In spite of the dominance of Jewish life and identity by the concept of Zionism, for centuries prior to the last one, there was always a healthy tension between the concept of Zion and Diaspora. It is only in the past sixty years, since the creation of the State of Israel, that Zion has overwhelmed Diaspora in the life of world Jewry. It was not always so. … [Read more...]
We Were as Dreamers
Today, Donald Trump killed the dream. He sentenced nearly 1-million American children to exile. Their parents had the good sense to want a better life for them than what they could offer in their homelands. Except they had the misfortune of not waiting till they arrived in this country to birth those babies. That is the only difference between Citizen … [Read more...]
Eichmann Exhibit at Jewish Museum Promotes Mossad Brand
New York's Museum of Jewish Heritage has engaged in an act of supreme cultural and political hubris: it is hosting a show consisting entirely of Israeli Mossad artifacts designed to boost the image of that agency and, by extension, Brand Israel. To do this, the Mossad had to go way back in its archive, before it was reduced to assassinating second and … [Read more...]
Former IDF Brig. Gen. Calls for Destroying Dome of Rock, Islam’s Third Holiest Site
IDF Brig. Gen. (ret.) Aryeh Eldad, a noted physician and former far-right MK, was profiled in this week's Israel HaYom magazine. The lede says: I think we must build the Temple on the Temple Mount and afterward we should remove the Dome of the Rock. On the one hand, it's not at all surprising that this long-time leader of the settler movement, and son of … [Read more...]