1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminCall them Israelis, Jewish communities - Jewish Telegraphic Agencyrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="NOil3qwmye"><a href="https://www.jta.org/2011/04/11/ideas/call-them-israelis-jewish-communities">Call them Israelis, Jewish communities</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/2011/04/11/ideas/call-them-israelis-jewish-communities/embed#?secret=NOil3qwmye" width="600" height="338" title="“Call them Israelis, Jewish communities” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="NOil3qwmye" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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To the Editor: Perhaps the JTA could adopt a new lexicon when writing about Israelis living in the West Bank. Rather than the inflammatory and negative connotation of "settler," how about Israeli? And the communities they live in, settlements, could and should be identified as Jewish communities. After all, wasn’t it an Israeli who was […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315