Criticizing the occupation and Israeli policies towards the Palestinians
Spotlights
Zionist Rabbi Suspends ‘Prayer for Israel’
Jeremy Kalmanofsky, the senior rabbi of Ansche Chesed, a Conservative congregation on ...
Israel’s Democracy Under Threat
The recent Israeli election produced a government giving the far right and ...
Review of Eric Alterman’s ‘We Are Not One’
Steven Richard Sheffey reviews TTN colleague Eric Alterman’s new book, “We Are ...
New Gov Would Undermine Israel
TTN colleagues are anguished over Netanyahu’s proposed new governing coalition, as are ...
Opponents’ Blunders Led to Netanyahu Victory
In results analogous to how Donald Trump won in the U.S. Electoral ...
AIPAC Defeats Levin, But AWOL re Omar
As recorded on YouTube (see below), Rep. Andy Levin seems enormously appealing ...
Ameinu Protests Suppression of Palestinian Civil Rights Groups
Ameinu Joins Other U.S. Jewish Organizations in Urging Secretary Blinken to Address ...
When Peace Seemed Close
Our Third Narrative community has been debating whether there’s any prospect for ...
Project Rozana: Building Bridges Via Healthcare
Ken Bob, the president of Ameinu (TTN’s sponsor), also serves as the ...
Settler Violence and ‘Apartheid’
There’s no question that there’s a human rights crisis going on in ...
Boycotting Israel is Wrong, but Legal
This is from the latest issue of Steven Sheffey’s newsletter, “Chicagoland Pro-Israel ...
Al-Walaja deserves a zoning plan, not home demolitions
I was standing upon a rooftop on a blustery cold Jerusalem day, ...
The Third Narrative Blog
Free Book: ‘The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel’
We are happy to offer a free PDF copy of the book “The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel,” edited by Cary Nelson and Gabriel Noah Brahm, with a preface by Paul Berman. Here’s a description by Prof. Marjorie Perloff:
What is the Academic BDS (Boycott, Divest, Sanction) movement really all about? What is the relation, if any, of anti-Zionism to anti-Semitism? What are the historical, ethical, and political parameters of the current controversy over BDS on our campuses-a controversy that has, thus far, generated more heat than light? The editors of this book have brought together a set of thirty essays by leading scholars and public intellectuals-essays as stunning as they are wide-ranging, as remarkably well-informed and factually based as they are closely reasoned and persuasive. From the opening essays on academic freedom through the richly nuanced essays by Israeli academics currently teaching in mixed Arab-Israeli classrooms to the history of Israel, the case against Academic Boycott is made with such authority that no one who cares about global politics in the 21st Century can afford not to read these pages. This is that rare event-·a necessary book, a real game-changer.
MARJORIE PERLOFF, Professor Emerita of English, Stanford U
Florence Scott Professor of English and Comparative Literature Emerita,
University of Southern California
2006 President, Modern Language Association
Responding to the Far Left’s Attacks on Israel
Our TTN booklet responds to some of the most common and inaccurate accusations made against Israel from the far left by activists trying to appeal to those who are committed to human rights and social justice.
Please click here to request an electronic or paper copy.
The Third Narrative engages with people on the left who suspect that it is wrong to lay all blame for the Arab-Israeli conflict at the feet of Israeli Jews but feel that too many Israel supporters reflexively support –or passively accept—the Israeli occupation. When it comes to this conflict, the truth is rarely black or white; it resides in a gray area where advocates on either side typically don’t like to venture.. 