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Browse our library of articles and essays dating back to the 1990s by topic and author.
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by Shaul Magid
- Issues
Why Jerusalem Day is Anti-Messianic: On ‘Negative’ and ‘Positive’ Unification
Jerusalem Day has come to be a celebration of violent Jewish nationalism under the guise of religious unity. Drawing on the heterodox thinking of Isaiah Berlin and Rav Shagar, Shaul Magid explores two competing visions of liberation—and two Jerusalems: one that dominates its non-Jewish inhabitants, and one that could embrace them as full participants. Through close readings of Rav Shagar’s sermons, Magid uncovers the theological and political fault lines at the heart of contemporary Zionism.
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by Rabbi Andrue J. (Andy) Kahn
- History Series
What is “The Jewish People?”
Today, it is our duty to reach back to the sources of our traditions to seek out who they were built for—a search for who we are today in line with the question of 'who have we been'?
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
Jewish Religious Groups Are Urged To Remove Critics Of Zionism
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
American Jewish Groups Show Division Over Israel’s Role in Gaza
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- Issues
For Whom Does The "Jewish Establishment" Really Speak?
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
Presidents Conference Rejection of J Street Generates a Strong Backlash
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
Presbyterian Divestment Vote Evokes Chargesof “Anti-Semitism” As Well As Jewish Support
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- Issues
How the Zionist Lobby Overwhelmed Harry Truman and Led Us to the Middle East Dilemma We Face Today
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- Issues
Resistance Is Growing to Zionism’s Corruption of American Jewish Life
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
Israeli Professor Urges American Jews to “Worry about Israel’s Racist Cancer”
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by Allan C. Brownfeld
- Special Interest Report
Historian Says Recognizing Israel as a “Jewish State” Would Be Like Saying the U.S. Is a “White State”
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