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Participants in the Open Hillel Conference, Harvard University. (photo: Gili Getz)
How Israel stupefies so many brilliant Jews
It’s the occupation, professor. Deja vu from the Technion. On the eve of Passover 1988, I was working at the Technion, Israel’s prestigious technological institute in Haifa, writing fundraising prose. It was a few months into the First Intifada, and Israel’s image had been taking a battering overseas like never before, with scenes being televised continually…
By Larry Derfner December 24, 2014
Participants in the Open Hillel Conference, Harvard University. (photo: Gili Getz)
Just how open should Hillel be?
It is sad, though not surprising, that some want to open Hillel just enough to let their own excluded group in. ‘Just let J Street U in,’ they say to the gatekeepers. By Jeremiah Haber Several years ago, when Richard Joel was the president of Hillel International, the goal of Hillel was formulated as “maximizing…
By +972 Magazine December 8, 2014
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Photo: Kobi Gideon / GPO)
A letter to Israel from a sympathetic Palestinian
As Israel faces international isolation and an uncertain future, one Palestinian offers some empathy: ‘I know how you feel.’ By Amer Zahr Israel, I know how you feel. It’s been a tough year. And it’s only just started. Your world seems like it’s crumbling around you. Everything you knew is no longer true. The comfortable…
By +972 Magazine February 17, 2014
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Jewish Voice for Peace supporters in Washington D.C. January 19, 2013 (Photo: Joshua B. Michaels)
Making the case for Israel Apartheid Week
For two student activists in Washington D.C., Israel Apartheid Week – and using the term ‘apartheid’ – is an opportunity to alter perceptions and the discourse surrounding the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Whereas ‘occupation’ defines Israel/Palestine as a military struggle with ambiguous moral implications, ‘apartheid’ describes a civil rights struggle with a clear moral imperative. By Joshua B. Michaels and…
By +972 Magazine March 28, 2013
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