“I Took a Social Media ‘Break’ for 24 Hours. Here’s What I Missed, in Israel Alone.”

This is a repost of a March 4th Substack post by Einat Temkin, who lives in Mexico but grew up in Israel and served in IDF in the 1990s. What she says about most Israelis is spot on. But first, let's start with some salient and depressing facts: Click on the image to read the … Continue reading “I Took a Social Media ‘Break’ for 24 Hours. Here’s What I Missed, in Israel Alone.”

Humanity is the Only Community That Matters

ChatGPT created this image based on the essay. This line jumped off the screen. It's from a Substack essay entitled A Day of Grief, Rage & Gratitude by Einat Temkin, a Mexican Jewish woman who wrote that, "The last three days, culminating in two concurrent funerals, literally just ended my ties with Judaism itself, forevermore. … Continue reading Humanity is the Only Community That Matters

The Racist Conflation of Zionism with Judaism

This is a reprint of a LinkedIn post by Jo Fallshaw, who lives in Melbourne, Australia. Zionism is a modern nationalist movement to create an Apartheid State of Israel on stolen Palestinian land and ethnically cleanse the indigenous population.Judaism is an ancient culture and religion prevalent throughout the world.Conflating the two concepts is racist - … Continue reading The Racist Conflation of Zionism with Judaism

The Weaponization of Judaism

Mara Kronenfeld's UNRWA Photo Below is a LinkedIn post by Mara Kronenfeld, executive director of UNRWA USA, which is helping to provide food and medicine to people in Gaza. This is a Jewish person's clear and passionate response to the oft-heard and ludicrous charge that to be anti-Zionist or anti-genocide (and therefore anti-Israel) is to … Continue reading The Weaponization of Judaism

“Oxford Union declares Israel an ‘apartheid state responsible for genocide'”

Thus proclaims Middle East Eye in this 29 November 2024 article. The highlight of the event was this impassioned and informative speech by Susan Abulhawa, a Palestinian writer, human rights activist, and animal rights advocate. (Here are links to her Instagram and Linktree accounts.) I have added links to provide you, the reader, with more … Continue reading “Oxford Union declares Israel an ‘apartheid state responsible for genocide'”