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- "Those experiences gave Thomas the fortitude to do something truly courageous: risk her friendships, face her misconceptions, and change her mind"
- EVENT 2nd Annual Kosher Chicago BBQ Festival Competition to benefit Maot Chitim
- 6 European countries join forces to do business with Iran (and throw Israel under the bus)
- "President Joe Biden's Iran policy was conceived and is being implemented by the same people who negotiated the JCPOA under Obama, who argued in favor of empowering Iran"
- "Israel-US dialogue is necessary about Iran’s nuclear program, since a good agreement with Iran is a clear Israeli interest. But Israel must be prepared with a military option against Iran, as a last resort"
- "Military, defense minister believe a credible threat of an Israeli attack on Tehran’s nuclear facilities is only way US will be able to negotiate better deal with Islamic Republic"
- EVENT Israel Bonds Chicago with The Beauty Queen of Jerusalem
- Heard in Jerusalem: "Hasbara" has become something resembling a dirty word
Tag Archives: Tzedek Chicago
Progressive Jews who call for a ceasefire do not speak for most Jews
Allowing Hamas to continue butchering and terrorizing Israelis is not a choice most Israelis can accept. Hamas, like ISIS, must be removed from power. Kill or be killed. Jews who advocate a ceasefire now are living in a dangerous alternative … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish
Tagged anti-Zionism, Brant Rosen, Rabbis for Ceasefire, Tzedek Chicago
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Preaching to the margins: Chicago synagogue adopts anti-Zionism as a ‘core value’
FORWARD Chicago synagogue officially designates itself ‘anti-Zionist’ Arno Rosenfeld March 31, 2022 Tzedek Chicago was founded seven years ago, in part, to create a Jewish community free from a strong attachment to Israel. The congregation went beyond its original “non-Zionism” … Continue reading
Posted in Chicago, Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Zionism, Tzedek Chicago
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At Rabbi Brant Rosen’s Chicago synagogue, it’s OK for “non-Zionist” Jews to abandon the messy cause of Israel
TIMES OF ISRAEL Why Millennials flock to Chicago’s non-Zionist synagogue by Amy K. Rosenthal April 8, 2016 Anna Goldberger, a social worker in her 30s with dark hair and dark intelligent eyes, is looking for a community of Jewish people … Continue reading
Posted in Israel & Middle East, Jewish, Politics
Tagged anti-Zionism, Chicago, Rabbi Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, Zionism
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Chicago rabbi establishes non-Zionist congregation
CHICAGO TRIBUNE by Manya Brachear Pashman September 11, 2015 As the sun vanished below the horizon one recent Friday night, Rabbi Brant Rosen looked out over the standing-room-only crowd packed into the muggy basement of a Lutheran church in Lincoln … Continue reading
A New Synagogue In Chicago Is Billing Itself As ‘Non-Zionist’
HUFFINGTON POST by Sara Weissman August 22, 2015 For Rabbi Brant Rosen, it’s about “bearing witness to oppression, particularly when it’s being done in our name as Americans and as Jews.” An Israeli flag next to the rabbi’s podium, a … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Zionism, Brant Rosen, Tzedek Chicago, Zionism
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