Yossi Klein Halevi
When Israelis protest, it is music to my ears
By Jeffrey Salkin — April 11, 2023
(RNS) — Israel's soundtrack isn't just the hora and sentimental songs. It is deeper and cooler. A podcast with Yossi Klein Halevi.
Some of my best friends are Islamophobic
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 13, 2023
(RNS) — Remember Dr. King by fighting back against the small bigotries of life.
Is “Mo” on Netflix good for the Jews?
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 2, 2022
"Mo" is funny, poignant, sad, and biting. It's OK. Jews can take it.
When I became Jewishly woke
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 23, 2021
(RNS) — Jewish rights. Human rights. They go together like Russian on corned beef.
I preached the Dickens about antisemitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 12, 2021
(RNS) — The antidote to antisemitism? Pro-semitism.
What about those Israeli settlements?
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 20, 2019
(RNS) — Evangelicals are cheering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo's announcement that the U.S. no longer considers Israeli development of the West Bank illegal, but some Jewish values take precedence over land.
An afternoon of Israel hatred
By Jeffrey Salkin — July 1, 2019
I went to a JVP event so you won't have to. This is bad stuff.
Bibi just made life much harder for Diaspora Jews
By Jeffrey Salkin — February 21, 2019
American Jewish organizations must denounce the importation of hatred into the Israeli government. Loudly.
#MeToo is an American Yom Kippur
By Jeffrey Salkin — September 14, 2018
Women just want someone to listen. And not just women.
The book you need to read right now
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 29, 2018
Letters to My Palestinian Neighbor is that rare Jewish book: an utter tour de force.
Eyeless in Gaza
By Jeffrey Salkin — May 15, 2018
Most of what you are reading about Gaza is simply wrong. What else is new?
50 years after the Six-Day War, Israeli Jews reflect on the victory
By Yonat Shimron — June 2, 2017
JERUSALEM (RNS) Israel’s lightning victory over its hostile neighbors 'was life-changing,' in the words of one American-born Israeli. But now he wonders about whether it is corroding Jewish values.
When Jews and Muslims really speak to each other
By Jeffrey Salkin — January 17, 2017
When Jews and Muslims get real with each other, God smiles. So does Allah.
The UN vote left me homeless
By Jeffrey Salkin — December 26, 2016
Both the left and the right are rejoicing over the UN resolution. That's not good.
Jews and Muslims need to learn together
By Jeffrey Salkin — November 17, 2015
Was Maimonides a Muslim? No, but there's a deeper (and more urgent) story here.
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