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They might, given growing disaffection with Israel among young American Jews.

(RNS) — One New York rabbi has forsworn the Prayer for the State of Israel in the Saturday liturgy. Many others have protested through letters and petitions.

Navasky left an indelible mark on liberalism as a familiar name and face in the literary and political scene.

Liberal lion won National Book Award and edited leftwing Nation, with writers including Hitchens and Cockburn, from 1978 to 2005

He presided for years over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential books on the anti-Communist blacklist and Robert F. Kennedy’s justice department.

In his new book 'We Are Not One: A History of America’s Fight Over Israel,' Prof. Eric Alterman examines how defending Israel has shaped Jewish - and public - discourse in the US

<p>The writer discusses his conclusions about the evolution of the debate among American Jews about the nature of their relationship to Israel and the moral status of American policy. </p>

NEW YORK (AP) — Victor Navasky, an award-winning author and journalist who for years presided over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential books on the anti-Communist blacklist and Robert F.

NEW YORK (AP) -- Victor Navasky, an award-winning author and journalist who for years presided over the liberal weekly The Nation and wrote influential

An award-winning historian, journalist, author and longtime editor of the Nation, Victor Navasky has died at 90