Mystical Politics

I'm starting to wonder how the anti-Trump Republicans will react if Trump becomes the Republican nominee for President. The National Re...

The Rev. Graylan Hagler will be speaking on March 2 in Ithaca on the topic of "From Baltimore to Palestine" at GIAC. His visit is ...

Josh Marshall on Talking Points Memo: "Many observers view the Supreme Court emerging drama in the Senate as the pinnacle of the drawn ...

I just found an interesting blog post ( Jasbir Puar’s Homonationalism Talk: A Real Disappointment ) that critiqued a talk by Puar from 2008,...

Jasbir Puar , an Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at Rutgers University, recently gave a speech at Vassar College calle...

As before, in the spring of 2014, Vassar SJP just doesn't know when to stop. This t-shirt, with the image of Leila Khaled and the c...

BDS has shown up again at Vassar, with a vengeance. The most recent edition of the Vassar student newspaper has published two good articles ...

My friend Batya Kallus was instrumental in the negotiations between Women of the Wall and the government. Hear her on the NPR program this m...

Ynet has just published an article about Amiram Ben Uliel, the man indicted for the murders of the Dewabshe family in Duma. Here is the arti...

Why Bernie Sanders Needs a Come-to-Jesus Moment This is the advice that J. J. Goldberg of the Forward is giving to Bernie Sanders: This ...

Michael Pitkowsky, someone whom I read on Twitter, who runs the blog  Menachem Mendel , posted a link on Twitter to this intriguing story ...

What is a "come to Jesus" moment, and can Jews also have this experience (while remaining Jewish)? (Question spurred by a post on ...

It is a relief to see that the fire in B'Tselem's offices was not caused by arson - may they be able to return to work speedily. ...

The offices of the Israeli human rights organization B'Tselem in Jerusalem were destroyed tonight by fire, probably as the result of ars...

Ted Cruz is not happy when "non-believers" like atheists, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs, and others vote in American elections. He wants th...