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Illustrative photo of a man wearing an Israeli flag at the Western Wall. (By Shutterstock.com / Robert Hoetink)

Does Israel have a place in Jewish identity?

The proposed ‘Nation-State Law’ and a wave of violence point to the urgency of questioning Israel’s place in Jewish identity. Shlomo Sand’s latest book, ‘How I Stopped Being a Jew,’ offers a starting point for such a discussion. When I left Palestine this summer, I was relieved to leave the Israeli flag behind. No more…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat December 1, 2014

A Jew and a Palestinian face off (file photo, by Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Is a binational identity possible in Israel?

Two academics get into a public intellectual debate over secular national identity and the characteristics of binationalism in the future of Israel or binational state. Despite their bitter assaults against one another’s ideas, they are far closer than they realize. By Jeremiah Haber It’s open season on Prof. Shlomo Sand of Tel Aviv University in…

By +972 Magazine June 11, 2013

Shlomo Sand in 2008 (Photo: Yossi Gurvitz)

Fantasized homeland: Review of Shlomo Sand’s new book

A review of Shlomo Sand’s “The Invention of the Land of Israel” and other musings on religious Zionism. “After the people was exiled from its land by force of arms, it kept faith with it in all the lands of its diaspora, and never ceased from praying and hoping to return to its land and…

By Yossi Gurvitz May 16, 2012

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Tsvia Greenfeld, candidate for liberal Zionist Meretz party in 2006 elections (photo: Lisa Goldman)

How is Zionism different from other forms of nationalism?

Nationalism is inherently illiberal in its distinction between citizens and non-citizens. But are all nationalisms equally illiberal? And should we hold Israel to different standards than other countries that claim to be liberal democracies? By Sean Lee Two of my colleagues make the point that it is not only Zionism, or Jewish nationalism, that is…

By +972 Magazine December 2, 2011