The American Jewish community has long been known for temporizing when it comes to the excesses of Israel. No sin was ever too great, no massacre too bloody to be excused or forgiven by the grey white male eminences of the Jewish élite, and their wealthy 1% donors. Israel is to the Diaspora what notorious mobster, Whitey Bulger, was to his distinguished … [Read more...]
UJA Federation Chief Executive: ‘Israel Makes Donors Want to Vomit’
Maariv published an eye-opening report a few days ago regarding an interview with the chief executive of the largest Jewish communal fundraising organization in the U.S., UJA Federation of NY. It's leader, Eric Goldstein, was almost suicidally candid (something for which such executives are not known) about the impact Israel's brutalism towards the … [Read more...]
Pittsburgh Jews to Trump: Stay Away!
A group of Pittsburgh Jews associated with the national social justice organization, Bend the Arc, announced today that Pres. Trump was unwelcome in the local Jewish community till he denounced white supremacy, the type of hate which fueled the murder spree of Robert Bowers. I offer a hearty mazel tov to them for their forthrightness in confronting the … [Read more...]
American Jewry: Dead or Dying?
Over the past few years, I've been chronicling what I consider the slow demise of American Jewry. Or I should say the slow demise of the leading organizations and leadership of American Jews. I've written a chapter called, Israel and the Closing of the American Jewish Mind, for an essay collection, Israel and Palestine: Alternative Perspectives on … [Read more...]
