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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All-Inclusive Racism

Criticism of European anti-Semitism always neglects its context. That is, it mistakes its object, frequently…

Grassroots Jews

Logging onto Facebook recently, I received an invitation to join an initiative called Grassroots Jews,…

The Missing Mizrahim

Some critics have faulted Rachel Shabi’s We Look Like the Enemy: The Hidden Story of…

Viva Italia

Over the course of the last two decades, the question of race has come to…

British Jewish Politics, Part III

I write this with some mixed feelings. On the one hand, I am pleased that…

British Jewish Politics, Part II

Keith Kahn-Harris, in his discussion of British Jewish politics (Zeek, June 30th), presents a rather…

Israel is at War Again

Israel is at war again. This time, the frontline is deep within the country’s borders—South…

Everywhere But There

His English isn’t very good, but the guy sure knows how to communicate with dogs.…