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...]
Loving Israel, Hating Jews
Boy, that headline should bring some of you up short. I know when I was a liberal Zionist a few decades ago, it would've struck me as exceedingly strange. Then, 'Zionist' was a synonym for 'Jew.' You couldn't be a Zionist without being a Jew. And except for a few outliers who seemed beyond the Pale, you couldn't be a Jew without being a Zionist. How … [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...]
When Israel Becomes an Anti-Semitic State
NEWS: Thanks to Shir Hever for interviewing me at Real News Network about my writings on the Israeli medical scandal concerning Yemenite children. I'd be grateful if you'd watch (below) and pass it on to others via social media and e-mail. Thanks as well to Dr. Alice Rothschild, who wrote an excellent post on the same subject, adding her important … [Read more...]