admin | April 11, 2024
You would not have found a more staunch champion of Israel, certainly within Progressive Jewish circles, than the late Rabbi Dr Sidney Brichto, former executive director of the Liberal movement. Yet shortly before his death in 2009, he wondered whether the term Zionism had outlived its usefulness and suggested it should be pensioned off. Rabbi Brichto argued that the meaning of the word had been so distorted by its opponents that it was counterproductive to continue using it; it had become a gift to Israel-haters who could mask their antisemitism by levelling their invective against the Zionist entity rather than the Jewish state.
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admin | March 30, 2024
To the Editor: Re American Jews in the Age of Palestine, by Peter Beinart (Opinion guest essay, March 24): There is a fundamental flaw in the article. Zionism does not require backing the Israeli government; it does assume backing for the State of Israel
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admin | March 13, 2024
The title of Efraim Shmuelis book, The Last Generation of Jews in Poland (Academic Studies Press), is a little misleading. Shmueli, a Polish Jew born in Lodz in 1908, focuses on the storied Jewish community of Poland during the 1920s, when it was home to 3.3 million Jews, representing nine percent of its population
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admin | March 13, 2024
On March 5, 2024, North Carolina Lt.
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admin | March 5, 2024
The members of East London and Essex Liberal Synagogue (ELELS) have voted overwhelmingly to offer full membership to any non-Jewish person who commits to the principles and values of their communities. Both ELELS, previously Woodford Liberal Synagogue, and Progressive Judaism as a whole have long welcomed mixed faith couples and families, as well as those considering conversion but not yet ready to commit. However, in the past non-Jews, including those raising a Jewish family with a Jewish partner, could only join as an associate member or friend
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admin | February 26, 2024
Chris Hedges: The Death of Liberal Zionism Scheerpost.com
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