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Yehuda Kurtzer

Yehuda Kurtzer

Yehuda Kurtzer is president of the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America.

The Palestinian ambassador to the United Nations
Posted inOpinion

The Zionist case for Palestinian statehood (and against fatalism)

Yehuda Kurtzer by Yehuda Kurtzer August 29, 2025August 29, 2025

(JTA) — In recent weeks, a growing number of traditionally pro-Israel states have decided to recognize a Palestinian state. These decisions have invited criticism and opposition from the government of […]

Israel Defense Forces soldiers operate in Gaza, Nov. 2, 2023. (Photo/Courtesy IDF Spokesperson's Unit)
Posted inUncategorized, Opinion

We must continue to support Israel’s war — and honestly grapple with tough questions from critics

Yehuda Kurtzer by Yehuda Kurtzer January 30, 2024January 30, 2024
Left: A woman mourns by the coffins of Jews who died in the Kielce pogrom, Poland, July 6, 1946. (Photo/U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum) Right: Forensic staff at a makeshift morgue in Ramla, Israel attend the bodies of Israeli citizens killed by Hamas terrorists, Oct. 13, 2023. (Photo/Leon Neal-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

The Hamas attack must be understood in terms of Jewish trauma

Yehuda Kurtzer by Yehuda Kurtzer October 18, 2023October 25, 2023
(Photo/Flickr Commons; Montage/JTA)
Posted inOpinion

A House bill on Israel is flawed, but our Jewish civil war is worse

Yehuda Kurtzer by Yehuda Kurtzer and JTA April 22, 2021April 22, 2021
Pro-BDS demonstrators protesting outside the Spanish Government Delegation in Barcelona, Oct. 20, 2015 (Photo/JTA-Albert Llop-Anadolu Agency-Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

How Israel’s BDS blacklist falls short of its own goals

Yehuda Kurtzer by Yehuda Kurtzer January 21, 2018January 19, 2018

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