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Campaign for Relegitimization

It is no longer enough for Israel to proclaim that it seeks peace. Although it is unfashionable to speak in such terms, we are also engaged in a religious war. (PDF)“Thou whoreson, obscene, greasy tallow-catch . . .”

What distinction does a 13th-century talmudic responsum draw between calling someone a "mamzer" and calling someone a "whore's son"?B’har-B’hukotai: A Jeffersonian Jubilee

Torah Talk with Michael Carasik It's the section about the jubilee year, so naturally I'm thinking about Mark Twain and Thomas Jefferson. . . (Click here for source sheet.)  Download | Duration: 00:10:48Nakba and Narrative

The simple narrative of the 1948 displacement of Palestinian Arabs erases the uncomfortable truth that half of Israel's Jews are there not because of the Nazis but because of the Arabs themselves. Not Fit to Print

What's missing from the New York Times' front-page stories on sex abuse in Brooklyn's ultra-Orthodox communities? Acknowledgement of the reportage lifted from Jewish media outlets.Israel’s Gay Pride

The story of gay Palestinians sheltered by Israel—some 300 in the last 20 years—goes unreported in the Western media, which is happy to hold Arabs to a lower standard.Megalopolis

Is the solution to Israel's housing crisis the creation of a mega-city encompassing much of central Israel?Sally Priesand and the Reality Principle

Forty years ago, the first woman rabbi intended to get married and have children, and planned to have a nursery next to her synagogue office. Reality turned out to be different.Israel’s Future Air Force

Nano drones that an infantryman can pull out of his pocket, robots that can extract wounded soldiers from the battlefield, algorithms that resolve pilots' ethical dilemmas . . .