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Jewish liberalism is reawakening in the United States

JVL Introduction

Michelle Goldberg’s article on Jewish activism, spurred on by opposition to Trump’s anti-foreigner rhetoric, tells part of the story of what is happening among American Jews.

It is valuable but needs to be complemented by looking at the role of Jews in the opposition to Israel’s occupation and growing support for BDS.  See for instance Dozens of American Jews arrested protesting Gaza violence in +972 last year.

 

This article was originally published by New York Times on Sat 24 Aug 2019. Read the original here.

Mazel Tov, Trump. You’ve Revived the Jewish Left.

‘Only one political party is quite literally inciting white nationalists to shoot up our synagogues.’

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