Jonathan Greenberg Archives

Jonathan Greenberg

Union for Reform Judaism president Rabbi Rick Jacobs speaks at the organization's biennial convention in Boston in December 2017. Credit: URJ via Facebook.

Reform Judaism can have Zionism or fringe leftism, not both

Coalitions are a great thing. But alliances only work if they don’t undermine what you claim to stand for.

Jonathan Greenberg

November 16, 2018

Jewish Voice for Peace. Photo courtesy of NGO Monitor.

What pro-Israel Jews can learn from Jewish Voice for Peace

We need to fearlessly teach the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We don’t really do it now because the politics of it have become toxic, the narratives entrenched and the complexities overwhelming.

Jonathan Greenberg

May 25, 2018

The PLO's envoy to Britain Husam Zomlot, then ambassador to the U.S., speaks at J Street's national conference in Washington, April 16, 2018. Source: Screenshot.

Washington PLO envoy says J Street members are ‘Palestinian allies’

The words of Husam Zomlot were warmly received during a 34-minute speech that talked about “two democratic states” and “a meaningful peace process.”

Jonathan Greenberg

April 18, 2018

Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont speaking at a J Street National Conference in Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

In Washington, J Street makes demands of Israel, ignoring Palestinian violence

Attendees at the organization’s 10th-anniversary conference were given a lobbying agenda that includes a laundry list of mandates aimed at the Jewish state—and none required of the Palestinians.

Jonathan Greenberg

April 16, 2018

A demonstration in Seattle by the anti-Israel group Jewish Voice for Peace. Credit: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons.

What do we call Jews who work with Jew-haters?

A fringe element within the Jewish community uses language and imagery stolen from classical anti-Semitic tropes, sides publicly with declared enemies of the Jewish people, and clumsily but intentionally wields their Judaism as a weapon against the rest of us.

Jonathan Greenberg

April 13, 2018

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