NOTE: This is a substantially expanded version of a piece published yesterday by Al Jazeera. It's the first op-ed I've published there in ten years, so it's an auspicious development. My KPFA Flashpoints interview discussing the subject can be heard here. For those who don't remember their medieval history, during the Spanish Inquisition the newly … [Read more...]
American Jewry Must Break with Judeo-Nazism
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...]
Israel Lobby Seeks to Muzzle Ilhan Omar, Sabotage Democratic Resurgence
In the Blue Wave November 2018 election, women were among the most prominent Democratic victors in House elections. In particular, there were three young women who fired the imagination of the American electorate in much the same way that Barack Obama did in his first 2008 presidential campaign. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez, who unseated a New York City machine … [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...]
