Joel Schalit

Joel Schalit is the author of Israel vs Utopia (Akashic, 2009). He is an American-Israeli writer based in Berlin, who has worked as the online editor of Zeek: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture and the managing editor of Tikkun. He has written about Israeli politics for (among others) France 24, the Guardian, and The Forward

In search of an Israeli left

The disconnection between the international left and its counterparts in Israel has become near total, to the detriment of the causes that both espouse. But a situation with complex roots can be remedied by looking more closely at the work of people on the ground, say Keith Kahn-Harris & Joel Scha

By Keith Kahn-Harris and Joel Schalit

/ 22 Aug 2010

Israeli post-democracy: origins and prospects

Many voices warn that Israel’s occupation of Palestinian territories is corroding the country’s democracy. Now, a worrying onslaught by Israel’s right-wing government on domestic dissenters raises further concerns. But the two issues are distinct as well as linked, say Keith Kahn-Harris & Joel Sch

By Keith Kahn-Harris and Joel Schalit

/ 10 Jun 2010