Posts Tagged: BDS Israel
A New Year for Jewish College Students on Campus
Standing to the sound of the final blow of the shofar; I hold my prayer book wide open and shut my eyes. Feeling the vibrations of a...
Growing Organization Helps Israeli Americans Find Their Voice
JNS.org - The so-called "alphabet soup" of American Jewish organizations covers seemingly every communal concern and interest group. Yet despite their direct connection with the...
Jewish Boycotts – Then and Now
JNS.org - A clash between anti-boycott activists and a group of Jewish studies professors, which has recently become the subject of much debate in...
Swarthmore College Events Shed Light on J Street’s Co-Sponsorships With Pro-BDS Groups
JNS.org - The self-labeled "pro-Israel, pro-peace" lobby J Street states that it opposes the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, but its...
The BDS Movement Can’t Harm Israel’s Economy, Just its Reputation
The Gaza war has given the BDS movement a shot in the arm, just as students return to campuses across the U.S. But will a new...
Déjà Vu: Jewish Renegades Spewing Vitriol Against Their People
From the outset of Operation Protective Edge, Jewish renegades have been increasingly propelled into the limelight. One example was a recent letter published as an...
How the Gaza War Has Affected the BDS Movement
Introduction In August the Gaza war created a massive upswing in worldwide BDS activity. Economic boycotts of Israel were the most obvious, but impacts were...
Original CATS production Headed to Israel (VIDEO)
The world famous musical, CATS, is headed for the Holy Land, according to Israel's NRG News, and promoters say tickets will be going fast. Set to debut...
Palestinians Should Support Boycotting Hamas, Not Israel
In a column last week for Al Jazeera America, Rafeef Ziadah, an activist with the Palestinian Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) National Committee, used the ongoing Gaza war as a springboard to justify the...
The Corrosive Self-Delusion of the Presbyterian Church’s Israel Divestment Vote
JNS.org - Much has been written about the deplorable anti-Israel divestment vote at the recently held 221st General Assembly (GA) of Presbyterian Church USA...
Presbyterian Leader Begins to Question Anti-Israel Actions of His Church
It's funny what an embarrassing interview on national television will do to a guy. When Heath Rada, the recently elected moderator of the Presbyterian Church (USA),...
Presbyterian Church Approves Israel Divestment, But Does its Boycott Even Matter?
JNS.org - Leaders of Presbyterian Church USA (PCUSA) voted Friday at the church's biennial general assembly in Detroit to divest from Caterpillar, Hewlett-Packard, and Motorola...
For the First Time, PA Arrests BDS Activists in Ramallah
In an unprecedented first, the Palestinian Authority recently arrested four anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions) activists in Ramallah. The four, Zeid Shuaibi, Abdel Jawad Hamayel,...
The BDS Movement Continues to Oppose Mideast Peace
What's wrong with Israeli and Palestinian artists showing their work together in a single exhibit and possibly even collaborating on new works of art? Well, that...
