I discovered anti-#Zionism at the #UniversityOfMichigan. I'm glad it lives on there
A controversial speech conveyed essential lessons for all #Jews
https://forward.com/opinion/824062/university-of-michigan-derek-peterson-anti-zionism/

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
May 8, 2026

At the U. of #Michigan’s recent commencement ceremony, history professor Derek Peterson delivered a 5-minute speech in which he celebrated all those who have fought for justice at the university, my alma mater. Invoking our legendary fight song, he asked the crowd to “sing” for suffragist Sarah Burger, who battled to get #women admitted as students; for Moritz Levi, UM's first #Jewish professor; for all the students who fought for #RacialJustice at #UM as part of the Black Action Movement; and for the “pro-#Palestinian student activists, who have over these past two years opened our hearts to the injustice and inhumanity of #Israel’s war in #Gaza.”

#AntiZionismIsNotAntisemitism
#FreePalestine
#news #politics #USpol #Palestine

Exclusive interview - #MahmoudKhalil wants to reassure you
The Columbia #protest leader on #Hamas, Zionism and why #Jews shouldn’t fear a ‘free Palestine’
https://forward.com/news/817276/mahmoud-khalil-hamas-zionism-antisemitism-israel/

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
April 7, 2026

“I have a nuanced view of the #Zionist project that goes beyond 'Zionism is bad.'”(On what he learned from engaging with liberal Zionism)

Khalil, like the movement he came to represent, is adamant that #Zionism is racist. He opposes any two-state solution that seeks to preserve a Jewish majority in #Israel.

“Rejecting the self-determination of the Jewish people on the #Palestinian land in itself is not #antisemitism,” Khalil said during our interview. “You are denying other people’s rights in the land.”

“This is what we should aspire for: to get a place where there’s no more conflict, no more killing in that place and it’s open to anyone who wants to call it their home.”

#FreePalestine
#news #politics #Uspol #Palestine

#ADL chief compares student protesters to Islamist terrorists

#JonathanGreenblatt also said protests against #Israel were driven by ‘same kind of nihilists’ who participated in Black Lives Matter

from #TheForward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

By Arno Rosenfeld and Jacob Kornbluh June 6, 2025

[contains links to audio of his speech]

"“We are an apolitical, non-partisan organization, but you have to be deaf, dumb and blind not to see what’s happening on the left,” #Greenblatt said Friday, according to audio from the event obtained by the #Forward.

“There is a throughline from Occupy Wall Street to BLM to ‘defund the police’ to ‘River to the Sea,’” he added, referring to the Black Lives Matter movement launched a decade ago to protest police violence. “They are the same people, these are the same kind of nihilists.”"

https://forward.com/news/726133/greenblatt-adl-protesters-terrorists/

#DefendFreeSpeech
#DefendStudentProtesters
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#USA #US #USPolitics #politics
#news #press @palestine

#Texas may soon require schools to post the Ten Commandments. Meet the Jewish lawmaker fighting back.

Rep. Jon Rosenthal is the only Jewish member of the Texas House

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

By Hannah Feuer
May 30, 2025

"Rosenthal introduced an amendment that would have required public schools to display the Jewish and Catholic versions of the #TenCommandments, in addition to the Protestant version, which all have slightly different wording. The amendment’s failure to pass, he argued, showed the hypocrisy of the bill’s supporters.

“The fact that they will argue it’s only about values and not about religion, I think it’s a pretty disingenuous talking point,” he said. “The whole thrust of this, I think, is to get a case in front of a newly formed Supreme Court.” The U.S. Supreme Court has had a 6-3 conservative majority since 2020."

https://forward.com/news/724588/ten-commandments-jon-rosenthal/

#FirstAmendment
#SeparationOfChurchAndState
#news #press #politics #USPolitics #US

We must face reality — the Gaza War is now a war of annihilation

Canceling Israel’s critics won’t change the reality of what is unfolding in #Gaza

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]
Jay Michaelson May 28, 2025

"The gulf between #Israel’s government and the rest of the world — including its allies, the #Trump administration, the #Israeli public, and the American Jewish community — is widening into a chasm. And yet some in Jewish leadership are hiding their heads in the sand.

