Zionism
The ‘Kids’ Behind IDF’s Media
Young Israeli soldiers have pushed older commanders into adopting a more aggressive social media strategy
Organizing Life Around Hamas
In 2007, I traveled to Sderot to make a film. Months later, I made it my home—and Gaza my neighbor.
U.S. Jews Fighting Wrong Battle
As rockets rain down on Israel, an Atlanta JCC bans Peter Beinart. When did we become so narrow-minded?
State of Israeli Fashion
Tel Aviv’s fashion week is torn in two, but politicization has been stitched into the country’s fabric since 1949
Eric Hobsbawm’s Jewish Gift
How the British Marxist and anti-Zionist, who died last week, influenced the writing of Jewish history
The Professor’s Shoddy History
Berlin’s Jewish Museum gave Judith Butler and Germans permission to indulge dangerous political impulses
No Jewish People Without Israel
Why the future of American Judaism as we know it depends on the survival of the Jewish state
These Walls Talk, in Hebrew
In West Jerusalem, neighborhood borders are often marked by the political graffiti sprayed on the streets
How Not to Talk Politics
When I lectured my friends about Obama’s stance on Israel, I ended up alienating—not enlightening—them
Blowing Up the King David Hotel
Sunday marks the anniversary of the 1946 attack on the British. My 91-year-old grandfather helped carry it out.
Songs of Desert Wanderers
I was drawn to Mali’s nomads and their musical pleas for a homeland, until they allied with Islamists
How Birthright Changed Us
A trip to Israel connected participants to our Jewishness. But it didn’t make us more politically engaged.
Zionism, After Miss Porter’s
After an anti-Semitic incident at boarding school, I denied being Jewish for years. Israel is changing things.
Why the Jews Aren’t in Uganda
Israel as our homeland because our ancestors were here. No religion required.


