Year: 2016

• ‘And You Are Faithful to Resuscitate the Dead’- Towards a Torah of Radical Remembrance

  “And You are faithful to resuscitate the dead. Blessed are You, Hashem, Who resuscitates the dead.”                  – from ‘Gevurot’, ‘God’s Strength’, a daily Jewish prayer “The class struggle, which…

• In The Age of Trump, Progressive Jews Can Learn From the 20th Century’s Radical Yiddish Tradition

  (first published at In These Times) The official, textbook history of any nation or group of people, writes radical historian Howard Zinn in A People’s History of the United States,…

• To Peter Beinart: We pro-BDS Jews Are Just as Much Part of the Jewish People as You Are

  (first published on Haaretz) The stories of Jewish students who support the boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) of Israel until it ends its violations of Palestinian rights are often painful…

  

• Yes, Pro-BDS Jews are Part of Jewish Communities Too

  (first published at Jewschool) As a pro-BDS Jewish millennial, I was sad and angry last week when I learned that the Bernie Sanders campaign had suspended Simone Zimmerman, J Street…