Word: zionist
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Many American Jews believe that since Israel's disastrous 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a succession of governments has been moving the country away from the liberal, democratic vision of its Zionist founders. "There is alarm and anxiety about Israel's well-being," says Leon Wieseltier, a scholar of Israeli politics and American Jewry. "Some of the heat has gone out of the light. It's the result of the intifadeh, but also it is the result of the paralysis and pettiness of Israeli politics...
...movies." The racy dialect and hard-eyed urban fables associated with Hecht were in Hollywood's vocabulary virtually from the onslaught of sound in 1927. But MacAdams brings gusto to tales of Hecht's early days as a ruthless reporter and to his later, angry crusade as a pioneer Zionist. MacAdams also has a great source: Hecht's brio- filled 1954 autobiography, A Child of the Century...
...past 15 months Katerli has been in court fighting charges that she defamed local Patriot society leader Alexander Romanenko by comparing passages in his book The Class Character of Zionism with Nazi writings. In her view, the official propaganda campaign against "Zionist racism" has been a form of sanctioned anti-Semitism. Now that glasnost is flourishing, she is worried about more virulent forms of prejudice as Russian nationalists seek a scapegoat to blame for seven decades of Communist misrule...
...often see articles critical of Israel that start off with something like "As a Jew, I must protest the way in which Israel is dealing with the intifada," or "As an ardent Zionist, I must speak out against Israel...
...religion (unless you are protesting Israel's operation of public buses on the Sabbath). Let your motivation be utilitarianism, deontological liberalism or even Arab nationalism--for these at least can be real sources of criticism of Israel. But don't write the criticism "as a Jew" or "as a Zionist." The tradition of Moses, Samson and David simply cannot back up your views...