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 […]
Mondoweiss, Speech Police, and the Smugness of the Anti-Zionist Left
I wanted to come back to a subject of my last post on Valdary, which discussed the political rhetoric I’d used to criticize her. I called her a “Negro Zionist” and Uncle Tom. I wasn’t surprised at the showering of lies and invective from the uber-Israelites. But I wasn’t prepared to have Phil Weiss, Scott […]
Chloe Valdary’s Suspect Pro-Israel Marketing
Chloe Valdary is an African-American, Christian Zionist, and University of New Orleans undergraduate who’s been embraced by the Israel Lobby. It has showered her with Israel junkets (Aipac, CAMERA and ZOA have each sent her), funding ($6,000 per year from CAMERA), and lots of promotion (her video was produced by a group founded by the […]
Shin Bet Throws Book at Mentally Ill Man for Alleged Spying
In the annals of Shin Bet outrages, this one is right up there. There is a gag order against publication of the name of the individual in this case, but in this instance especially I’m happy to break it. The security services have caught (Hebrew) an Israeli red-handed in spying for Iran. At least that’s […]
