Tag Archives: BDS
Universities Must Reckon With Their Role in the Occupation
A University of Michigan instructor explains why she declined to recommend a student for a study abroad program in Israel.
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The Cultural Boycott of Israel Strikes a Chord
More than a dozen high-profile cancellations at an Israeli music festival shows the BDS movement still has some teeth.
Read MoreQuick Takes: Whither the Democratic Socialists of America?
by Ralph Seliger BACK IN 1982, I witnessed the merger of the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC — usually pronounced “dee-sock”) with the New American Movement to form the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA). Nearly ten years before, DSOC had split from the Social Democrats USA (SD), itself the main remnant of the old […]
Read MoreSome Jews No Longer Qualify . . .
by Allan Lichtenstein SINCE I AM an Israeli citizen, Israel’s recent decision last March to ban entry to members of certain Jewish activist groups will not affect me. When the ban passed the Israeli Knesset, therefore, taking aim at the international boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS), I did not pay much attention. The law forbids “granting entry visas […]
Read MoreLebanese Filmmaker Rises above BDS
by Ralph Seliger Discussed in this essay: The Insult, a drama by filmmaker Ziad Doueiri, 2017, 112 minutes. AT THE CENTER of The Insult, directed and co-written by Lebanese filmmaker Ziad Doueiri, are the enduring passions and grievances from the civil war that consumed his homeland from 1975 until 1990, killing an estimated 150,000 and […]
Read MoreAntisemitic Faculty: What Is To Be Done?
by Steven Lubet WHAT SHOULD BE done when a respected professor is discovered circulating vile antisemitic images on social media and endorsing profoundly anti-Jewish conspiracy theories? Should the administration impose sanctions? How should the broader academic community react? These questions have arisen in recent years on campuses across the country, most recently in the cases […]
Read MoreO My America: Go Ahead and Boycott
by Lawrence Bush YOU WANT to boycott Israel? You now have my blessing, thanks to Donald Trump. For the many years I’ve been associated with Jewish Currents, and for years before that association began (I was assistant editor 1978-83 and have been editor since 2002), the magazine has defined itself as “non-Zionist, pro-Israel.” This meant that we were […]
Read MoreThe Erosion of the Two-State Solution
WITH NOTHING PLAUSIBLE TO TAKE ITS PLACE by Ron Skolnik Published in the Autumn 2017 issue of Jewish Currents A “REAR PROJECTION EFFECT” is the term used for the old movie-making technique that causes an object — usually a person, often in a car or train — to appear to be in motion when, in […]
Read MoreA BDS Endorsement from a Resurgent DSA
A REPORT FROM CHICAGO by Jacob Plitman DURING THEIR CONVENTION in Chicago last weekend, the resurgent 25,000-member Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) endorsed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement by a resounding majority. The bill and vote have been misconstrued and misrepresented by some in our Jewish community in an effort, intentional or otherwise, that […]
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