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In Jewish tradition, Dershowitz hunting down ‘heretical’ Jews

Harvard Professor Alan Dershowtiz has made a name for himself by hunting down those Jews he believes are beyond the pale of what is admissible in discourse about Israel and trying to ‘excommunicate’ them. His latest target: MJ Rosenberg of Media Matters. By Jeremiah Haber Theater J, which operates out of the DC Jewish Community Center,…

By +972 Magazine March 9, 2012

‘Israel-firster’ in context: A response to rightist ‘pro-Israel’ rhetoric

I wrote a piece in Haaretz yesterday entitled “The downside of unbridled support for Israel” (see below) disputing the claims that “Israel firster” is an antisemitic term, to which journalist Eli Lake commented in a tweet that it “has nothing to do with Israelis. They should stay out of it.” Well, first of all, I am…

By Mairav Zonszein January 28, 2012