Two Sides: Lost me at “Occupation”, Then It Got Worse
Curious about a Facebook link to a post by Ikhlas Ishtaya on the website “Two Sides” promoting co-existence workshops, I began to read. Her story looked interesting and I was sure I would be...
Israel Diaries Blog
(Not) Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Palestinian Authority
Fighting the lies of academic BDS is serious business, but I found out you can sometimes have fun with it. Pro-BDSers repeatedly write about how the security problems in “Palestine” caused by Israeli “oppression”...
Arab MKs Betray Their Country and Electorate
There can be reasons for a politician to make a condolence call to the family of a murderer. Sometimes such a family may turn to an elected official seeking advice and information. Such a...
3 Steps to Effectively Counter-Protest Antisemitic Events
Consider this a case-study: On 4 February 2016 at York University, the JDL conducted a humiliating and ineffective counter-protest to a divestment demonstration. Using this event as an example, I offer here the way...
JDL – Much Ado About Nothing at York University, Toronto
Sometimes it is smarter to keep silent than to make a fuss. It is not necessarily weakness. The demonstration at York University yesterday (Feb 4, 2016) was a prime example of silence being golden....
Toward the Making of Self-Hating Jews
Self-hating Jews, I think, deplore the reflection of themselves that they see mirrored in the eyes of the non-Jewish world; this determines how they experience their own Jewishness. Non-Jewish societies have, for centuries, found...
Once a Jew Always a Jew – Jewish Self-Hate
Ryan Bellerose, Meti Canadian, put on a kippa for a week and saw what it is like to walk around town as if he was an easily identifiable Jew. In contrast, I left Toronto...
Situation in Palestine is Normal – No Need for BDS
Well, I wonder if it will comfort proponents of academic boycott of Israel to learn that the situation in Palestine is normal – according to someone with whom I communicated at An-Najah University in...
