Four Questions with Stav Shaffir, Israeli Social Protest Leader
Stav Shaffir, a co-founder of Israel’s social protest movement, recently visited New York and Ameinu hosted her along with her colleague Yonatan Levi. The charismatic
Stav Shaffir, a co-founder of Israel’s social protest movement, recently visited New York and Ameinu hosted her along with her colleague Yonatan Levi. The charismatic
I grew up in a political family—my mother was an elected official for 12 years and she ran for the US Congress in 1986. My
By Judith Gelman Representing Ameinu, the largest progressive Zionist membership organization in the United States on AIPAC’s National Leadership Council is not easy. At this
By Sheldon Schreter Sometimes you read an article (like Stewart Weiss’s “Survival Syndrome”, Jerusalem Post, Jan. 20, 2012) about the way Israelis cut lines and
Of the many stated goals of the Zionist movement, one resides firmly and deeply at its core: to take responsibility for the Jewish People. After
The issue of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel continues to be a sore point with the nations. It is one thing to argue that
By Kenneth Bob, National President I was disturbed and, frankly surprised, to read in the New York Jewish Week that an Israeli government representative walked out of
This article originally appeared in The Jewish Daily Forward and is being reprinted here with permission of the author. Some of my earliest Jewish memories
This article originally appeared in Contact: The Journal of the Steinhardt Foundation for Jewish Life, Autumn, 2011. David Ben Gurion, who later became the founding
This article first appeared at http://www.newvoices.org/, the National Jewish Student Magazine, and appears here with the permission of the author. When I attend a large