OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 3-13-12 Although we need calm, smart, nuanced, conversation about Israel and its challenges, an epidemic of stupid has broken out on the subject. On the right, many refuse to admit that President Barack Obama can believe in Israel’s right to exist even if he dislikes some Israeli [...]
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American Jews overreact to a clever critique of American assimilation
OP-EDS & REVIEWS By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 12-6-11 American Jewry is furious. Israel-Diaspora relations are endangered. Israel’s Prime Minister is apologizing. And why? Because the Ministry of Immigrant Absorption’s campaign inviting expatriate Israelis back home, suggested, shock of shocks, that there is widespread assimilation in America, so much so that Christmas sometimes trumps Chanukkah, [...]
Posted by giltroy on December 6, 2011
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2011/12/06/american-jews-overreact-to-a-clever-critique-of-american-assimilation/
A decade after 9/11 – and still proud
OP-EDS & REVIEWS Despite all my lingering post-9/11 anger, I also hold on to overwhelming feelings of pride, gratitude, hope from that day and its aftermath. By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 9-6-11 Ten years ago this week, 19 terrorists hijacked four airplanes, murdered nearly three thousand people, destroyed the World Trade Center’s twin towers, and [...]
Posted by giltroy on September 6, 2011
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2011/09/06/decade-after-911-still-proud/
How Zionism can get a passing grade on campus today
By Gil Troy, Jerusalem Post, 8-11-10 There is something wrong with this picture: This is a golden age for Jews on North American campuses. Never before have there been so many Jewish college presidents and Jewish professors, Jewish students and Jewish Studies majors. Yet, this is also a golden age for anti-Zionism on campus. Never [...]
Posted by giltroy on August 11, 2010
http://giltroyzionism.wordpress.com/2010/08/11/zionism-passing-grade-campus/
