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Temple Mount

Temple Mount

A QUICK TIMELINE 10th CENTURY BCE: Israelites build sacred Temple 587 BCE: Babylonian Empire conquers the Kingdom of Judah and destroys the Temple 516 BCE: Jews rebuild the Temple 70...

Temple Mount

A QUICK TIMELINE 10th CENTURY BCE: Israelites build sacred Temple 587 BCE: Babylonian Empire conquers the Kingdom of Judah and destroys the Temple 516 BCE: Jews rebuild the Temple 70...

when Jews defend ourselves

when Jews defend ourselves

THE ISSUE Numerous ridiculous and ahistorical claims are made on Twitter, and the tweet above is no exception. Never mind the fact that: (1) the story of Purim is, by...

when Jews defend ourselves

THE ISSUE Numerous ridiculous and ahistorical claims are made on Twitter, and the tweet above is no exception. Never mind the fact that: (1) the story of Purim is, by...

Jewishness belongs to Jews

Jewishness belongs to Jews

UNIVERSALIZATION OF JEWISHNESS Jews constitute a tiny minority, currently forming a little under 0.2 percent of the world population. We, for all intents and purposes, should be statistically insignificant. Bigotry...

Jewishness belongs to Jews

UNIVERSALIZATION OF JEWISHNESS Jews constitute a tiny minority, currently forming a little under 0.2 percent of the world population. We, for all intents and purposes, should be statistically insignificant. Bigotry...

left-wing antisemitism: a guide

left-wing antisemitism: a guide

ANTISEMITISM Antisemitism is bigotry, prejudice, and/or discrimination of Jews based on religion, culture, and/or ethnicity. The international Jewish community has overwhelmingly adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of...

left-wing antisemitism: a guide

ANTISEMITISM Antisemitism is bigotry, prejudice, and/or discrimination of Jews based on religion, culture, and/or ethnicity. The international Jewish community has overwhelmingly adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of...

the historicity of Purim

the historicity of Purim

HISTORIC CONTEXT   In 587 BCE, the Babylonian Empire conquered the Kingdom of Judah (present day Israel-Palestine) and exiled about 25 percent of the population to Babylon, marking the true...

the historicity of Purim

HISTORIC CONTEXT   In 587 BCE, the Babylonian Empire conquered the Kingdom of Judah (present day Israel-Palestine) and exiled about 25 percent of the population to Babylon, marking the true...

what the Nazis actually thought of Zionism

what the Nazis actually thought of Zionism

INTRODUCTION Following the horrific attack on Palestinian civilians in Huwara, an Austrian person accused me and other people who identify as Zionists of “N*zism.” Irrespective of the irony of an...

what the Nazis actually thought of Zionism

INTRODUCTION Following the horrific attack on Palestinian civilians in Huwara, an Austrian person accused me and other people who identify as Zionists of “N*zism.” Irrespective of the irony of an...