Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...

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The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara

The Return of the Pogrom in Hawara

On February 26, 2023, more than 400 Jewish settlers terrorized the Palestinian village of Hawara in the Occupied West Bank. For hours, the settlers set buildings and cars on fire and threw stones at inhabitants and their homes. The Israeli police and military forces...

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Tom Freudenheim

Tom Freudenheim

Tom Freudenheim is a Jewish American who blogs at www.freudenheim.com. He recently wrote a letter to the Promised Land Museum, which reads as follows: “I’m devoted to the Forward, so when I read the article about you I was puzzled as to why I hadn’t known about you...

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Judaism on Our Own Terms

Judaism on Our Own Terms

Judaism on Our Own Terms (JOOOT, formerly Open Hillel) is a network of ideologically diverse Jewish students and student groups which aim to share resources across North American campuses. The resources are shared through guidebooks and zines, both of which can be...

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George Marx

George Marx

George Marx is a Jewish blogger who writes on his websites www.GeorgeMarx.org, www.WorkingTowardsEndingRacism.org, www.EndThePatriarchy.org, and www.CaringWhitemen.com. In one blog post titled “Dr. Marc Lamont Hill, American Muslims for Palestine and Respect,” Marx...

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Torah Jews

Torah Jews

Torah Jews is a website whose mission is to clarify the distinction between Zionism and Judaism. The website is rooted in the Torah and explains how traditional Judaism states that the Jewish people are “in exile by Divine Decree and may emerge from exile solely via...

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Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Why War? The Formation of Israel in Palestine

Since October 7, 2023, the world has watched the government of Israel drop more than 6,000 bombs and launch more than 7,000 missiles into the territory of Gaza, causing damage the equivalent of 2 nuclear bombs. The military operation is in retaliation to a Hamas-led...

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A Burglary Motivated by Racism

A Burglary Motivated by Racism

Haaaretz journalists Gideon Levy and Alex Levac reported on a West Bank burglary case in 2020 in which a small Palestinian business was repeatedly burglarized by Jewish settlers. Was this burglary motivated by racism? Mohammed Mahmadi, 29, left his restaurant job in...

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Curt’s Hebron

Curt’s Hebron

Curtis Bell, President of Unitarian Universalists for Justice in the Middle East, spoke to the First Unitarian Church’s Department of Social Justice about his two months in Hebron and what he learned about the Palestinian experience under Israeli occupation. Video...

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Virginia Tech GPSS

Virginia Tech GPSS

The Graduate and Professional Student Senate (GPSS) at Virginia Tech passed a resolution in October 2021 demanding that the University’s administration enact an academic boycott of Israel and institutions “complicit in maintaining the Israeli occupation.” The...

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