Shmuel Rosner

A tattered Israeli flag in Jerusalem. (Photo by David Shankbone/CC)
How a Zionist can oppose the Jewish state: A response to Shmuel Rosner
A recent ‘New York Times’ profile of religious Jews who are highly critical of Israel and sympathetic to the boycott movement sent some in the Jewish blogosphere into a frenzy. In a fascinating response to Israeli journalist and blogger Shmuel Rosner, Jeremiah Haber explains how one can be a Zionist while opposing a Jewish state.…
By +972 Magazine February 19, 2014
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Demonizing and conflating Arabs and ultra-Orthodox
The debate over recent child subsidy cuts rests on empty myths and demagogic misinterpretations of Arabs and Haredim.  They are not simply parasites and they are not the same, but Israeli journalist Shmuel Rosner is upset and that’s what matters. It is seldom worth writing an entire blog post just to deconstruct that of another…
By Dahlia Scheindlin August 29, 2013
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‘NY Times’ publishes defense of racial segregation in Israel
Imagine that the ‘New York Times’ published an op-ed defending the segregation of white and black schoolchildren at an American amusement park. That’s more or less what happened in Israel recently. By Mairav Zonszein and Lisa Goldman This article was originally published on the Daily Beast’s Open Zion blog on June 14, 2013. Imagine that Six Flags Great…
By Mairav Zonszein June 15, 2013
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Israeli commentators go berserk at Thomas Friedman’s op-ed
In his latest column, New York Times journalist Thomas Friedman attacks Jerusalem’s response to the Egyptian revolution. Friedman’s bluntly expressed opinions were the catalyst for a torrent of angry comments. “Court Jew” was just one of the expressions used For about a year now,  Thomas Friedman has been driving Israelis crazy. Ever time he mentions…
By Noam Sheizaf February 15, 2011
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