U.S. Foreign Policy Category
J Street Reflections
By: Rabbi Brant Rosen on: Oct 30,2009 In: Human Rights, Israel, Israeli Occupation, Jewish Left, Jewish Life, Jewish Organizations, Palestine, Peace, Politics, Progressive Jews, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. GovernmentCrossposted with Shalom Rav
I’m back from the national J Street Conference in DC and its been a whirlwind. There’s so much to tell, but I’m not sure I can do it any better than the myriad of bloggers who have already weighed in. For your reading pleasure, I recommend the missives from the good folks [...]
“House Jews” & “Field Jews”
By: Naomi Sobel on: Aug 12,2009 In: African-American, Global Jewish Life, Israel, Israeli Occupation, Jewish Identity, Jewish Left, Jewish Plurality, Judaism, Middle East, Occupation, Palestine, Palestinian Occupied Territories, Politics, Progressive Jews, Race, U.S. Foreign Policy, U.S. Government, United StatesAdam Serwer over at The Root has a great new post called “The Self-Hate Hustle.”
Serwer draws a parallel between divisions in Jewish communities over Israel and divisions in (U.S.) Black communities “about loyalty and authenticity.” Describing Netanyahu’s characterization of David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel as “self-hating Jews” based on their support of a settlement freeze, [...]
Bronfman on the Occupation: Bad for the Jews?
By: Naomi Sobel on: Aug 7,2009 In: Global Jewish Life, Israel, Israeli Occupation, Jewish Continuity, Jewish Identity, Jewish Left, Judaism, Media, Palestine, Palestinian Occupied Territories, Policy, Politics, Progressive Jews, Resistance, Social Change, Too Good Not to Post, U.S. Foreign Policy, United States, YouthCheck out Michelle Goldberg’s new web-only piece, “Same As It Ever Was?” up at The American Prospect. Her tagline, or more likely her editor’s tagline, for the article wonders if the “pro-Israel lobby, long seen as an immutable part of American politics, may be headed toward obsolescence.” I’m not sure if I buy that, since [...]
Billboards criticizing US military aid to Israel taken down under pressure
By: Adam Horowitz on: Apr 30,2009 In: U.S. Foreign Policyx-posted from Mondoweiss
A few week ago we posted about ten billboards going up around Albuquerque, NM calling for congress to end military aid to Israel. They were put up by The Coalition to Stop $30 Billion to Israel, a multi-ethnic, multi-religious coalition working to “end to the ten year commitment of $30 billion in U.S. [...]
This poster is sold signed. Half of the proceeds goes to Parners in Health for earth quake relief. PIH is the grassroots organization established in Haiti by Dr. Paul Farmer. It is Haitian-led and provides direct assistance in Haitian communities without the costs of an administrative bureaucracy. Thanks, Ricardo www.rlmarts.com
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