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To the editor: While I agree that free speech should include the right to criticize and even boycott Israel, I dispute that the anti-BDS bill by state Assemblyman Richard Boom (D-Santa Monica) is an infringement on that right. (“Boycotts of…
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With his ready smile and gentle demeanor Rabbi David Basior’s disarming personality has earned him a loyal following as spiritual leader of the Kadima Reconstructionist Community. This past Shavuot the congregation based in the Madrona neighborhood of Seattle hosted an all…
read moreIn 2009, I was living in Tel Aviv during Operation Cast Lead. During that offensive, Israel killed about 1,400 Palestinians in Gaza. When small numbers of us went out into the streets to protest the war, we were often pelted with eggs…
read moreRevisiting some of the themes of her essay for Mosaic last year, Ruth Wisse discusses the history of anti-Semitism since World War II, the rise of left-wing anti-Semitism on college campuses, and the best ways to combat it. In particular, she…
read moreAmid a legal fight over the legality of the campaign to boycott Israel in Spain, motions supporting the boycott failed in four municipalities and passed in four. The council of the eastern city of Santa Coloma de Gramenet near Barcelona…
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