This post borrows from a longer feature in Fathom, the British online journal: “Democratic Socialism, Israel and the Jews: An Interview with Michael Harrington (1975),
Over 25 years ago, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin complained about the anemic support of AIPAC (the American Israel Public Affairs Committee) for his government’s efforts
On Feb. 11, Yossi Beilin spoke at New York University’s Taub Center for Israel Studies where he has an appointment for this semester. A member
Most Jews engaged with their heritage are aware that Theodor Herzl was the founder of Zionism as an organized international movement. Sadly, most are unaware
A number of Third Narrative colleagues were eager to discuss Sen. Bernie Sanders’ article in Jewish Currents magazine, “How to Fight Antisemitism.” Steven Lubet has
On Sunday, November 3rd, the Manhattan JCC commemorated the 24th anniversary of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination (Nov. 4, 1995) with a public event featuring
With a virtual tie between Likud and Blue-White, an interesting question is whether Netanyahu must go. Given his olympic abilities as a survivor, one hesitates to
This is the second of two posts. Click here for the first. Late in the afternoon, I received a second shock which pulled me in
On Saturday, July 27th, my lifelong Zionist convictions were emotionally whipsawed in opposite ways. First, a lengthy article in the Haaretz weekend magazine (“When Arabs
On July 27, three veteran NY Times reporters wrote “an explainer” on the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement against Israel, entitled “Is B.D.S. Anti-Semitic? A
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