This above is what Peter Beinart is talking about when he said yesterday that Israel’s discrimination against women is linked directly to Israel’s discrimination against Palestinian citizens. Netanyahu created a coalition comprised of: Likud: secular right Yisrael Beiteinu: secular far-right (Russian) Shas: ultra-Orthodox right (Sephardi) United Torah Judaism: ultra-Orthodox right (Ashkenazi) Independence: center-left The Jewish [...]
Archive for December, 2011
Mitvim, a new progressive foreign policy think tank
Led by my colleague Nimrod Goren. I like seeing the names of Akiva Eldar and Alon Liel on their steering committee. Lord knows, the world needs more Israelis thinking strategically about integrating themselves into the region, not just on how to bomb Iran. Follow them on Facebook. Mitvim – The Israeli Institute for Regional Foreign [...]
Dec 29th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
A New York(er) Hanukah
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Dec 28th, 2011 General 0 Comments
“Israel will become a haredi nation, whether you like it or not”
So says the haredi gentleman in this Israeli Channel 2 news segment about the separation of men and women in Beit Shemesh, a city that is an example of the creeping rule of ultra-Orthodox over public spaces and their treatment of non-haredi Israelis around them.
Dec 27th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Donate to social justice, equality and peace in Israel-Palestine
New Israel Fund, because no other diaspora org is supporting Israel’s social movement and fighting against the anti-democratic legislation there. www.nif.org/donate J Street, because they’re building vibrant political support for peace within the American Jewry. www.jstreet.org/donate The Jewish Dialogue Group, because they’re enabling hundreds of Jewish communities to talk openly and safely about the Israeli-Palestinian [...]
Dec 21st, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Video: Barack Obama addresses the Reform biennial
Dec 20th, 2011 Establishment Jewry and Politics 0 Comments