How to Separate Jewishness from Zionism | (A)theologies. The tent protest: neither social justice, nor revolution. This article was jointly written by Dahlia Scheindlin and Joseph Dana , based on our shared experiences of the protests. Social justice for Israelis only? Flag at the mass social protest rally in Tel Aviv, 30 July, 2011 (Photo: Dahlia Scheindlin) The popular, mass protests here that began as a cry of rage against housing prices have evolved admirably into a public outcry against a slew of deep-rooted problems in Israeli social and economic life.
Visiting the tent camps early every day, we’ve watched the protest grow from a motley band of wishful Woodstockers at the tip of Rothschild Boulevard two weeks ago, to a sort of mini-metropolis spreading close to the end of the road. There’s a first aid tent courtesy of Physicians for Human Rights , “Settle the Negev and the Galil” tents, ideological discussions, guitar and drum sing-alongs, Kabalat Shabbat, Friday night dinner, outdoor films about revolutionary themes, families with babies, and endlessly creative slogans. 1. 2. ACRI Condemns Efforts to Suppress Tent City Protesters | Association for Civil Rights in Israel. The Golden Handcuffs of Gay Rights: How Pinkwashing Distorts Both LGBTIQ and Anti-Occupation Activism. Israeli democracy, through its promotion of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights, offers golden handcuffs—a beautiful gift that comes with control—to Israeli queers.
At a lecture in Tel Aviv at the Women’s Peace Coalition, I heard the strain in the voices of queer Israeli activists who are chafing under Israel’s progressive gay rights record. One activist stated, “Apparently, we have won all our rights. It is as if we should be grateful and keep silent about the injustices of the occupation. LGBT rights in Israel are conditional rights; we cannot openly support the Boycotts, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement without legal repercussions.”
That is right. More specifically, in terms of Palestinian queers, the LGBT rights project itself relies on the impossibility and non-recognition of a proper Palestinian queer subject, except for within the purview of the Israeli state itself. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Education goals for 2012: Zionism first, math failures second.
Life After Zionist Summer Camp. It starts at a very young age. The summer after third grade, my parents sent me to Jewish sleepaway camp. I was deeply homesick at first and cried a lot in my bunk bed, but by the end of the month I didn't want to leave. So I went back, summer after summer—boarding the plane with a few other Jewish kids from my hometown of Youngstown, Ohio, and flying to Appleton, Wisconsin, with a stop-over at O'Hare, where a volunteer from Hadassah would meet us at the gate and try to keep us from the moo shu pork at Wok-N-Roll. Those summers blur together, but each day begins and ends at the flagpole, where we raise and lower two flags: the American and the Israeli.
We make blue and white lanyard bracelets, carve Israel out of ice cream, and sing "Hatikvah. " Because it's all Jews, I'm considered cute. The second summer, a boy (Avi, short, red-hair) asks me out ("Will you go with me? " There are real live Israelis at camp every summer. Summer ends, I go back home, I feel different. It's senior year. The Zionist Story. The Zionist Story. The Zionist Story, an independent film by Ronen Berelovich, is the story of ethnic cleansing, colonialism and apartheid to produce a demographically Jewish State. Ronen successfully combines archival footage with commentary from himself and others such as Ilan Pappe, Terry Boullata, Alan Hart and Jeff Halper.
An excellent film, my one criticism is that there is little mention of the Zionist lobby; an additional interview with Walt or Meirsheimer would have been of value. Like this: Like Loading... Tagged: Ronen Berelovich, Story, Zionist.
Zionist history: A short quiz. By Neve Gordon Take this test to find out how much you know about the gradual shift in Israeli political thought over the decades. Not long after Israel celebrated its 64th Independence Day on April 26, a friend prepared a quiz of sorts. She read out loud political quotes to about ten guests who were having dinner at my house, and asked us to identify the politician who had uttered each statement. Truth be told, none of my guests did very well on the quiz, but I thought that readers acquainted with Zionist history might do better and would be able to identify the source of each of the following statements. There is only one rule to this game: all search engines, including Google, are off limits. • “Does a bad law become a good one just because Jews apply it?
I say that this law is bad from its very foundation and does not become good because it is practiced by Jews … We oppose administrative detention in principle. Confused yet? Distorted Zionism. The Israeli Kulturkampf - Israel Affairs - Volume 14, Issue 2. How is Zionism different from other forms of nationalism? By Sean Lee Two of my colleagues make the point that it is not only Zionism, or Jewish nationalism, that is illiberal, but rather nationalism in and of itself. I think that there is a lot of truth in this, especially given that much modern nationalism is rooted in 19 th century European nationalism, which was decidedly illiberal in the way we define liberalism today. What I take issue with, though, is the assumption that all nationalisms are equal, and equally illiberal.
It’s important to note here that I’m not interested in attacking the veracity of Zionist myths or the idea of Jewry as a nation, as opposed to a religion or an ethnicity. (For those who are interested in that question, though Shlomo Sand’s new book sounds fascinating, and the recent research of Nadia Abu El Haj is particularly interesting. What is important to me, however, is analyzing the premise that there can be such a thing as liberal Zionism. So let’s get to the root of the issue at hand. Neither would I. The Zionist Dream Revisited: From Herzl to Gush Emunim and Back. Zachary Lockman - A Brief History of Zionism, Mar. 17, 2010.