Gil Troy: Struggling With Jewish Power

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Shalom Hartman Institute, 4-25-12 Gil Troy, a Fellow of the Engaging Israel Project at Shalom Hartman Institute, talks about how, in the context of the current US presidential election, Jews in the US and in Israel must come to grips with power.

Jews in the Bosom of Father Abraham — and America

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-16-12 Imagine, if you can, an American Jewish nightmare. What would American Jewish voters do if a presidential candidate they considered good for the country was bad for the Jews – or Israel? Would they vote as “good Americans,” judging governing philosophy, domestic policy preferences, and personal [...]

The Bizarro Universe of the Blame Israel Firsters

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 4-3-12 When I was young, the Bizarro back-of-the-book feature in Superman comics fascinated me. In the mirror-image Bizarro universe, Superman was ugly and mean, while words’ meanings were reversed. “Bad” meant “good” in Bizarro talk – long before my Boston friends taught me that “wicked” could mean [...]

Fighting anti-Israel week with historical facts

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Canadian Jewish News, 2-9-12 As some universities brace for the annual spring round of anti-Israel weeks, which falsely accuse Israel of the great crimes committed by South African apartheid racists, we must put this absurdity in historical perspective. For starters, the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a national [...]

Anti-Israel Essay Desecrates Martin Luther King’s Memory but Wins an M.L. King Award

OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 1-22-12 The anti-Zionist blogosphere is celebrating that a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Writing Award to a Jewish high school student who fancies himself a hero for freeing himself from the yoke of supporting Israel. Comparing himself – and his people — to King’s Southern redneck [...]

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