Zionism

Six months of Jewish loneliness

By Jeffrey Salkin — April 10, 2024
(RNS) — Six months. That’s all you need to know.

The anti-Zionist Jews countering mainstream support for Israel

By Yonat Shimron — March 11, 2024
RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Pro-Israel Jews have denounced anti-Zionists as antisemitic and not really Jewish. But the ranks of this group are growing, and their criticism of Israel is catching on among younger U.S. Jews.

When Jewish rights were human rights

By Jeffrey Salkin — March 6, 2024
(RNS) — A chance encounter with the son of one of the great Jewish moral heroes of the last half century. Few people think of him now, and therein lies the story.

And then, they came for the rock star …

By Jeffrey Salkin — February 22, 2024
(RNS) — It happened to Matisyahu. It could happen to any Jewish performer. And, any Jew.

When is criticism of Israel antisemitic? A scholar of modern Jewish history explains

By Joshua Shanes — January 31, 2024
(The Conversation) — In recent years, the relationship between antisemitism and anti-Zionism has taken on renewed importance and competing definitions of antisemitism have emerged. What is antisemitism?

That SuperJew poster from the 1960s

By Jeffrey Salkin — January 23, 2024
(RNS) — A memory of a poster from the 1960s made me think, deeply, about Israel.

Why Israel matters: A conversation about the National Library of Israel with Rachel Ukeles

By Jeffrey Salkin — December 28, 2023
When people tell me that they are ‘culturally Jewish,’ I can now say: ‘Welcome to your culture.’

Shaul Magid on reviving Jewish exile as a counterweight to Zionism

By Yonat Shimron — December 21, 2023
(RNS) — In a new book, the Dartmouth scholar argues exile can be seen as an equally positive and constructive Jewish identity.

My conversation with a Palestinian-American

By Jeffrey Salkin — December 15, 2023
(RNS) — She was a hotel manager. By the time our conversation was over, we had learned that peace happens piece by piece.

The secret recipe for Thanksgiving leftovers

By Jeffrey Salkin — November 24, 2023
(RNS) — May you know when to eat the leftovers, and when to make the compost pile, and may God give you the wisdom to know the difference.

What Oct. 7 has taught American Jews

By Jeffrey Salkin — November 8, 2023
(RNS) — Thirty days later, there are sobering lessons, wake-up calls — and perhaps, hope.

A minister and a rabbi walk into a bar, and condemn Hamas

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 24, 2023
Christian churches must unequivocally condemn Hamas terror.

Betrayed by the Left. Again.

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 16, 2023
Years ago, I left the Left. It was the right decision, and it still is.

Why social justice in Israel cannot wait: a conversation with Orly Erez-Likhovski

By Jeffrey Salkin — October 5, 2023
One of Israel's most important social activists speaks out. We all need to hear her.

“Golda” is a triumph

By Jeffrey Salkin — August 28, 2023
Come for an Oscar-worthy performance by Helen Mirren. Stay for a tear-stained history lesson that is still relevant and powerful.
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