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Jan 23, 2025 | 
clevelandjewishnews.com | Matthew Schultz
“I’m an old-school Liberal Zionist, which means I support Israel and I hate myself for it” — anonymous acquaintance. At its best, Liberal Zionism aspires to reconcile Jewish and Palestinian national ambitions, insisting that these aspirations are not mutually exclusive.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
“I’m an old-school Liberal Zionist, which means I support Israel and I hate myself for it.” — an anonymous acquaintance. At its best, Liberal Zionism aspires to reconcile Jewish and Palestinian national ambitions, insisting that these aspirations are not mutually exclusive.
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Jan 1, 2025 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
In “Night,” Eli Weisel recounts seeing a Jewish child die by hanging during the Holocaust. “Where is God?” someone called out. “This is where,” Weisel said in his heart. “Hanging here from this gallows …”The question, “Where is God?” is the central question posed to us by the Holocaust, by the sheer magnitude of the destruction, the debasement of all human value, and the mass-production of suffering.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
Almost immediately after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was assassinated in New York City, some celebrations erupted online. The loudest voices came from segments of the American left. One user on TikTok saw the shooting as a promising sign of rising class consciousness in America.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
In “Night” by Eli Weisel, the author recounts seeing a Jewish child die by hanging during the Holocaust. “Where is God?” someone called out. “This is where,” Weisel said in his heart. “Hanging here from this gallows…”The question, “where is God?” is the central question posed to us by the event of the Holocaust, by the sheer magnitude of the destruction, the debasement of all human value, and the mass-production of suffering.
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Nov 26, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
It’s official. The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant for alleged war crimes in Gaza. Commenting on the ICC’s decision, Netanyahu condemned it as an act of ‘antisemitism,’ likening it to ‘a modern-day Dreyfus Affair,’ referring to the wrongful conviction of a Jewish officer in France that exposed widespread antisemitism in the 19th century.
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Nov 19, 2024 | 
salesforce.com | Matthew Schultz
Little moments can make a big difference in life. A personalized reminder for an item left in your cart. A helpful text message that helps you navigate the healthcare system. MomentMarketers are practitioners, brand leaders, and operations professionals who strive to create these seamless and exceptional customer experiences. They use data and AI to deliver great campaigns, elevate customer engagement, and help their companies grow.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
To American Jews who condemn the state of Israel—to those who have placed that condemnation at the very center of their Jewish lives; to those who have transformed every Jewish holiday and observance into a further opportunity for opprobrium for the state of Israel, its people, and its army; to those who call for boycotts and beg for the “Prayer for the State of Israel” to be torn from the siddurim and cast into a heap along with the Israeli flag that stands to the side of the Ark—to those...
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
Early in the war, I noticed a disturbing trend in how anti-Zionist activists and even mainstream news sources were explaining the “context” of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Again and again, the War of Independence was missing from the record. Vox wrote the following: “In 1947, [the British] left the fate of Palestine up to the newly formed United Nations, who voted to divide Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab state.
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Oct 2, 2024 | 
jewishjournal.com | Matthew Schultz
September 11.January 6.October 7. Date-ification occurs when the date on which a catastrophe took place becomes a synecdoche for the event itself. We reserve date-ifcation for the only most horrifying and singular events in the life of a nation. There’s a good reason for this. Imagine if every pogrom, every wicked milestone of the Nazi’s genocide, or every terror attack in Israel was forever associated with its date on the calendar. The entire year would become a minefield of pain and trauma.