Critics of the #Netanyahu-#Smotrich regime are no longer just campus protesters, or hostile-to-Israel regimes, or antisemites like the murderer of two young Jews at an AJC event in Washington DC last week. They include former prime minister Ehud Olmert..."

https://forward.com/opinion/723508/why-israel-extremists-must-be-stopped-netanyahu-trump-smotrich/

#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestineIsNotAntisemitism
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine

Israeli left-wing group suspended at University of Haifa after protesting the war in Gaza

By Grace Gilson
May 4, 2025

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

(JTA) — Last week, at a university known for its diverse population, more than a dozen students sat on the floor of a campus building for 10 minutes holding photos of #Palestinian children killed in the war in #Gaza.

Five days later, their group was suspended through the end of the semester for staging an unauthorized protest.

It wasn’t in the Ivy League, and ICE agents weren’t about to raid the dorms. It was the latest dustup over the Gaza war at the University of #Haifa, where #Jewish and #Arab #Israeli students have at times clashed in ways that echo the campus drama in the United States.

https://forward.com/fast-forward/717382/israeli-left-wing-group-suspended-at-university-of-haifa-after-protesting-the-war-in-gaza/

#JewishSolidarityWithPalestine
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#StopGazaGenocide
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

Why indie cinemas are embracing ‘No Other Land’ — even as US distributors are staying away

Though ‘#NoOtherLand’ has been ignored by mainstream distributors, small cinemas in the #US say that screening it has been a no-brainer

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

By Olivia Haynie March 18, 2025

https://forward.com/culture/film-tv/705259/no-other-land-screening-indie-cinemas/

#PermanentCeasfireNow
#IsraelWarCrimes
#ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant
#USHandsOffICC
#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics
#USPolitics
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

#ICE arrests #Palestinian protest leader at #Columbia, in sharp escalation of campus actions

Jewish groups and leaders immediately spoke out both in favor and against the arrest

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

"#BendTheArc, a progressive #Jewish group..., tweeted that President #DonaldTrump was playing on fears of antisemitism in order to pursue an anti-democratic agenda.

“The #WhiteHouse’s authoritarian actions are being falsely done in our name as #Jews, by a President and politicians who actively use antisemitism and do not speak for Jews,” the group tweeted. “We’ve been afraid this day would come since campus protests began. Free speech and education are pillars of our democracy, and a healthy democracy is what keeps Jews safest.”

The Anti-Defamation League ... praised the arrest while calling for immigration law to be followed. "

https://forward.com/fast-forward/702727/ice-arrests-palestinian-protest-leader-at-columbia-in-sharp-escalation-of-campus-actions/

#ProtestIsNotACrime
#DefendStudentProtesters
#news #press @palestine
#politics #Trump

#Israeli officials are criticizing #Oscar-winner “No Other Land.” So are Palestinian activists.

the #Palestinian Campaign for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of #Israel announced it opposes the film on “anti-normalization” grounds

from #TheForward #Forward
[#Jewish publication from #USA]

By Philissa Cramer March 7, 2025

https://forward.com/fast-forward/702244/israeli-officials-are-criticizing-oscar-winner-no-other-land-so-are-palestinian-activists/

#GazaBelongsToPalestine
#AllEyesOnWestBank
#EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Gaza #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia #politics #Oscars
#media #news #press @palestine @israel

Sadly, not fiction. The ADL continues to back neo-fascism.

Also investing in #Tesla today is nearly as immoral as investing in #Ford or #Volkswagen in rhe the 1930s.

Why the ADL is encouraging Jews to invest in Tesla – The Forward
https://forward.com/news/700072/adl-tesla-jlens-meta-amazon-musk/

#Judaism #Mazeldon #ADL #Tesla #Fascism #TheForward #Elon