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  • A Tale of Two Kenneths: A Brief History of Campus Antisemitism in U.S. Civil Rights Law, 2004–present

    Or: Why the Executive Order on Antisemitism Does Matter Written in collaboration with Isaac Brooks Fishman and cross-posted to Jewschool Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order on antisemitism, which created more confusion than policy. It is not clear from the face of the order what it is doing, or why it was […]

    The Zooming Etrog
    December 26, 2019

  • NCSY discusses Jewish identity, Zionism, & a binational state after the Six-Day War

    Highlights from a 1968 NCSY Guide to Israel — an unapologetically Religious Zionist text that also promotes intellectual engagement with ideological opponents — with editing contributions from Meir Kahane

    While in my shul’s library over Shavuot, I found a paper booklet published in June 1968 by the National Council of Synagogue Youth (NCSY), the primary Modern Orthodox youth group. Titled Israel: Eretz Israel, Land of Promise, it provides a fascinating picture of how American Modern Orthodox Jews saw the State of Israel in the […]

    The Zooming Etrog
    July 24, 2019

  • Brief historical notes on “red lines” in intra-communal Israel discourse

    Yousef Munayyer’s latest piece linked to a report titled “The Assault on Israel’s Legitimacy: The Frustrating 20X Question: Why Is It Still Growing? Condition, Direction and Response” by the ADL and the Reut Group, an Israeli think-tank. Some quick research shows that the paper seems to have been originally leaked to pro-Palestinian website The Electronic […]

    The Zooming Etrog
    March 13, 2019

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