May 17, 2012 - News & Politics - 
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Isi Leibler, calling Peter Beinart “a leading Jew engaged in demonizing and delegitimizing the Jewish state,” says he shouldn’t be allowed to participate in the Peres Presidential Conference. It seems he would prefer some liberal Zionists not be part of the community at all.
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April 26, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
I’m just waiting for the establishment thought police to come out and condemn this. Krugman is one of the most prominent liberals in America, and he rarely comments on things like this — big words from someone who gets (and deserves) so much respect. It’s a boost for Beinart, too, who continues to be subject to a witch-hunt in the media.
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April 25, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Muki Tsur, a former mazkir of the Kibbutz Movement in Israel, writes about liberal Zionism in the Huffington Post as part of a series they’re running for Yom Ha’atzmaut. A must-read, particularly for anyone who went on Shnat with Habo and has read Muki’s writings before. ‘By creating a national home and political sovereignty, the Jewish people took on the responsibility for promoting justice.’
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April 19, 2012 - News & Politics, Published - 4
Peter Beinart’s book — “The Crisis of Zionism” — is a book that has to be read. It outlines the major ills that befall Israel and the Jewish world today: an Israel that is unethically embedded in the Palestinian territories, and a Jewish world that is complicit in the status quo. How do we find the way out? Just how bad is it? This is an analysis of his book, but most importantly, takes out his prescriptions for how we, and Israel, can change. These are uncomfortable things to talk about, but they’re necessary for the future of Jewish-democracy in Israel.
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April 1, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Good to see Peter Beinart getting out and about and having a laugh with Stephen Colbert. Very funny.
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March 29, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Last night’s J Street gala dinner was a controversial one: Should Ehud Olmert have spoken? Should the crowd have booed the (very rude) speech by Israel’s deputy ambassador? All this and more in my final night dispatch from J Street’s 2012 conference.
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March 27, 2012 - News & Politics - 0
Three Palestinians on a panel discussing their perspective was something I’ve never experience before. It’s bizzare — I mean, if they’re our partners in peace, then why doesn’t the Jewish community engage with them more?
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March 26, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
Chemi Shalev has profiled Peter Beinart ahead of his book launch tonight, and his prominence in this week’s J Street conference. It really highlights why Beinart has become championed by this movement — he’s articulate, insightful and is willing to say what we’re all thinking. I found myself bobbing my head along with each word he said.
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March 26, 2012 - News & Politics - 1
Last night’s J Street conference opening was incredible — 2500 people (inc. 650 students) listening to social justice activist Stav Shaffir, Yerucham Mayor Michael Biton, and writer Amos Oz. The videos should be up soon, so if you can, I’d watch the keynotes from last night.
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March 21, 2012 - News & Politics - 2
My reflections on the outrage many have launched at Peter Beinart and how absurd they are. What they ignore is that we’re all on the same team – end the occupation, etc. – and there are so many ways to skin a cat (settlement boycotts and other) that by turning on each other we let the far-right, no-Palestinian-state people win.
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