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Leora Eisenberg is a high school Israel activist who will be attending Princeton University next fall. Her thoughts on Israel, Judaism and the BDS movement have been featured in the Orthodox Union, the Forward, Israel Hayom, Hevria, and the Jerusalem Post.

ARTICLES BY: Leora Eisenberg


May 26, 2017 10:58 am
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The Truth About Breaking the Silence

Whenever someone tells me that they want to improve Israeli society, I’m all for it. I get excited about helping the Jewish state better itself. There’s...

May 6, 2016 9:46 am
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Remember Them

Six-year old Abraham Freiburg had fled with his mother and long entertained the notion that Tati -- the Yiddish word for Daddy -- was only missing...

April 10, 2016 6:36 am
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Action, Not Apathy, Is Key to Assisting in the Zionist Project

At a recent Israel activism conference I was attending, a friend told me something puzzling: “You know, Leora, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) is not...

March 1, 2016 6:56 am
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Israel Activists Must Embrace Liberals, Not Shun Them

A few days ago, a friend sent me a social justice video. It was completely unrelated to Israel and instead had to do with racism...

February 10, 2016 7:27 am
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Broken Windows: How US Universities Encourage Hate Speech Against Jews and Israel

The facade of a building conveys the general state of affairs inside. If a building is kept clean, we conclude that those inside it care...

January 15, 2016 4:06 am
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The Twisted Morals of Anti-Israel Jewish Students

It takes a certain kind of moral distortion to stand against Israel nowadays -- the kind of moral distortion that comes with rebellious youthfulness, an overinflated ego,...

December 27, 2015 1:34 pm
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To Win the War of Ideas, Israel Must Be the ‘Underdog’ Again

As humans, we instinctively root for the underdog. Movies and books exalt the underfunded, undereducated (and often underage) underdog in his fight against the polished...

Culture

Venue Admits Discrimination Against Jewish Comedian at Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland

A Scottish venue has admitted that it discriminated against Jewish stand-up...

Jewish American-Israeli Amar’e Stoudemire Inducted Into Basketball Hall of Fame

Jewish American-Israeli retired NBA player Amar'e Stoudemire was inducted into the Naismith Memorial...

World

Jews Targeted in Two-Thirds of All Religion-Based Hate Crimes in US, FBI Da...

New disturbing data released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) underscored the ongoing reality of rising antisemitic discrimination and...

Israel

Palestinian Support for Hamas Falls, New Poll Shows

As destruction from its war with Israel continues to reshape life in Gaza, Hamas is facing a growing reckoning among Palestinians, with support for the terrorist group falling sharply even...

Middle East

Israeli Airstrikes Hit Syrian Airbase, Drawing Turkish Condemnation

Israel bombed an airbase in Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media said, carrying out what appeared to be its first strike on Syrian government assets since March and drawing condemnation from Turkey and criticism from a US envoy who...

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