The Missing Connection: Language Learning as a Tool for Peace in...
Misinterpretation due to language barriers allows Israelis and Palestinians to dehumanize each other. In order to realistically begin a movement toward the creation of more holistic language learning...
View ArticleBeyond Walls and Checkpoints: The Digital Occupation of Palestine
Even as the Israeli government exerts a more visible rule over the movement of goods and people in the West Bank and Gaza, Israel also exercises tight control over the movement of information between...
View ArticleNakba, Occupation, and the Search for Original Sin: A Response to Wendy Somerson
My approach and Somerson’s should be two examples of dueling alternatives on the American Jewish Left, hopefully beyond the Left, in search of both a correction (tikkun) and a conclusion (siyum) to the...
View ArticleWhat it Really Means to be Jew-ish
I am both Arab and Jewish, and I enjoy resisting those binaries through the performance of my own unique identity. But identifying with both my Arab and Jewish heritage garners mixed results. So long...
View ArticleAssimilation Indeed: Hillel’s Co-optation of Progressive Jewish Students,...
For many Jewish students, the Six-Day War constituted the first time they experienced a connection to a Jewish cause recognized by the establishment. Unfortunately, the Hillel International of today...
View ArticleBringing the Values of Open Hillel Into Postgraduate Life: An Open Letter
Where will all the Open Hillelnikim go once they’ve left campus? What will become of this movement? How will you engage the Jewish community beyond campus? In short, how will you engage with the...
View ArticleRepenting for What Israel Did to Gaza – Without Condoning the Wrongs...
The human suffering is monumental. The political consequence was a major rightward turn in Israel that shaped the 2015 Israeli elections.
View Article“The Ploughshare Without Fear”: Remembering Martin Buber (1878-1965)
Carol Ascher on Martin Buber's legacy and how we can honor and incorporate his vision for Jews and Israelis living "together with".
View ArticleMoving Beyond Despair
Don Waxman proposes a pragmatic approach which will "focus on campaigning for interim measures that Israel could easily adopt, measures that would dramatically improve the lives and enhance the rights...
View ArticleSeeing through the Wall
The creation of, Seeing through the Wall, a documentary; American Jews visit the occupied territories.
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