Opening ceremonies at #jstconf, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.
Archive for February, 2011
.@NewIsraelFund panel at #jstconf
.@NewIsraelFund panel at #jstconf, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Kathleen Peratis, Daniel Ben Simon, Hagai El-Ad, & Naomi Chazan.
Feb 27th, 2011 General 0 Comments
Studies about young Jews you should read
Each of these reports I have used to help myself understand how the establishment Jewish community fails to provide for (or even understand) young Americans of the Jewish persuasion. I highly recommend them all. The data is all there: how to plan events that don’t suck, how to advertise, where to find them, and what [...]
Feb 21st, 2011 Israel 1 Comment
UN resolutions on Israel, today and in history
Below are two useful texts for analyzing the present debate over whether the United States should veto the resolution before the Security Council submitted by the Palestinian Authority condemning Israeli settlements. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice’s statement opposing the resolution (courtesy of the White House liaison to the Jewish community) A list [...]
Feb 18th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Egyptians to Mubarak: “Let *us* go”
This Pesach, I look forward to celebrating my people’s freedom alongside the freedom of our former masters. The arc of history is long — unfathomably long — but it bends towards justice.
Feb 11th, 2011 Published elsewhere 0 Comments
Mainstream statements against anti-democratic Knesset bills
In August, the Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein said such inquiries were unnecessary, yet the Knesset plunged ahead (no direct quote available). Naomi Chazan, former Speaker of Knesset and President of the New Israel Fund, reported to an audience in New York this Monday that the legal advisor to the Knesset advised the proponents of the [...]
Feb 6th, 2011 General 0 Comments
Steven M. Cohen on Birthright’s mistake in canceled J Street’s trip
Steven M. Cohen, one of the leading demographers of American Jewry, here supports the need for progressive Birthright trips — or Birthright trips of any and many political persuasions. Taglit-Birthright Israel canceled a trip offered by J Street U, the biggest pro-Israel pro-peace campus group, through trip provider Israel Experience. Their reasons, they state, are [...]
Feb 4th, 2011 General 2 Comments