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Professor Rona Kaufman
United States
Приєднався 27 лип 2022
Hi! I'm Rona Kaufman. I'm an associate professor of law and the proud mom of three kids. I am also an active member of my Jewish community, a feminist, and a Zionist. I teach Constitutional Law, Employment Discrimination Law, Family Law, and Gender & the Law. My scholarship focuses on how the law intersects with issues of concern for women and Jews. I am currently working on an article on how Zionism is a women's liberation movement. It will be published in Florida International University's Law Review in 2025. My UA-cam channel is focused on educating viewers about Israel, Zionism, and Jewish history. I hope the facts I share will help people recognize, understand, and respond to the lies that are being spread about the Jewish people and Israel.
A Message for My Jewish Colleagues
Too many Jewish and Zionist faculty are remaining silent at a time when they should be using their platforms. Now is the time to stand up, speak up, and set the record straight. We need everyone to use their voice to stop the spread of blood libels and misinformation. Never Again is Now.
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Відео
Justice David Wecht at Pittsburgh’s Bring Them Home Vigil.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice David Wecht shares his thoughts at Pittsburgh’s Bring Them Home vigil.
Genocide or War?
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There is an important difference between genocide and war. The conflict between Israel and Gaza is a war. While it is true that innocent people have been killed during this war, that does not transform this war into a genocide. Innocent people are killed in every war. In modern urban wars 9 civilians are usually killed for every 1 combatant. In this war, 1-2 civilians have been killed for every...
Blood Libel
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Blood Libel is a lie told about Jews to justify killing them. The earliest blood libel was the lie that Jews kill Christian children for ritualistic purposes. Over the centuries people spread lies that Jews caused the Black Plague, that Jews are subhuman or superhuman, that Jews control the world, and that Jews planned the 9/11 attacks. Today blood libels are being spread to vilify Israel and t...
The Feminist Response to October 7th Part 2
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Responding to sexual assault and punishing rapists is not only morally right - it is the responsibility of any government!! When feminists say that Israel "weaponized" sexual assault - they BETRAY women, girls, and their feminist values.
A Statement of Hope
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It is a terrible time for the Jewish people. And yet, there is reason to have hope. Unlike almost every other time in our history, we have the means to defend ourselves, to see that Justice is served, and to prevent those who seek to annihilate us from achieving their goal. We have a nation with a highly skilled military, a resilient and resourceful citizenry, and the power of the Jewish diaspo...
The Feminist Response to October 7th
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I am a feminist and I say rape is ALWAYS WRONG!!! In response to October 7th, many feminist groups were silent. Suddenly, some feminists seemed to think that rape can be resistance. Some feminists claimed that by waging war against Hamas in response to the atrocities of October 7th, Israel was "weaponizing" sexual assault. Shame on them. Victims of rape have a right to defend themselves and to ...
Hamas's Genocidal Intentions and Actions
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Israel is not committing genocide - but Hamas is trying to. The crime of genocide, one of the most serious accusations leveled against a nation, is defined by two elements: 1️⃣ The intention to destroy a people in whole or in part. 2️⃣ Actions taken in furtherance of that goal. Israel is not trying to destroy the Palestinian people, in whole or in part. But Hamas is trying to destroy the Jewish...
What is Zionism?
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Zionism is the belief that Jews, like all other peoples, have a right to self-determination in their ancestral and indigenous homeland. More than 90% of Jews are Zionist. For most Jews, Zionism is an integral part of their Jewish identity and practice. In this video I explain the history of Zionism and its significance to the Jewish people. Herzl, Theodor. The Jewish State. East India Publishin...
Justice David Wecht Discusses Anti-Semitism
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Justice David Wecht Discusses Anti-Semitism
Israel and Antisemitism Explainer Videos
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Israel and Antisemitism Explainer Videos
Understanding Zionism and Anti-Zionism
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Understanding Zionism and Anti-Zionism
How to Respond to Anti-Israel "Jews".
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How to Respond to Anti-Israel "Jews".
Thank you.
How about outright threats of violence , Most people fear that...
Thank you Rona ❤
Thank you.
An excellent explanation. The very idea of Jews colonizing Judea.....like Poles colonizing Poland!
This has spread to Australian campuses - with some professors supporting it and on occasion, joining in some "events". They're also conflating Palestinians with Australian First Nations People at those events. It's absolutely disgusting
THANK YOU!
Great video! I am a Hispanic liberal man that feels disgusted by how the left has totally discounted the animalistic behavior of Hamas on Oct. 7! But the left never condemned the same behavior from ISIS or when the Egyptian women were raped and molested during their participation in the Arab Spring demonstrations! So you are Arab or a person "of color" and have a free pass? Disgusting!!
This is the cost of Never Again. I am an older Australian woman. I stand with the Jewish people through faith and for justice. I have taken time to learn your history. You must stand up for yourselves because the world will not stand up for you.
