Category Archives: American Jews

If you love me, let me go

Posted on April 3, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

We recognize that some boycott advocates are driven by opposition to (and even hatred of) Israel. Our motivation is precisely the opposite: love for Israel and a desire to save it. – Steven Levitsky and Glen Weyl, “We are lifelong … Continue reading →

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Why is Israel losing American Jewish youth?

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Yesterday, Jewish activists belonging to the “If Not Now” (INN) group, a more-militant offshoot of J Street, held a demonstration in Washington outside the annual AIPAC policy conference, and even blocked the doors of the convention center for a time. … Continue reading →

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The Sarsour gambit

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Sometimes you need to admire a good move, even when it’s your opponent that makes it. I’m referring to Linda Sarsour’s wildly successful crowd-funding appeal to repair the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri damaged by vandals on … Continue reading →

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My life and blogs

Posted on January 26, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Like many American Jews, I was born in Brooklyn, NY. As a young man I was interested in electronics and radio, which got me a job as a broadcast engineer that, along with scholarships, paid for my college education. But … Continue reading →

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What’s up with my American friends

Posted on January 23, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

It’s been almost three years since the day that I left the USA with no plans to return, almost three years since I got on a plane knowing that I no longer owned a home or a car or a … Continue reading →

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Film Review: “Hate Spaces: The Politics of Intolerance on Campus”

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

“Hate Spaces” is a documentary film (view the trailer here) produced by Ralph Avi Goldwasser and Americans for Peace and Tolerance, who also gave us “The J Street Challenge,” and as the full title suggests, it describes the recent surge … Continue reading →

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The Tribe of Barack

Posted on November 16, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

News item: On Monday, the American Jewish Committee and the Islamic Society of North America launched the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council, a group of religious and business leaders from both communities who will help draft domestic policy legislation and advocate on … Continue reading →

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The Reform Movement vs. Bibi Netanyahu

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Last week saw a protest by Reform and Conservative Jews, both American and Israeli, in support of the Women of the Wall, at the Kotel (Western Wall).  The demonstrators were protesting the fact that an agreement that the government, the … Continue reading →

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