Israel in Theory: “Israel fetish” in Western academia
Dr. Gabriel Noah Brahm is probably best known for co-editing the comprehensive “The Case Against Academic Boycotts of Israel.”
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The new face of Israel’s opposition?
MK and Yesh Atid party head Yair Lapid is attempting to parlay PM Netanyahu’s failure to prevent the Iran deal into his own political asset.
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How far is J Street from my street?
J Street’s upbeat campaign in support of the Iran deal leaves no room for the worry and ambivalence that most Israelis feel.
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How the Nazis Imagined a World Without Jews
Prof. Alon Confino discusses the Nazi desire to remove the Jews not only from the present and the future, but also from the past.
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An ode to hypocrisy
Award-winning Mizrahi poet Roy Hasan’s recent poem calls out Ashkenazim for hypocrisy, hegemony, and all-around ass-hole-itude.
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Hitler and Atatürk: How Turkish Nationalism Inspired the Nazis
Dr. Stefan Ihrig explains how the rising Turkish nationalism in the wake of WWI served as valuable inspiration for the Nazis in the early Weimar years and beyond.
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And here come the rabbis!
The rabbis of the Knesset are trying to reverse liberalizing legislation on a whole host of issues from conversion to kashrut.
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Apocalypse soon?
What does the Iran deal mean for Israel? Should we Israelis be out back digging our fallout shelter?
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Iran nuclear deal: Unscrambling the isotopes
Can Iran be trusted to keep to the deal? Will it be more involved in the chaos playing out across the region? All your questions answered.
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The wages of compassion
Six Israelis have been killed by men released as part of the deal that brought Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit back to his family three years ago.
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