What does it feel like to be a Jew in America?
What does it feel like To be a Jew in America Hearing the news of the Israeli army’s assaults on Gaza Like a cancer, one part of my body attacking another The cells do not listen to my cries: You’ve...
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Facing the Massacre with Eyes Shut Tight (by Idan Landau)
Translated and introduced by Moriel Rothman-Zecher, cross-posted from his blog, The Leftern Wall. Moriel Rothman-Zecher: My own process, in which I began to shift from a liberal to a leftist, from a...
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Clarification: I Do Not Think Palestinians are More Moral than Israelis
by Moriel Rothman-Zecher Cross-posted from his blog, The Leftern Wall A story: Jerusalem Day, 2012. I am standing at the Damascus Gate, before the Israeli parade has made its way from West Jerusalem...
View Article“It’s enormously disorienting to simply say, “I don’t know.””
“Allow yourself the uncomfortable luxury of changing your mind. Cultivate that capacity for “negative capability.” We live in a culture where one of the greatest social disgraces is not having an...
View ArticleRachel Azaria’s Solution for Silencing “Antisemites”
You all know what I’m talking about. As much as Jews are working to combat Antisemitism, so do Jews love to refer to anyone who is rude to them or disagrees with them as an Antisemite. And now, as it...
View ArticleThe Community has Stolen My Birthright
Editor’s Note: Jacob Ari Labendz has shared with us his talk “The Community has Stolen my Birthright” which he gave at Central Reform Synagogue, in St. Louis, MO on August 6, 2014. Background...
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Elaborate Yiddishist Anti-Zionist Joke?
The Forward, which has a deep left-leaning Yiddishist history, said the Christopher Columbus should be celebrated as an 15th Century Theodore Herzl. If this is a joke, well done The Forward. If not and...
View ArticleWe Need to Oppose the “Jewish Nation-State” Bill
To call a state a democracy requires that the people choose their political representation and that the state protects a set of rights that everyone has access to. There are many frightening things...
View ArticleSome words with Rachel Sandalow-Ash on inclusion, debate, and Open Hillel
This is a guest post by Yonit R. Friedman. It was originally published at allthesedays.org — Rachel Sandalow-Ash, a senior at Harvard University, is the Internal Coordinator for Open Hillel, a...
View ArticleNew Teams
In the wake of the terrible attacks in Paris, my friends all seem to be retreating to the safety and sanctimony of their respective political teams. Team Right, is doing everything in its power to use...
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