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Shaul Magid

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If Slavery is Not Wrong, Nothing is Wrong

A petition accusing Palestinians’ advocates of committing a “blood libel” occasions a reflection on Solomon Schecter‘s 1909 speech about Abraham Lincoln.

by Shaul Magid via Shaul's Substack on February 16, 2026
Zohran Mamdani, John Lindsay, and the Specter of "Kahanism" in 2025 America

What does 1968 have to do with 2025?

by Shaul Magid via Shaul's Substack on November 5, 2025
The Forgotten History of American Jewish Dissent Against Zionism

In resurrecting stories of non- and anti-Zionist critics, a new book shows American Jews how questioning Israel is deeply rooted in their community.

by Shaul Magid via +972 Magazine on February 14, 2024
Do Make Trouble

A conversation with the biographer of radical Jewish 'revenge theologian' Meir Kahane.

by Shane Burley, Shaul Magid via Religion Dispatches on December 17, 2021
American, Racist, Jewish

The very American racism of the notorious late Rabbi Meir Kahane.

by Shaul Magid via Tablet on October 12, 2021

Meir Kahane: The Public Life and Political Thought of an American Jewish Radical

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False Prophet

Meir Kahane's legacy in Israel and America.

by John Ganz via Unpopular Front on May 10, 2024

Rabbi Meir Kahane stands among Jewish Defense League protestors, 1977.

Are We all Kahanists Now?

Shaul Magid attempts to show us how much contemporary Jews have inherited from a man most have tried to forget.

by Sara Yael Hirschhorn via Jewish Review of Books on July 13, 2022

Meir Kahane

Is Kahane More Mainstream than American Jews will Admit?

A new biography explores the American roots of Meir Kahane's far-right ideology — and how the U.S. Jewish establishment embraced his beliefs.

by Hadas Binyamini via +972 Magazine on December 30, 2021

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