A Jewish Perspective
U.S. Police Trained by Israel: Communities of Color Pay the Price
In recent years, Georgia has experienced troubling trends in fatal police shootings. As this has unfolded, the state continues to pursue a “police exchange” program with the state of Israel. – original post by Ilise Benshushan Cohen, Azadeh Shahshahani, October 7, 2019 In recent years, Georgia has experienced troubling trends inRead More
Christ at the Checkpoint 2020
Christ at the Checkpoint 2020, from Atlanta Complete Trip May 29 to June 10, 2020 ABOUT THE CONFERENCE Join us in the year 2020 in Bethlehem for the sixth international Christ at the Checkpoint conference. The theme will be Hope and Resilience in a Broken World. Join us as weRead More
Gideon Levy – U.S. Jews Have Only Themselves to Blame
U.S. Jews Have Only Themselves to Blame for Trump’s anti-Semitic Tropes. Listen to Gideon Levy – HAARETZ By blindly and automatically supporting Israel, the Jewish establishment in the U.S. proves that American-Jewish liberalism ends where the occupation starts. Listen Now Host Simon Spungin is joined by senior Haaretz columnist Gideon Levy, who hasRead More
Rabbi Shapiro Reacts to Jerusalem Announcement
An interesting view of Presidents Trump’s announcement to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem by Rabbi Sharipo.
Coming to terms with Jewish upbringing
Coming to terms with my Jewish upbringing by Tsiporah Grignon My story of growing up Jewish in Canada is similar to my peers in America and England, perhaps in other western democracies. We were taught to feel immense pride in Israel. That pride has dissolved for many. In the wordsRead More
Why Jews in solidarity with Palestinians will win the day
May 14, 2018, by Robert A. H. Cohen 1890 Why Jews in solidarity with Palestinians will win the day Because it’s not 1933. Because the Palestinians are not the Nazis. Because we have not been here before. Because this is new. Why Jews in solidarity with Palestinians will win theRead More