There are 2.04 BILLION Muslims in the world. It is estimated that 15-25% of Muslims are radicalized extremists; that is 306,000,000-510,000,000 of radicalized Muslims are committed to the destruction of Israel and death to all Jews worldwide. There is no reasoning, education or 'discussion' possible with radicalized Islamists. Further, the 75-85% of non-radical Muslims will stand by and silently applaud the slaughter of Jews worldwide. You ivory tower types need to propose something more assertive than pamphlets and lively discussions because you are not only fighting radicalized Islam, but your universities are poisoned by cultural Marxist professors and administrators that produce antisemitic hatred among student bodies.
Non Jewish 77 y/o woman who loves Israel 🇮🇱 and the God of Abraham Isaac and Jacob - praying for your safety & each IDF praying for the Peace of Jerusalem. ❤
Hopefully, people understand that Arabs are Semites, too, and should be included in the antisemitism conversation. Let’s protect every human regardless of who they are, colour of their skin, beliefs and ideology.
So sorry for all the haters in these comments. You are speaking truth,
Adolf satanyahu and the diaper brigade
Thank you from a non-Jew who respects Jews and the people of Israel. It is very important for people like me in confronting Jew haters to know that educated Jews are also in the fight for truth and justice. You have allies that you may not recognize who will fight Jew hatred with you.
US does not need to fund Israeli war machine any further when there is no day after plan
Hashem makes it VERY clear near the end of Devarim that Jews will be hated and expelled when they assimilate and our current assimilation rate in the US hovers around 90%. This is NOTHING new as our history of assimilation and eviction is clearly laid out in the history books. All the cheering squads in the world cannot defeat God's rule.
Just read Ilan Pappe or even Norman Finkelstein. What about Thomas Thompson?
And there are us non-Jews in the US who are not experts such as Ms. Kaufman, but are knowledgeable, and are with Israel all the way.
Nobody had the right to tell Jews not to immigrate to the region in the decades prior to 1948. There were Jews and also a lot of Arabs immigrating to the region. Arabs telling Jews not to be there was exactly like klansman burning crosses on black families' lawns. That's all the education anyone needs. After that it's just a matter of having some balls. The way Israel is going all Jackie Chan on its adversaries right now, it's pretty evident Jews are formidable. If it's 16 million Jews versus 2 billion of the other guys on the last day, I'm throwing down with the jews. I'm irish. I'll take up a strategic position behind the garquad tree and catapult potatoes at the m'ffers.
You literally described was israel is doing in your definition of genocide and then called it a war bc its makes you feel better
Thank you Professor
Zionists are not fighting a war. They are undertaking a genocide and stealing land. They are just like nazis. If you are. Jew you must be against this massacre, be brave
Thank you so much Professor Rona
What an awesome point: our 18 year old young are fighting a war in Gaza, and the least we can do is defend them! Amen.
I am not Jewish, but I am what and who I am because of my Jewish legacy. Thank you for you stance. I pray for the peace of Jerusalem!
To be honest it was very hard not to throw up while listening to your video. So after countless (at least 40-42.000) people, a big part of them children, were viciously murdered, slaughtered by Israel and by Jews, you are still trying to indoctrinate us about antisemitism? You and your argumentation is unbelievably disgusting. How dare you speak this way? Israel is committing the same or even worse war crimes the Nazis were committing in the the 1940's. What the hell are you talking about? Don't you see that the majority of people is tired of this constant propaganda about Jews being the eternal victims? Grow up and leave us alone with this nonsense. Israel currently destroys itself and every credibility of this victim-argument. You cannot play this card anymore, sorry. It doesn't work anymore. Your cognitive dissonance and ignorance regarding human beings memed and killed like animals every day in Gaza is repulsive to say the least. Israel seems to be a totally brainwashed, militarized, extremely racist and backwards society. How dare you try to dictate other people anything? Acknowledge the sins you are committing. I cannot symphatize with so-called "soldiers", who slaughter other human beings en masse, laugh about this, are proud of their war crimes and total moral bankruptcy and still expect us to feel sympathy for them. They deserve nothing like that. You trying to shame us into submission to your inhumane and useless propaganda is infuriating. Shame on you, shame on Israel.
Hi Rona, love the work you’re doing here. I’ve set up a group at my shul to practise discussing and explaining exactly this sort of material. Do you by chance have transcripts of your videos. Or can you recommend a good source for similar? Thanks
Source lists are in the descriptions of each of my videos.
South African, non-Jew Atheist & former Anti-Zionst turned Zionist. Thank you for this Professor & wishing you all the best
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Sure. "Genocide" in Gaza as as much Hamas as any Israeli. Also, Hamas long term plan, annilating Israel; IS planning for Genocide in big scala... Even if the more moderate palestinians are willing to let the surviving Jews evacuate and flee to other countries.
