✡ We Stand With the People of Israel ✡
By Andrew Lapin (JTA) — Earlier this year Nadav Lapid, the award-winning Israeli dissident filmmaker, traveled with his son to Marseille for a screening of his latest film. He fell in love. “This city reminded me of Tel Aviv, in … Read More
There’s battle lines being drawn Nobody’s right if everybody’s wrong – “For What It’s Worth” (Stephen Stills/Buffalo Springfield) By Andrew Adler Community Editor This was not an optimal week to be shopping at the Park Slope Food Co-op. Founded almost exactly 50 years ago and boasting … Read More
By Grace Gilson (JTA) — As Israel’s Eurovision contestant Noam Bettan walked the “turquoise carpet” at the annual song competition’s opening ceremony on Sunday in Vienna, this week’s contest was already being eclipsed by controversy over his participation — and … Read More
By Philissa Cramer (JTA) — On Tuesday night, the president of Sonoma State University sent an email to his school community announcing an academic boycott of Israel and other concessions to pro-Palestinian protesters on his campus. On Wednesday afternoon, he … Read More
By Julia Gergel (New York Jewish Week) – (New York Jewish Week) – New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez joined fellow progressives Jamaal Bowman, Ilhan Omar and Cori Bush in saying she will skip Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s address to Congress … Read More