Nineteen-year-old Sofia Orr was jailed for refusing to enlist in the Israeli military. In an interview with Jacobin, she explains the disturbing authoritarianism of an Israeli society that has rallied behind the massacre in Gaza.
Reader Comments: Elections - Ten Days to Go; Hard Lessons from 1968; Gaza War: Jews for Ceasefire; Learning from the Anti-Apartheid Movement, Calling for a Peace Movement; Project 2025- Why It’s Bad-Comic Resource; Announcements; Cartoons; more....
A member of Rabbis for Ceasefire explains why they interrupted the UN General Assembly earlier this year. A January poll found 50% of U.S Jews supported a ceasefire, only 34% opposed it, and 63% of the general population then in favor of a ceasefire;
Season of showdowns
In the name of Jewish and global sustainability and safety, American Jews must end their long standing, unquestioned allegiance to Zionism and Israel.
After my father fled Nazi Germany in 1933, he witnessed a toxic new nationalism rising among Jews in Palestine—and was silenced for trying to warn of its dangers.
In his omnibus review of these five books, reviewer Wald shows how these authors offer valuable insights into "how and why the abolition of both antisemitism and Zionism are presently intertwined."
You know who has good reason to fear for their safety? People, many of them Jews, getting pummeled by cops and fascists. People getting high-powered rifles aimed at them from rooftops by agents of the state told to be ready to shoot....
Reader Comments: Graduation 2024; College Presidents Cave to GOP in Congress; Why University Divestment Matters; We Need “Outside Agitators”; Diary of a Palestinian Living in Israel; Lots of Announcements; Cartoons; more.....
The distinction between anti-Zionism and anti-Semitism is quite simple, and the protesting students recognise it.
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