Jewish Identity Archives

Hillel Ben Sasson on Progressive Leadership and Jewish Identity in Israel and the Diaspora

This posting is from a series of profiles of Israeli peace activists by the American Jewish Peace Archive, based on interviews about the relationship between American Jewish and Israeli peace activism. Photo: Grace Gleason and Hillel Ben Sasson in Jerusalem on…

Yes, Pro-BDS Jews are Part of Jewish Communities Too

Why does Beinart paint Jewish pro-BDS millenials like me as detached from Jewish communal life and identity? Maybe he wants to portray liberal Zionists like Simone Zimmerman as the ‘good Jews’ who still care about the Jewish people, and so,…