Jon Haber
ARTICLES BY: Jon Haber
Campus Unrest and a Culture of Pride
We conclude our four-part series by noting that there are several ways to approach today’s problems of campus unrest. The first is to treat them not...
What Can BDS Teach Us About the Culture Wars?
Many who criticize outrageous forms of behavior on college campuses, from “microaggressions” to “safe spaces,” warn (either out of fear or glee) that once students...
Campus Wars and the ‘Culture of Victimhood’
The concept of a “Culture of Victimhood” will be familiar to most people who have observed or participated in debates over behaviors seen on college...
Campus Wars and the ‘Culture of Dignity’
Among those covering or participating in the fight against the boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement on college campuses, I’ve always been one of the least...
Human Nature and the Fight Against BDS
Americans -- including American Jews -- tend to be a practical lot. Given that, could ideas derived from Existentialist philosophy (that French import discussed in...
Zionism and the Authentic Life
To continue our discussion of existentialism, the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement and Zionism: While sometimes philosophers can stretch sentence-length discoveries into whole books and...
Inauthentic Israel-Hatred?
Last time, we saw that much of Martin Luther King’s political success resulted from his understanding human nature in ways influenced by existentialist thought. To understand...
BDS, Martin Luther King Jr. and Existentialism
Whenever Martin Luther King Day rolls around, both pro- and anti-Israel forces skirmish over King’s legacy, borrowing tropes from the civil rights movement and quotes...
Final Thoughts on Waging War Against BDS
A few final thoughts as the year – and this series on how to fight the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement using the language...
Telling Our Positive Story Against BDS
Anyone involved with organized pro-Israel politics has likely gotten caught up in heated discussions over how to set a narrative and get activists to stick...
Developing a Strategy Against BDS
While those fortunate enough to have served in the armed forces will have had first-hand experience viewing problems through a military lens, the military mindset...
Playing Defense vs. Going on the Attack Against BDS
One of the longest-running and least productive conversations we have as a pro-Israel community is over the efficacy of positive campaigning vs. “going on the...
The ‘Operational Art’ of Fighting BDS
General Norman Schwarzkopf, at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, summed up Saddam Hussein’s military prowess by pointing out, “He is neither a strategist,...
Forging Alliances to Defeat BDS
In warfare, few things represent a double-edged sword more than an alliance (except, perhaps, an actual double-edged sword). On the positive side, if you want to...
