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Bradley Burston addresses Ameinu members in New York City

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Opinion: This Is Zionism?

By Rabbi Sid Schwarz

Rabbi Schwarz reflects on his recent attendance at this years Salute to Israel Parade, billed as the largest celebration of Israel in the United States, and how he feels it has been hijacked....
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The West’s (Or Obama’s) Oil Weapon

By Tsvi Bisk

Can our oil be the spark that drives us towards Middle East peace? Examine Tzvi Bisk's unique take on a possible scenario....
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Trade Union Call for Cooperation Between Israeli and Palestinian Workers

By Executive Members of the Trade Unions Linking Israel and Palestine

Last month, the Scottish Trade Unions Congress became the most recent in a series of unions which has called for a boycott of Israeli products. Support for boycotting, divesting from and sanctions against the Jewish state appears to be growing by lea...
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Seek Peace and Pursue It

Natural Growth

By Jeffry V. Mallow, Phd.

Doctor Mallow, the past President of Ameinu, points out that "natural growth" is not necessarily natural......
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Yitzhak Rabin's Lessons in Leadership

By Sarah Michaels Levy

As the 13th anniversary of Yitzhak Rabin’s assassination falls in the same week that the people of the United States elect a new leader, Sara Michaels Levy examines the role of the leader as reflected in Rabin’s words....
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Resist Being Discouraged

By Sidney Topol

HaTikva, The Hope- The original Zionist Anthem – it predates the Jewish State and even when times seem to make it no longer relevant, we learn from Sid Topol that we can’t lose hope, that the success of the peace process depends on our support....
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Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Urged to Back Two-State Solution

By SHELDON KIRSHNER

The Canadian Jewish News interviews Colette Avital's just prior to Prime Minister Netanyahu's meeting with Barack Obama. Read all she had to say here....
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Israel's National Elections - The Results

Colette Avital the International Secretary of the Labor Party in Israel, presents an unvarnished look at the Israeli elections and some of the options for both the country and the her Party....
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‘There Is No Alternative’ Is No Answer

By Leonard Fein

In August of 1973 I arrived in Israel as a guest of the Foreign Ministry. For reasons I no longer recall, the Ministry had decided that my conversion to its view of Israel’s policies regarding the Palestinians was a worthy investment. This was six ...
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America

Summary Findings of National Survey of American Jews Commissioned by J Street

By Jim Gerstein

J Street’s national survey of 800 American Jews reveals a remarkable gap between the attitudes of American Jews and the conventional wisdom about how Jews view America’s role in the Middle East. ...
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“Tough love” for Israel will be tough on the pro-Israel peace camp

By Dan Fleshler

If push comes to shove between Washtington and Jerusalem, can pro-Israel pro-peace movements support bold US diplomatic efforts to end the Israeli Palestinian conflict without being branded as traitors. ...
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Israel and Zionist Advocacy: A New Era

By Ami Isseroff

An exploration of the traditional friendship between the United States and the Jewish State, as it is reflected now that there is a new family in the neighborhood....
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Campus & Youth Update

Loyalty & Principles

By Mira Sucharov

As Israel Apartheid week unfurls across the globe, Mira Sucharov explores the tug-of-war between loyalty and principles....
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Of Two Minds: Gaza gives One American and Israeli Citizen Pause

By Timna Axel

An American/Israeli at Northwestern University -shares her thoughts and her concerns, about the recent Gaza military operation in specific and the role of American Jews when it comes to loving criticism of Israel in general....
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Habonim Hooked Me - I Felt Alive

By Alisa Belinkoff Katz

I started going to Habonim Camp when I was ten years old. From the minute I went, I was hooked.... Habonim had me hooked because I felt so truly alive there. ...
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Jewish Identity

Responding to Another Rabbi's Hateful Speech

By Rabbi Amy Eiberg

Rabbi Eiberg explains that words have power - and sometimes just deleting them isn't the answer.
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Useful Zionists

By Jeffry V. Mallow, Phd.

"Who you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"

Chico Marx in "Duck Soup"

... Helping to clarify between rhetoric and truths when it comes to "loving criticism"...
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Peoplehood and Return

By Rabbi David Gedzelman

The intensity of an immersion experience, whether it be Birthright Israel, summer camp, a service trip, or a retreat, is difficult to maintain or replicate in any kind of follow-up or continuing programming. ...
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Book Talk

Transforming America's Lobby

By As published in ZEEK

Ameinu Board member Daniel Fleshler's new book is reviewed on ZEEK by Moshe Yaroni. Full Review