Fighting for Israel’s Future
21 June 2018
I do not know whether we will save the West Bank village of Khan al Ahmar. But I do know that we must show up to this fight.
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Israel’s Education Minister Is Pushing American Jews Away From Israel
18 June 2018“This is not what democracy looks like. And when the fundaments of democracy – its guarantees of equality for all citizens, its protections of freedom of expression, its respect for the rights of the individual in the face of the power of the state – are threatened, so are we all.”Read More -
Invisible Borders
8 June 2018While Israel is the Jewish nation, it is also a country of many peoples. In this lies great opportunity.
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Reason for Pride
7 June 2018We know that we can’t stop just because Tel Aviv is an oasis for gay life, but rather we must continue our work so that every LGBTQ person in Israel can feel supported and safe.
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This Isn’t About Jafar
25 May 2018The lived experience of so many Israelis who take part in political protests — peace activists, Ethiopian-Israelis, refugees, and even settlers — is that the police can and do act with brutal force to shut down political speech.
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Composing for Peace: A Concert for Social Change
25 May 2018Many musicians, including Mira Awad, Achinoam Nini (Noa), David Broza, and Peter Yarrow, came together in a celebration of the unique role that music and the arts play in social change and Israel today.
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Trifecta of Failed Leadership
10 May 2018Leaders on all sides have found opportunities to scuttle chances for Israeli-Palestinian peace and drive a wedge separating the two peoples.
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Truth is Stranger Than Fiction
26 April 2018I never would have believed the Trumpian fashion in which the prime minister would falsely accuse us of trying to “erase the Jewish character of Israel,” or that he would demand, on the basis of lies, that we be subjected to a parliamentary committee of inquiry.
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Celebrating the Real Israel
19 April 2018Today is Israel’s Independence Day. It’s a day for us to celebrate the real Israel — not the exclusionary, narrow, ethnocentric, and increasingly-authoritarian Israel that the country’s political leaders have come to represent, but rather the beautiful, inclusive, pluralistic society that’s there on the ground, made up of real people striving to lead lives of meaning together.
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Trailblazers
13 April 2018
The story of Israel is made up of people from many different paths. But not of all of their stories are well known.
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