Tag Archives: Zionism

The Gatekeepers and the Zionist Dream

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Brad Rothschild, Chair of the Policy and Advocacy Committee
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In a recent interview with the Washington Post, Israeli documentary film director Dror Moreh called Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “the worst enemy of Israel.” While Netanyahu has not lived up to his publicly stated commitment to a two-state solution, according to this film he is not considerably different than his predecessors. Moreh’s Academy Award nominated film, The Gatekeepers, featuring interviews with six former heads of Israel’s security services, the Shin Bet, …

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Uncle Herzl Wants You

Posted on May 21, 2012 by The Daily Beast
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This article first appeared in the Daily Beast and is reprinted with permission of the author Among the justifications (or excuses) offered by Netanyahu and Mofaz for the creation of Israel’s new national unity government is that they will soon try to institute mandatory national service for all Israeli citizens. Intended to replace the much-maligned Tal Law, which allowed ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students to avoid military service and was declared unconstitutional by Israel’s Supreme Court, …

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Zionism / What are we doing here?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Daniel Orenstein
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The Accidental Zionist: What a Priest, a Pornographer and a Wrestler Named Chainsaw Taught Me about being Jewish, Saving the World and Why Israel Matters to Both,

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Why Progressive Nationalism Is Still So Relevant: Liberal Zionists Speak Out

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Kenneth Bob, National President
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This article first appeared in The Huffington Post. Introduced to Jewish political discourse via a Zionist youth movement many years ago, my world view and personal identification are still defined by progressive Zionism. Since the establishment of modern Zionism, the self-determination movement of the Jewish people, “hyphenated Zionists” have debated what values should define the movement, and since 1948, the State. Cultural Zionists, Orthodox, Revisionists and socialists all laid …

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