniversary of their country’s founding, and many Jews around the world are celebrating with them in tandem. The independence and sovereignty of a Jewish state...
View ArticleAntisemitism, Anti-Zionism, and Common Sense
Since the horrific events of October 7, I have written about the situation on the ground in Israel and Gaza nonstop. But there is another dimension to October 7, and it is what has been happening here...
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