Most Israeli Jews Can’t Say If They’re More Israeli or More Jewish. And That’s a Good Thing
Religious and secular get along best when they embrace tolerance.
September 17, 2019
The Latest Criticism of a New Public-Transit Plan for Jerusalem Is Rooted in Anti-Jewish Prejudice
The New York Times decries attempts to “Judaize” Jerusalem.
In a recent article for the New York Times, the architecture critic Michael Kimmelman criticized a plan to create a system of cable cars in Israel’s capital to alleviate some of the traffic on the Old City’s crowded streets. While there may be good reasons to oppose the plan on aesthetic grounds, writes Jonathan Tobin, Kimmelman’s real concern appears to be what he sees as an attempt to create a “Jewish narrative of Jerusalem.”
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It’s Time to Solve the Palestinian Refugee Problem
Stop treating millions of Palestinians as perpetual pawns in a war to destroy Israel.
The Latest Criticism of a New Public-Transit Plan for Jerusalem Is Rooted in Anti-Jewish Prejudice
The New York Times decries attempts to “Judaize” Jerusalem.
How the Non-Jewish Director of the First-Ever Holocaust Movie Resisted Communist Pressure to Write Jews Out of the Story
The Last Stage.
The Forgotten Lower East Side Poet Whose Work Was Popularized and Plagiarized by Hart Crane
Samuel Greenberg.