Category Archives: American Jews

Thoughts on the new year

Posted on September 30, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

This week I would like to wish all of my readers the very best possible year, in the personal, spiritual and economic realms. I would like to thank the Elder of Ziyon for the opportunity to appear on his pages, … Continue reading →

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How a white Jewish guy lost his guilt and found redemption

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

The recent release of the platform of the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), which accused Israel of genocide and apartheid against the Palestinians (it has since been toned down slightly), gave rise to a spate of mostly predictable reactions: fury … Continue reading →

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How Zionism left them behind

Posted on August 5, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Hasia Diner and Marjorie N. Feld, two academics, intellectuals and Jews, recently published a manifesto of sorts, entitled “We’re American Jewish historians. This is why we’ve left Zionism behind.” The existence of yet another two Jewish intellectuals who despise the … Continue reading →

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What’s the problem with Reform Judaism?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Today I came across an article by Rabbi Baruch Efrati in which he opposes cooperation between Israelis and the Reform Movement. So what, you say. Another Orthodox attack on the heretical reformim. Perhaps so, but here is what caught my … Continue reading →

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How to talk to Jews about Israel

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Quite a few years ago, I went to a meeting in San Francisco about Israel advocacy, sponsored by the ADL (when the ADL was still interested in Israel advocacy). One of the speakers suggested a form of triage: there are … Continue reading →

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America crosses the line

Posted on June 5, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

A 25-year old woman who is running for Congress in California has been the target of a remarkably ugly campaign of anti-Jewish abuse. After Erin Schrode’s personal information was posted on a neo-Nazi website, she received hundreds of messages of … Continue reading →

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Goodbye, Diaspora

Posted on May 20, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

I had the good fortune to meet Tuvia Tenenbom, author of Catch the Jew and I Sleep in Hitler’s Room the other night. He’s writing a book about America. It hasn’t been published yet, but I think I can safely … Continue reading →

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Leave AIPAC out of it

Posted on March 18, 2016 by Victor Rosenthal

Led by Rabbis Rick Jacobs and Eric Yoffie, the Reform Movement is talking about taking some kind of action – perhaps a walkout – at the AIPAC convention to protest the appearance of Donald Trump. If they do, it will … Continue reading →

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