Robert F. Barsky: Noam Chomsky at 96
The linguist, educator, philosopher and public thinker has had a massive intellectual and moral influence.
Rose Mary Boehm: Words for the Unspeakable
Ghosts are already rising, singing their silent song
of loss; accusing, whispering, searching, blinded,
for their olive tree.
Tom Engelhardt: Donald Trump Is the Clearest Sign of US Decline Imaginable
Trump’s victory in 2016 should have instantly been seen as a crucial sign of the weakening and potential collapse of this country’s position in the world translated into domestic politics.
Jewish Voice for Peace: Divest from death. Invest in life.
You can tell what a society’s priorities are by how it spends its resources.
Julia Conley: Biden’s Own Policy Requires US to Stop Arming Israel
Amnesty International was one of 25 human rights groups telling the administration to follow its own guidelines.
George Yancy: The Violent “Othering” of Palestinians
Anti-Arab, anti-Muslim and political racism overlap in othering of Palestinians, says Palestinian scholar Yasmeen Daher.
Francesca Albanese | UN: Israel’s escalating use of torture against Palestinians in custody a preventable crime against humanity
Torture and sexual violence in Israel’s Sde Teiman prison are grossly illegal and revolting, but only represent the tip of the iceberg.
Abby Zimet: Unspeakable | We Are Swimming In A Pool of Blood
Israel’s blithe defiance of both world censure and ICJ rulings goes on apace.
Joshua Frank: You Can’t Turn Back the Clock on Genocide
Israel has quickly become a pariah of its own making, something that never had to happen, and from which there may be no turning back.
Brett Wilkins: News of Chomsky’s Ill Health Prompts Outpouring of Gratitude for ‘Lion of the Left’
“So many thousands of people have stories about how he has changed their lives,” said one admirer. “He certainly changed mine.”
Brett Wilkins: New ICC Complaint Over Journalists Killed by Israel in Gaza
Reporters Without Borders says it has “reasonable grounds for thinking that some of these journalists were deliberately killed and that the others were the victims of deliberate IDF attacks against civilians.”
Atalia Omer: For many American Jews protesting for Palestinians, activism is a journey rooted in their Jewish values
Activists emphasized that they were inspired to act because of their Jewish identity and values, not in spite of them.
Video: Please Listen To This Professor At Columbia
Dr. Bruce Robbins, a Jewish professor at Columbia University, speaks to the problem with using false anti-semitism charges to distract from the most important issues.
Holocaust Memorial Museum: How Many People Did the Nazis Murder?
Nazi Germany committed mass murder on an unprecedented scale. Before and especially during World War II, the Nazi German regime perpetrated the Holocaust and other mass atrocities. In the aftermath of these crimes, calculating the number of victims became important for legal, historical, ethical, and educational reasons.
