Jeffrey Salkin

(RNS) — To use a word soaked in the blood and suffering of our martyrs and then to Velcro it onto a living Jew, whose worst crime is disagreeing with you, is not argument. It is moral violence.

From the blog of Jeffrey Salkin at The Times of Israel

That was my first reaction to the news that J Street U — the campus organizing arm of J Street, run and staffed directly by the J Street Education Fund — co-sponsored this past weekend's College Democrats of America convention in Washington, a convention whose “surprise speaker” turned out to be Hasan Piker.

(RNS) — At a time of rising antisemitism, a business chose to casually erase Jewish history in order to sell movie tickets.

(RNS) — Cohen walked down the steps in Hydra to the port, went to Athens and took a plane to Israel. The rest is rock 'n' roll history.

(RNS) — Boy George sings what we rarely hear: 'I stand with the Jews.'

(RNS) — The behavior of some West Bank settlers is not Judaism. It is not Zionism. And it must be stopped.

(RNS) — The hatreds are, oddly, the same.

(RNS) — It was not just a moment in Israel's formative history. It was not just a ship. It is a dark memory, and it has something to teach us.

(RNS) — An old stereotype exists about Jews who started fires for insurance purposes. A new book teaches us about it, and asks: Can we get past these stories?