NIF fracas: Defending Israel or destroying democracy?
A campaign against the New Israel Fund -- a U.S.-based organization that funds civil society activists in Israel -- has sparked a fierce debate over the limits of free speech, the financing of NGOs, the dictates of loyalty to the state and, ultimately, over the fundamental values of Israel's Zionist democracy. Read more »
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Im Tirtzu founders say their fight is against anti-Zionists, not left-wingers
With calls for a "second Zionist revolution," the founders of an Israeli student group embroiled in a controversy over the New Israel Fund say that Israel has lost its sense of purpose. Read more »
Will Israel’s response to Goldstone be enough?
With its report on its own investigation of its wartime conduct in Gaza, Israel says it has fulfilled the conditions required by the Goldstone report on the Gaza war. So will the charges of Israeli war crimes cited by Goldstone now just go away? Read more »
Op-Ed: The vital center and Modern Orthodoxy
In the face of escalating controversy over Modern Orthodoxy, Rabbi Shmuel Hain of Yeshiva University argues for shifting focus to the center and to substance. For example, he says, stop fighting over the decision by two rabbis to bestow a feminized version of the title rabbi to a woman, and instead focus on discussing how to create positions for female scholars to serve as spiritual, pastoral and educational resources that will be widely accepted. Read more »
The Jewish agenda in Washington for 2010
Following President Obama's State of the Union address and the start of the new congressional year, JTA asked Jewish organizations operating in Washington the following questions: "What is the one goal you hope the administration and Congress will achieve this year, and what advice would you offer them to make it happen?" Read more »
Blogs
The Fundermentalist
Galperin to leave D.C. federation to take senior spot with JAFI
Misha Galperin has notified the board of the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington that he will leave… Read Blog »
Capital J
Barnea: U.S. Jewish leaders press Bibi to block NIF probe
Yediot’s Nahum Barnea, by many accounts Israel’s most respected political columnist, reports… Read Blog »
The Telegraph
Oren at Irvine
Watch the video of Israel’s ambassador being heckled throughout his speech at UC-Irvine. Read Blog »
The Wandering Jew
Guest Post: Final Thoughts from Panama
Rabbi Joshua Kullock with some final observation about the UJCL convention, held last week in Panama.… Read Blog »
Quibbles and Kibbitz
Dershowitz went too far in slamming Goldstone
Americans for Peace Now CEO Debra DeLee chastises Alan Dershowitz for his “character assassination”… Read Blog »
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