Politics
The Small Voice Of Moderation in Bet Shemesh
In The Year Of The Protester, we used the hashtag and we mimed the slogan to great effect. But real change takes more than a slogan. It takes dialog. It takes understanding.... Read More »
Tebowing as Political Metaphor
In an otherwise unremarkable article about the controversy over Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow’s public displays of religiosity, a quote from Gary Ebersole, a University of Missouri-Kansas City professor, struck... Read More »
Judaism, Democracy, and Public Reason
The appropriate role of religion in American political discourse is a debate older than the Constitution itself. It predictably recurs whenever a politician or celebrity invokes or insults religion (or... Read More »
An Obituary for Zionism
Zionism, born in the 1890′s, died today of natural causes. Zionism, which in its early years began a life long career championing self-determination and civil rights ended life a mostly... Read More »
Non-Orthodox Rabbis and Israel
I just read an absolutely shocking statistic: 12 percent of the Jewish Theological Seminary rabbinical students are “uncomfortable” with Israel’s being a “Jewish state”! One would have thought that Conservative... Read More »
Playing to the Home Crowd: Netanyahu, Abbas, and Obama at the UN
I am not much of a sports fan, but I do know that a team that can only win at home will never be a champion. Unfortunately, it seems that... Read More »
Occupy Wall Street and Anti-Semetism – A Forum For All Comers
With the dawning notion reaching the media that a giant protest sitting right in the middle of the Wall Street Financial District is something they ought to pay attention to,... Read More »
Taking Back Zionism
Over the last few weeks, various members of the global community have renewed their efforts to delegitimize Israel and call into question the legitimacy of Zionism as a movement. There... Read More »
Rabbi and Former MK Chanan Porat Passes Away at 67
Rabbi Porat was born in 1943, in Kfar Pines, before the establishment of the state. In his youth, he studied at the Kerem B’Yavne and Merkaz Harav yeshivas. He served... Read More »
What’s Wrong with the Middle East?
We are constantly being told that the major problem of the Middle East is the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. For those of us who follow this conflict closely,... Read More »
AIPAC 2010: Early Reflections
This morning I had the annual pleasure of attending the American Israel Public Affairs Committee's (AIPAC) Policy Conference held in the Washington, DC convention center Read More »
After 20 years, AIPAC is still behind the curve on how to use the Internet
Around twenty years ago when I was at MIT, I spent far more hours than I care to contemplate combating anti-Semitic, anti-Zionist and anti-Israel propaganda on Usenet. This was back... Read More »
Why I’m Voting Green This Year
You would think that after voting for a Barkat and a Barack respectively in the local Jerusalem and U.S. elections, the logical next choice would be to support a Barak... Read More »
War in Gaza: Which Way Will the Dreidel Fall?
Our friend Joan called last night just as the news broke that the IDF had begun its ground operation in Gaza. Joan was panicked. She knew a number of families... Read More »
A Sneak Peek at the Future of Jerusalem Mass Transit
Stepping into one of the sleek and shiny new light rail vehicles set to zip through Jerusalem in the next year and a half, it’s hard to imagine the controversy... Read More »
From Barack to Barkat: A Look Back at the November Elections
The just concluded Jerusalem election, while certainly not as important on a world stage as last week’s U.S. presidential contest, was in many ways spookily similar to its overseas counterpart.... Read More »
Jerusalem Elections 2008: The Most Crucial in Years
Several weeks ago I gave an Israeli take on the upcoming U.S. elections. But there’s another vote in November that may prove to be just as momentous for this country.... Read More »
Time for Some Tough Love
Ok, as of recently I have been receiving complaints from people who have criticized Jewneric as being a shill for the Obama campaign. And so it is with that criticism... Read More »
Another Israeli Take on the Upcoming U.S. Elections
I just received my absentee ballot for the upcoming U.S. elections in the mail and I’m psyched. Yes, I know that some critics will question whether an American living outside... Read More »
