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A Republican Jew on Progressive Jews, Israel, and the American Jewish Community
As a Republican Jew I often find myself in the minority. As someone who is deeply involved in Jewish life, this happens quite often. Yet when it comes to Israel, I find affiliated Jewry, especially those identified as liberal, becomes lackluster in their commitment to classical liberal values. This is not a clarion call for the Jewish community to wake up and smell the politically conservative flowers. Rather, it is a call for our community to recognize that Progressive Jews are right on Israel and wrong regarding their critique of the Jewish community. Israel is not perfect and, it is my opinion that the Jewish Progressives are 100% right that this fact should not be hidden from inquiring minds. Whether on Arab-Israeli’s, women’s, and religious rights, Israel has a lot of space for growth. Many Progressive Jews want an Israel...
Does Israeli Apartheid Week Benefit Anyone?
Those behind this week’s activities on campuses and elsewhere: your role doesn’t help anyone, neither Palestinians nor Israelis who are working to build trust on the ground, writes Ishmael Khaldi, Counsellor for Civil Society Affairs at the Israeli Embassy in London. Ishmael Khaldi was the first Bedouin in Israel’s foreign service. He has served as Israel’s deputy consul general in the US Pacific Northwest and has been Middle East and Arab affairs adviser for Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman since August 2009. He has recently been appointed the Counsellor for Civil Society Affairs at the Israeli Embassy in London. To read the full post, please visit http://www.thecommentator.com/
The Casual Lifestyle
A theme has been occurring in my life a few times in the past two months – comfort. As I write this blog post from Costa Rica, I sit in a beautiful home that a friend’s parent’s graciously allowed some of us to stay at while on vacation. The trip has been wonderful. I’ve been to beautiful waterfalls, visited a tropical zoo, Zip-lined through the Rainforest, snorkeled, and much more. Even more wonderful has been the time relaxing, eating and conversing with a group of wonderful people. Our catchphrase for the trip has been “the casual lifestyle”. It’s in times like this when I’m tempted to think that I could live like this forever. I could soak up the rays and eat delicious food with no cares. Sitting on this mountaintop, I could spend the next (God willing) 96 years...
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