OpEd

Abby Backer, a Columbia University student, daughter of a rabbi in Wisconsin, who attended a debate on Israel at Temple Beth El in Stamford, Conn., between Alan Dershowitz and J Street President Jeremy Ben-Ami, is exactly the kind of young person the Jewish community should welcome with open arms. Yet, her experience at the debate […]

In her article, “Battered By Boycotts”(Oct. 15), Julie Wiener strikes an apologetic and defensive tone about Israel. She finds that “the very real power and economic inequalities between Palestinians and Israelis are hard to ignore.” In just 62 years, Israel has provided a refuge for Holocaust survivors, provided a new home for Jews from Muslim […]