Michael BerkowitzCampus ReduxWell, it seems like we’re seeing a return of last year’s pro-Hamas protests. Administrations seem to be scrambling — again — to figure out…Sep 91Sep 91
Michael BerkowitzGiven that Israel is the most criticized country in the world, I'm puzzled by questions about "How…Apr 2Apr 2
Michael BerkowitzI'm skeptical about trusting the Israeli courts to show more deference to contracts than the…Mar 6Mar 6
Michael BerkowitzThings I Haven’t Heard About Israel — Part 4Given the flurry of interest in Palestinian statehood, it makes sense to examine what exactly that would look like and what effects it…Feb 23Feb 23
Michael BerkowitzHow to Lie with Statistics, Episode 5,469Recently I’ve seen a few articles decrying the rise in “settler violence”. According to something I read in the name of B’Tselem, we’re now…Oct 30, 2023Oct 30, 2023
Michael BerkowitzAnd Now that We’re Here…Now that we’re seeing our “sense-making institutions” fail so spectacularly to make sense of what should be obvious, now that we’re seeing…Oct 20, 2023Oct 20, 2023
Michael BerkowitzA Flare Goes UpAbout 130 years ago, the Zionist thinker known as Ahad Ha’am (“one of the people”) wrote an essay in which he wryly observed that the Blood…Oct 13, 2023Oct 13, 2023
Michael BerkowitzSome thoughts on confronting opposing opinions on campus[I was prompted to write this for students at a gap-year yeshiva after a conversation I had with one of its faculty, but it occurred to me…Jan 26, 2023Jan 26, 2023
Michael BerkowitzThings I haven’t heard about Israel — Part 3In earlier posts I made clear my opinion that the Jews have a right to sovereignty in their homeland. I now turn to the matter of the Arabs…Apr 19, 2022Apr 19, 2022
Michael BerkowitzThings I Haven’t Heard about Israel — Part 2“Settlements are illegal.”Apr 19, 2022Apr 19, 2022