The Magnes Zionist

The White House's trial balloon of former Republican senator Chuck Hagel  as Secretary of Defense has not yet burst, despite rocks throw...

For Phil Weiss 1. Communism represents the will of the Soviet peoples, and ipso facto it must be respected. 2. The morality of co...

Readers, this post appeared today on Open Zion here . Samuel Lebens cites some familiar arguments against boycotting Israel in genera...

There is now a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel, thank God. The senseless military operation initiated by a blundering Israeli overreacti...

There is no "war" in Gaza. There is a military operation by one of the most advanced militaries in the world against a cadre of mi...

Before I left for synagogue in DC yesterday I resolved that I would not sit through a sermon that painted the Israelis as the innocent victi...

UPDATE: For the "Nate Silver wonks" among my readers the following piece by   Phan Nguyen  dissecting the IDF rocket numbers spin ...

One response to my post below was that I gave the Israeli government way too much credit for having a strategy in the current wave of hostil...

I don't know whether Nate Silver gives odds on wars, but the odds of Israel escalating its aggression against Gaza were higher than the ...

I suppose I should be pleased that Rabbi Jeremy Rosen, whose blog I occasionally read with pleasure, contrasted favorably the Magnes Zionist...

Recently, Forward contributing editor Jay Michaelson wrote a long piece challenging the leftwing critics of Israel to reveal their endgame...

It's perfectly kosher for a rightwing Jewish organization like NGO Monitor to disagree vigorously with a leftwing organization like Jewi...

Every so often the suggestion is raised that Palestinian citizens of Israel, like Jewish citizens, should do some form of national service. ...

Given the orthodox record of silence on the plight of the Palestinian Arabs, is it consistent for somebody who defines him or herself as re...

Dear Readers, I have gone for around six weeks without posting anything. During those six weeks I have been very busy, but there’s another r...