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Jul 28, 2014, 9:07 PM

Care is not an Unlimited Resource

If the Gaza ground invasion has had one constant, it is death. Around 100 Palestinians, many of them civilians, have died in the war, and 42 Israeli soldiers have also lost their lives. I sympathize1 with the families of...

Jun 6, 2014, 10:52 PM

In Defense of the Israeli Presidency (with help from Bagehot)

As a student of political science, I have a particular weakness for what political scientists dub, “formal institutions”, such as legislatures, courts, executives, and the like. While my colleagues may prefer to study socioeconomic development or the methods by...

Apr 25, 2014, 11:39 PM

How to Stop Campus BDS Once and For All

This week, students at San Diego State University and the University of California Santa Barbara defeated anti-Israel and pro-BDS resolutions in their respective student governments, while at the University of California Riverside (UCR), a divestment resolution passed. While on the...

Apr 15, 2014, 3:48 AM

The Talmud, Geeks, and Judaism

I have only been doing any sort of Talmud study for just under a year, and in that time I have only seen a single ice crystal located upon the tip of the great berg that is the quintessential...

Mar 14, 2014, 9:58 PM

Whither Israel Apartheid Week?

As the Jewish community continues to confront the BDS movement, I believe that there may be a glimmer of hope in our fight to defend Israel. Israel Apartheid Week (IAW), the once feared menace on many US college campuses, has...

Feb 21, 2014, 10:22 AM

Against “Open Hillel”

The University of California, Berkeley, where I am a student, is often a noted front in the continuing range of issues facing the US Jewish student community. The “Israel Apartheid Week” and the BDS movement on my campus have...

Feb 4, 2014, 10:05 AM

The University of California and Rosh Hashanah

The University of California, or UC, is the largest public education system in the United States, serving over a hundred thousand students. It also has a large Jewish population, with three of the system's campuses, UCLA, UC Santa Barbara,...

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About Me

Elijah Z. Granet is a student in the dual degree program at Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary, studying political science and Talmud. He is also a recipient of the 2013-2014 Anne and Benjamin Goor Prize in Jewish Studies.