Common Grounds

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• Ultra-Orthodox Aliyah to Israel Is Breaking Records. Here's Why

  
  November 30, 2021 14:26

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-ultra-orthodox-aliyah-to-israel-is-breaking-records-here-s-why-1.10427636

   

  By Judy Maltz

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  For decades, Haredim in the Diaspora rejected the notion of immigrating to Israel. No more. Now, ultra-Orthodox American Jews see themselves as ‘the next great frontier in aliyah’ and are moving to Israel in increasing numbers

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• Who is the outlier, Trump or Biden? The answer means much to the world

  
  November 25, 2021 10:57

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/who-is-the-outlier-trump-or-biden-the-answer-means-much-to-the-world/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Aron Heller

  Published November 22, 2021

   

  With the world trending authoritarian, will Trump turn out to be the first of his kind while the moderate Biden turns out to be the last of his?

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• To the students who walked out on Palestinian-Israeli dialogue

  
  November 23, 2021 20:28

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/to-the-students-who-walked-out-on-palestinian-israeli-dialogue/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Yossi Klein Halevi

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  I've learned you can’t cancel a people: Mohammed Darawshe and I are modeling a painful conversation about injustice and existential fears

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• Joint Letter to Senators Supporting Passage of Gaza Reporting Amendment

  
  November 23, 2021 15:28

  Source: Human Rights Watch

  https://www.hrw.org/news/2021/11/17/joint-letter-senators-supporting-passage-gaza-reporting-amendment

   

  Published November 15, 2021

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• A series of unfortunate Thanksgiving events – and their upside for Jews

  
  November 25, 2021 12:09

  Source: The Times of Israel

  https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/a-series-of-unfortunate-thanksgiving-events-and-their-upside-for-jews/?utm_source=The+Daily+Edition&utm_campaign=daily-edition-2021-11-23&utm_medium=email

   

  By Rabbi Yael Buechler

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Early on, exclusionary discourse on the holiday led to dustups, clarifications and even an epic apology that helped Jews carve out a piece of the American story

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• Our Washington Watch | Is What's Good for America, Good for Israel?

  
  November 26, 2021 10:42

  Source: NRC.NL/AMERIKA

  nrc.nl/america

   

  By Merijn de Waal

  Published November 23, 2021

   

  Amsterdam | Biden opts for continuity and bipartisanship in his choice of a central banker as the battle over his ambitious Build Back Better bill moves to the Senate in the coming weeks.

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• These Jewish Migrants Survived Pogroms, Riots and Famine. Then They Were Faced With Zionist Cruelty

  
  November 30, 2021 14:48

  Source: Haaretz

  https://www.haaretz.com/jewish/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-zionist-selection-the-movement-rejected-jewish-migrants-deemed-too-weak-or-sick-1.10422540?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=daily-brief&utm_content=829f0ff655

   

  By Ofer Aderet

  Published November 30, 2021

   

  A century ago Zionist leaders strove to keep ‘weak people’ from immigrating. 'It is one of the most controversial disputes in the history of the Zionist movement'

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• Absolving empire in Palestine

  
  June 08, 2021 13:51

  Source: Aljazeera

  https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2021/6/4/absolving-empire-in-palestine

   

  By Ammar Rashid

  Published June 4, 2021

   

  What are the real reasons behind the US media and state institutions’ apparent pro-Israel bias?

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• Anti-Zionist Jews are ‘Jews in name only’ and ‘more dangerous than external antisemitic threat’ — Chicago Reform rabbi

  
  November 30, 2021 13:58

  Source: Mondoweiss

  https://mondoweiss.net/2021/11/anti-zionist-jews-are-jews-in-name-only-and-more-dangerous-than-external-antisemitic-threat-chicago-reform-rabbi/

   

  By PHILIP WEISS 

  Published November 26, 2021

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• For Israel, Palestine and peace, we must work towards a two-state solution

  
  November 23, 2021 14:42

  Source: Labour List

  https://labourlist.org/2021/11/for-israel-palestine-and-peace-we-must-work-towards-a-two-state-solution/

   

  By Steve McCabe

  Published November 23, 2021

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