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‘Our ideology is our pain’: Notes of an Israeli Black Panther
Reuven Abergel, one of the founders of the Israeli Black Panthers, talks about the complex relationship between the Mizrahim who led the movement in the 1970s and the Ashkenazi leftists who supported it.
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Reuven Abergel
June 26, 2020
Some things should be broken, not fixed
Our reflexive response tells us to fix the problems we see in Israel, but we must do precisely the opposite. After all, the problem is not with the current government — it goes far deeper. By Yuli Novak On the slopes of the mountains of northern Catalonia are giant homes that date back hundreds of years.…
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December 16, 2017
Ultra-Orthodox anger over Western Wall deal isn’t about American Jews
The Israeli government’s decision to abandon a deal creating an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall led to an unprecedented rift with Diaspora Jewry. But American Jews, and the Reform Movement in particular, are merely collateral damage — caught in the crossfire of an internal ultra-Orthodox power struggle. By Eli Bitan With all the…
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July 6, 2017
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The lie at the heart of the Jewish American consensus
By choosing to engage on specific issues of Israeli policy while ignoring the fate of Palestinians, the Jewish American establishment has effectively sided with perpetuating the occupation. For years, the Jewish American establishment has been able to convince the world, and itself, that it does not directly meddle in internal Israeli affairs — a declaration most commonly used…
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Edo Konrad
June 30, 2017
U.S. Jews can’t expect Israel to be liberal only where they want it to
Liberal American Jewry is up in arms after the Israeli government nixed a deal to allow men and women to pray together at Judaism’s holiest site. But if American Jews want their interests in Israel safeguarded, they must rid themselves of the fantasy of a nonexistent Jewish pluralism. The Netanyahu government created an uproar across the Jewish world on Sunday…
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Noam Sheizaf
June 26, 2017
What we choose to ignore about the 1967 War
The sins of the 1967 War are still with us. Not only in the continuing crime of the occupation and the new victims it takes, but also in the unanswered questions and the still unaccounted for victims. By James J. Zogby In June of 1967, I was in the midst of my final weeks in…
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+972 Magazine
June 17, 2017
Israel spars with the world at UNESCO
The latest bout between Israel and UNESCO suggests that the world is warming up to Israel’s conflation of the Jewish people’s religious and historical connection to Jerusalem with its claim to exclusive sovereignty over the city. By Talya Ezrahi and Yonathan Mizrachi Israel’s success at UNESCO this week was a diplomatic coup. In a work of crafty…
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+972 Magazine
May 5, 2017
Religious pluralism cannot be separated from the fight against occupation
As the 50th anniversary of the occupation draws near, those who consider themselves to be on the left cannot hide behind the battles that keep us in our comfort zone. By Emily Hilton Confrontations erupted at the Western Wall last week between security forces and activists from Reform and Conservative movement, after the activists broke through security…
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+972 Magazine
November 6, 2016
To reach Diaspora Jews, start by acknowledging their struggles
Those who dismiss the struggle at the Western Wall because it ignores Palestinians should recognize how important the Kotel is to American Jews. Their struggle for justice might start at the Western Wall, but it doesn’t necessarily end there. By Rachel Canar Something unprecedented happened in Jerusalem on Wednesday. More than 200 people, including 12 rabbis —…
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+972 Magazine
November 4, 2016
The duality of Israel’s occupation, at home and abroad
Slowly but surely, the process of shedding democratic characteristics in favor of ‘ethnocratic’ ones is becoming clearer and clearer for all to see. By Tomer Persico (translated by Maya Haber) Over the last few weeks we have heard about the collapse of the delicate duality the Israeli government has been trying to preserve for years.…
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+972 Magazine
March 29, 2016
WATCH: Will you use Western Wall’s new ‘mixed prayer plaza?’
After years of negotiations with reform and conservative movements of Judaism and ‘Women of the Wall,’ the Israeli government agreed to create an egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, where men and women can pray in the same space. We went to the Western Wall to ask people how they feel about…
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February 21, 2016
Women of the Wall victory can teach us a few things
If we succeeded at pushing the government to find a solution on a matter as sensitive as the Western Wall, then we can also push Israel’s leadership — from a perspective of self interest — to make other, equally positive decisions. By Batya Kallus Last Sunday, following a 27-year struggle by Women of the Wall,…
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February 5, 2016
What the 1929 Palestine riots teach us about today’s violence
They began with clashes around the Temple Mount/Haram al-Sharif, continued with mutual arson and stabbing attacks, and ended in a massacre. And even then we continued living together. By Hillel Cohen (translated from Hebrew by Sol Salbe) The recent events in Jerusalem are reminding some people of the summer of 1929. The parallels are uncanny:…
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October 16, 2015
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