Then why are Jews so insular?
The insular character of the Jewish community, at home and in exile, can best be described in the form of analogy. Jews do not proselytize, but this age-old Israelite imperative […]
What is CONTEMPORARY ZIONISM?
For nearly two thousand years of exile the Jewish people suffered terrible persecution at the hands of their host governments and peoples. In Arab/Islamic countries in both Africa and the […]
Ze’ev JABOTINSKY and REVISIONIST ZIONISM
Staunch anti-assimilationist Ze’ev Jabotinsky may have inherited the national pride and self-actualization tenets of the Zionist ethos from the likes of Herzl and Pinkser, but he quickly made it his […]
World Herut
In 1999, when Benny Begin and Michael Kleiner split from the Likud on the political level, Karma Feinstein-Cohen, along with other Jabotinsky ideological adherents, left the Betar youth movement to […]
Eretz Yisrael: the Land of Israel
The land of Israel has traditionally been understood as one of the three pillars of Jewish civilization: The G-D of Israel, the People of Israel, and the Land of Israel. […]
Zionism as the Indigenous Rights Movement of the Jewish People
When Zionists declared independence and the return of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel, the founding fathers of Zionism understood that they were making a proclamation of the justice […]
The Iron Wall
The Iron Wall, Jabotinsky’s treatise— a cornerstone of Zionist thought— contextualizes the often misunderstood elements that underpin Zionism. Its legitimacy, necessity, and most importantly the justice it demands in the […]
Aren’t Jews a race?
While Jews have certainly been labeled by certain leaders and societies as belonging to a specific “race”, Jewish identity is rooted in concepts that are much deeper than blood and […]
But wait. I know there are racist/xenophobic Jews, in fact, I’ve personally met some
Of course, there are. Jews, like any other people, are prone to the same ills that afflict all of mankind. Judaism fundamentally rejects idol worship, yet Jewish history is replete […]
What’s wrong with referring to Judea and Samaria as the “occupied” territories?
The language of “occupation” insinuates that Israel’s presence in Judea and Samaria is both foreign and illegal. This is highly controversial and founded in fundamental prejudices regarding the Jewish people […]
