The Dial:
A Blog by Deborah Kory
- Jews For Jimmy
The following petition is sponsored by American Jews who have been shocked and dismayed by the vicious attacks against Jimmy Carter regarding his book Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid. - Today Was One of the Best Days of My Life
Our March on Washington exceeded my wildest dreams - as well as the media's lame, subdued coverage. - Day 1, Washington, D.C.I'm here to protest! Here I am! Sitting alone at my computer...
Charlie Bertsch
- Let Things Sit
The virtues of returning to the not-so-new - Broken and Forged
Reflections on seeing the Liars in concert. - Turning Point
How the consumer thought process in purchasing cultural goods is changing.
Current Issue Tikkun Magazine
Rabbi Michael Lerner
- A spiritual practice
A daily practice for spiritual progressives. - Palestinian Prisoners in Israel
They are prisoners of war, not criminals, writes Amira Hass in Ha'aretz. - One State Solution--Once Anti-Semitism Has Been Rejected
Here is a heated exchange between a critic of Tikkun's perspective on Israel and Rabbi Michael Lerner.
Jeff Halper
- Judaism as a Cult
In terms of the obsessive vehemence by which the so-called leaders of the "organized" Jewish community attempt to stifle any and all critical views on Israel and its policies towards the Palestinians, American Judaism is in danger of being turned into a cult. One exclusive idea, Israel as a Jewish state, has replaced all other Jewish values and views and is enforced by self-appointed "gatekeepers." - Yes, Virginia, it IS apartheid
Let's thank Carter for giving us a handle on this thing called the "Occupation." It is apartheid. So let's stop arguing about semantics and get on with the job of stopping it.
- When a Country Doesn't Take Responsibility
On the disconnect between Israeli public opinion and government policy.
Mark LeVine
- Prosecute Rumsfeld, Now
Donald Rumsfeld must be indicted and prosecuted as a war criminal. - Wartime Interventions
Tikkun's longest-serving contributing editor reflects on the second Lebanese conflict. - Whither the Republic
Mark LeVine on Michael Walzer's article for the New Republic.
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