Harvard WhoDunit: How to foster a civil, substantive, satisfying Zionist conversation

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 11-1-11 The standard narrative about Zionism on campus today is one of crisis and conflagration, of academic propagandizing and intellectual hooliganism, of Jewish students harassed and Israel defamed. Unfortunately these problems occur too frequently on too many campuses. We must be intolerant of the intolerant, confronting professors [...]

This Year, Any Rabbis Afraid to Talk About Israel to their Congregations – Should Quit

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 9-27-11 Word on the American Jewish street is that Israel has become such a divisive topic that some rabbis stopped giving sermons about Israel.  A rabbi who avoids talking about Israel is like a presidential candidate who ignores the economy; dodging such a central issue eventually drains [...]

September Backgrounder: Zionism, Racism and Durban

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Prof. Gil Troy (updated version of an article published March 29, 2009) Among the many casualties of the continuing Mideast violence is the term “Zionism.” Whereas it once epitomized idealism, romanticism, and the best of nationalism to millions of Jews and non-Jews, Zionism today is politically incorrect. In a depressing retreat [...]

A Zionist advocacy timetable for the next five weeks

OP-EDS & REVIEWS We can turn the UN’s “Palestine Season” into another empty victory for the Palestinians. We should stop dreading this fall By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 8-23-11 The writer is Professor of History at McGill University and a Shalom Hartman Research Fellow in Jerusalem. The author of Why I Am A Zionist: Israel, [...]

Audio: Why I am a Zionist – Interview with Prof. Gil Troy

Audio: Why I am a Zionist – Interview with Prof. Gil Troy 3/1/2011 9:58:00 AM A7 Radio’s “Israel Hasbara Hour” with Josh Hasten Listen Now! Download Mp3 Why I am a Zionist www.giltroy.com On today’s Israel Hasbara Hour, Josh interviews Professor Gil Troy, author of the book Why I am a Zionist, world-renowned history professor at [...]

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