Joel Schalit

Joel Schalit is a writer and editor based in Milan, Italy. An Israeli-American pundit noted for his unique views on Middle Eastern politics and US culture, over the past fifteen years, Schalit has produced four books and contributed to numerous online and print periodicals including Alternet, The Guardian, France 24 and XLR8R. The former managing editor of Berkeley's Tikkun magazine and associate editor of Chicago's award-winning Punk Planet, Schalit served two terms as the co-director of the world's longest-running online publication, Bad Subjects. He is the online editor of Zeek. Schalit's fifth publication, Israel vs. Utopia, is forthcoming in October from Akashic Books.

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New Jewish Thought: Dispatch From the UK

The British Jewish community rarely seems to feature on the worldwide Jewish map. It may…

Everywhere But There

Concern. Apprehension. Suspicion. Mistrust.  Five years ago, it would have been an anathema to associate…

Everywhere But There

It was one of the most curious ommissions I’d ever read. Citing an Italian analyst’s…

Palestinian “Happiness”

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a focus of media coverage throughout the world for decades.…

This is Social Justice

The irresistible urge to work for justice is a hallmark of Jewish engagement with the…

Welcome To My Neighbourhood, Part II

To say that Jews have a complex relationship to Europe would be a gross understatement.…

The Other Side

It’s never been an official policy. But, some time over the last twenty-five years, Israel stopped giving…

Appetite for Self-Destruction

Avigdor Lieberman‘s victory, or so it seems, was preordained. Nothing that the actual winner of…