Rabbis for Peace Urge ‘Going Biblical’ to Solve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Rabbis for Peace Urge ‘Going Biblical’ to Solve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Richard Silverstein January 4, 2010 Thanks to reader Gene Schulman for this unintentionally hilarious story from settler news, Arutz Sheva: A delegation... Read More Read more about Rabbis for Peace Urge ‘Going Biblical’ to Solve Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
Rabbi Wolpe, Insurrectionist Settler Rabbi: Evacuating Settlements Worse Sin Than Eating Chametz Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Rabbi Wolpe, Insurrectionist Settler Rabbi: Evacuating Settlements Worse Sin Than Eating Chametz Richard Silverstein December 21, 2009 Note: before playing the video, click on lower right-hand corner button and the “cc” (closed-caption) setting in... Read More Read more about Rabbi Wolpe, Insurrectionist Settler Rabbi: Evacuating Settlements Worse Sin Than Eating Chametz
Pro-Settler Chabad Non-Profit Supports IDF Insubordination While Violating IRS Tax Rules Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Politics & Society Pro-Settler Chabad Non-Profit Supports IDF Insubordination While Violating IRS Tax Rules Richard Silverstein December 18, 2009 Gal Beckerman has written a sharp investigative piece for the Forward amplifying points I’ve already made here... Read More Read more about Pro-Settler Chabad Non-Profit Supports IDF Insubordination While Violating IRS Tax Rules
Some Israelis Do the Right Thing, But Shin Bet Dithers Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Some Israelis Do the Right Thing, But Shin Bet Dithers Richard Silverstein December 14, 2009 There is hardly sufficient repentance that can repair the damage to Israeli-Palestinian relations caused by the burning... Read More Read more about Some Israelis Do the Right Thing, But Shin Bet Dithers
Netanyahu Rewards Pogromists With State Funding Mideast Peace Netanyahu Rewards Pogromists With State Funding Richard Silverstein December 14, 2009 Didi Remez reports that the settler pogromists from Tapuach who likely torched the Yasuf mosque and those... Read More Read more about Netanyahu Rewards Pogromists With State Funding
Settler Rabbi Who Endorses Goyicide Receives $300,000 in State Funding Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Settler Rabbi Who Endorses Goyicide Receives $300,000 in State Funding Richard Silverstein November 17, 2009 Readers of this blog will recall the post I wrote about the good Rabbi Yitzchak Shapira, who... Read More Read more about Settler Rabbi Who Endorses Goyicide Receives $300,000 in State Funding
Jack Teitel, Jewish Terrorist, Doing God’s Work Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Jack Teitel, Jewish Terrorist, Doing God’s Work Richard Silverstein November 13, 2009 Israel formally charged Jack Teitel with two murders, three attempted murders, and two bombings. It has not... Read More Read more about Jack Teitel, Jewish Terrorist, Doing God’s Work
Goldberg Confirms His Own Irrelevance Mideast Peace Politics & Society Goldberg Confirms His Own Irrelevance Richard Silverstein October 28, 2009 I have good news and I have bad news. The good news is that Jeffrey Goldberg is... Read More Read more about Goldberg Confirms His Own Irrelevance
2 1/2 Cheers for Historic J Street National Conference Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace 2 1/2 Cheers for Historic J Street National Conference Richard Silverstein October 28, 2009 To support my expenses and participation in the J Street conference, please consider, if you haven’t already... Read More Read more about 2 1/2 Cheers for Historic J Street National Conference
Goldstone Defends Report Before Rabbis Group Mideast Peace Goldstone Defends Report Before Rabbis Group Richard Silverstein October 19, 2009 Rabbis Brant Rosen and Brian Walt have created a wonderful project, Taanit Tzedek (Fast for Gaza), devoted... Read More Read more about Goldstone Defends Report Before Rabbis Group
When Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Fails, and Other Tales of Jewish Alienation Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Seattle When Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Fails, and Other Tales of Jewish Alienation Richard Silverstein October 11, 2009 To be a modern, thoughtful and identified (though not necessarily observant) Jew is to live both within... Read More Read more about When Muslim-Jewish Dialogue Fails, and Other Tales of Jewish Alienation
Rabbinical Assembly to Goldstone and His Report: Shana Tova, You Self-Hating Jew Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Rabbinical Assembly to Goldstone and His Report: Shana Tova, You Self-Hating Jew Richard Silverstein September 19, 2009 Rabbi Brant Rosen posts a mass e mail sent to U.S. Conservative rabbis by the Rabbinical Assembly... Read More Read more about Rabbinical Assembly to Goldstone and His Report: Shana Tova, You Self-Hating Jew