Oct 8, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Foreign Policy, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: The Good Men Project (October 8, 2015) When you’re a Jewish person who is willing to criticize the State of Israel, you quickly discover three things: To many other critics of Israel, the authenticity of your position will be constantly questioned. Indeed, whereas a non-Jewish critic of Israel can easily acknowledge that the situation is complicated, a Jewish critic is often held in...
Sep 22, 2015 | Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues
Jul 27, 2015 | Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016), Jewish Experiences, mic, Political Parties, Religion and Religious Issues, Republicans
Published: MSNBC (July 27, 2015) When Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee claimed last weekend that President Obama would ultimately “take the Israelis and march them to the door of the oven,” the former Arkansas governor wasn’t being simply hyperbolic about the merits of the Iranian nuclear deal. He was banking on the idea that there is a rift between the Democratic president and...
Jun 6, 2015 | Autobiographical, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: Good Men Project (June 6, 2015) Exactly 18 years ago on this day, I nearly died. A somewhat morbid reflection on everything that has happened since. As I’ve discussed in an earlier article, I was the victim of an anti-Semitic hate crime when I was twelve, one that nearly cost me my life. When I realized that the 18th anniversary of that event would fall on the day of my...
Jun 4, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Gender and Sexism, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: Good Men Project (June 4, 2015) Some Men’s Rights Activists are blaming the positive media coverage of Caitlyn Jenner on the Jews. Yes, you read that correctly. For several weeks, I’ve been carefully preparing an article on a childhood experience that profoundly shaped my worldview today: An act of anti-Semitic bullying that nearly cost me my life. Because June 6th marks the...
Apr 27, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Jewish Experiences, Original Source Salon.com, Race and Racism
Feb 27, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Jewish Experiences, Original Source Salon.com
Feb 2, 2015 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, Jewish Experiences, mic, Race and Racism, Scandals
Published: Daily Dot (February 2, 2015) Prospective Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is well-known for his opposition to same-sex marriage and other LGBT rights causes, so recently he decided to protect himself from accusations of bigotry by relying on a popular fallacy. "People can be my friends who have lifestyles that are not necessarily my lifestyle," he insisted. "I don't...
Jan 22, 2015 | Autobiographical, Jewish Experiences, mic, Terrorism, World Affairs
Published: Good Men Project (January 22, 2015) Matthew Rozsa explores the divided politics of the American Jewish community. ___ Although I recall a great deal about the day I was nearly murdered, my conscious memory has suppressed the few minutes during which my head was held under water and my 6th grade classmates chanted “Drown the Jew!” Like a scratched DVD, it skips from the moment right...
Dec 17, 2014 | Gun Control, Jewish Experiences, mic
Published: Good Men Project (December 17, 2014) Matthew Rozsa meditates on what we lost when Gabby Giffords was shot … and what we can still hope for. ___ It would be an understatement to say that I’m not an observant Jew. I don’t keep kosher, only periodically observe the High Holy Days, and didn’t even remember that it was Channukah until I saw this Facebook picture of former Rep. Gabrielle...