All articles by Zachary Goelman
No, ex-Wall Street bankers will not carjack you
Zachary Goelman — January 12, 2010 2 Comments
MacDonald’s assertion is rooted in an supremely false assumption: she demands that if poverty and crime are correlated, they should automatically increase in equal and immediate proportion.
Editor's Pick, Psychology
Every passing day is a nail in the coffin of the Arab-Israeli peace process
Zachary Goelman — February 25, 2009 0 Comments
The time is now for Obama to take on the Israel-Palestine issue.
Editor's Pick, Politics
Israel-Palestine dispute engulfs York University in Canada
Zachary Goelman — February 13, 2009 10 Comments
Zachary Goelman reports on the fallout at York University from Israel’s war in Gaza.
Editor's Pick, Politics
Delegitimizing the claims of one religion in the house of another
Zachary Goelman — February 7, 2009 3 Comments
Zachary Goelman reports on a lecture from Professor Mordechai Kedar, a Koranic scholar, who is quick to pick apart the Islamic faith on a rational level, but is unable to do it to with his own Judaism.
Religion
Secular Israeli soldiers burdened with biblical bric-a-brac
Zachary Goelman — February 3, 2009 4 Comments
Two patriotic secular Israeli soldiers recently penned a letter decrying the influence of the religious establishment on the military. What does this portend for the future of secularism in Israel?
Editor's Pick, Religion
Want to make it in Hollywood? How’s your Russian accent?
Zachary Goelman — January 22, 2009 0 Comments
Hollywood still exploits many ethnic stereotypes when it casts its films.
Culture
Israeli leaders mimic “change” rhetoric for their reactionary ends
Zachary Goelman — November 25, 2008 0 Comments
President-elect Barack Obama’s message of change is being co-opted by certain Israeli politicians who have no intention to create peace with the Palestinians or their neighbors.
Economics, Editor's Pick, Politics, Religion
Arabic dictionaries, keffiyehs, oranges — and U.S. immigration
Zachary Goelman — November 24, 2008 5 Comments
Zachary Goelman describes coming into the U.S. from Canada with an Arabic dictionary, keffiyeh — and oranges.
Editor's Pick, Politics
In a Canadian election dominated by the media, one newspaper goes silent
Zachary Goelman — October 15, 2008 0 Comments
With the Canadian general elections taking place on Tuesday, the media has had an unprecedented effect on the outcome. But one of the country’s most respected media outlets went mute on election day due to a staff strike causing it to print comical drivel.