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Where are your "Facts and truthful information"? What "misinformation and disinformation" are you referring to? I waited until the end, but it was left unaddressed, it was merely an opinion piece. Perhaps in a future video you will be more expressive and explicit with your point, thanks.
I'm on the medical faculty at Ben-Gurion University In Beer Sheva. Kol haKavod (bravo) Rona!
The main fallacy of this idea is that it conflates a group of people of thousands of years ago with another one of the present day. The claim that the colonisers (their own words, your own words, Zionism's own words, sorry) of Palestine from Europe are equivalent with the group of people who practiced Judaism in Palestine 2 millennia ago needs firm proof even if we ignore the absurd anachronism embedded within. But it seems that any proof available clearly refutes this claim.
Eff all you zios
Excellent advice! I would like to add one more thing. Whatever you do, don't beg, plead or apologize.
Wow, so powerful! Good for you for speaking up. You're getting a very important message across and hopefully many will follow up in it! Thank you! God Bless!!!
Not to resort to ad-hominins, but frankly i have never come across a professor that has exhibited such cluelessness within the span of 5 minutes. Let me enlighten you; 1) Do you know the difference between a Jew/Hebrew/Israelite? of course the meanings have all become conflated over the years, but at some point in time there were a "people" who were united by 'descendance' or blood (i.e. descendants of Jacob) . This has nothing to do with the 'faith' they observed. If you had ever bothered to read the Torah you would have understood that not all of the children-of-Israel followed El'lah (Yahweh), some even apostatized and inherited the beliefs of the Canaanites which they were supposed to overthrow entirely; take for instance the tribes of Dan & Asher who failed to eradicate the Canaanites despite instructions from God, resulting in admixture which believed in "Baal" & other Gods. (The Torah is very clear on this). Fast forward to the 21st century, and there are countless studies on gene migration and haplogroups that prove without a shadow of doubt that Palestinians share a lot of DNA with Jews. It therefore is not unreasonable to think that many Jews converted to Islam over the years as Islam exerted it's influence. To presume that Jews never adopted other faiths when the Torah itself proved otherwise shows academic ignorance. No-one disputes that there was a population that adhered to the 'jewish faith' back in the time of David / Solomon / Moses - but to conflate religion with 'people' is just abject stupidity.
Respectfully Rona, This video is textbook cognitive dissonance. To the extent that feels familiar in 1944 Nazi Germany where one would expect supporters of the reich encouraging support for the 'brave' German soldiers. I find it insulting that the term 'antisemitic' is used whenever there's any criticism of Israel. This is not about Jews or their history; to conflate that with Israel is dishonest at worst or ignorant at best. I wouldn't worry about the 18 year old IDF soldiers, if you ask any of your colleague professors with any grasp of statistics or probability-modelling they would readily tell you that after the fighter jets have wiped out a block the ensuing soldiers on the ground are relatively safe. The numbers speak for themselves. Israel's slaughter of Gaza is equivalent to not just shooting fish in a barrel but throwing a grenade in the barrel. Brave are the Jews who have risked condemnation from their peers and have stood up against the slaughter in Gaza. People like Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky are the real Jewish heroes who should be celebrated for dedicating their whole academic lives towards pursuit of truth - they are the brave ones. If all your tenure in academia has come to the conclusion that Israel's government and their actions deserve support then you should readily resign.
Thanks so much for all you do❤❤❤
NO PEACE ON STOLEN LAND 🍉🍉FREE PALESTINE
Progressive Liberal movement is poison.
Jewish education is important to every Yid.
I'm a 60-year-old Jewish man who wasn't alive during the Second World War. I could never fully comprehend the pure evil of that time or how friends could turn on their Jewish neighbors. Now, I have seen firsthand and truly understand how real antisemitism is. Thank you for your message
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People who support the genocide _should_ be challenged. The idea that there might be some sort of consequence for supporting Israel’s malfeasant expansionist actions toward the Semitic peoples of Palestine is LAUGHABLE. Oh, you might get some angry messages from people who have enough of a moral core to be disgusted by Israel’s genocide, but you are in no professional or social danger whatsoever.
While Hamas is trying to perpetrate a genocide, Israel is not. Their response to Oct 7th has been, I believe to Hamas' disappointment, quite reasonable and restrained. If Israel has been trying to commit a genocide for the past year, why do you think they have failed. Do they lack the means, or the opportunity?
@loneshine what genocide?! dropping over 70 000 bombs resulting in, ACCORDING TO HAMAS, 40 000 dead? That's a pretty ineffective "genocide", especially in one of the world's most densely populated areas where Hamas actively uses the population as shields. Who gains and who loses from dead civilians? Simple question, dude. Hamas gains support, Israel loses. It is in Hamas' interest to have as many "martyrs" as possible. Laughable is to accuse Israel of committing genocide.
Oh don't give me the victim card please
this is not a victim card, there are no watermelonian supporters targeted anywhere. They are free to express their opinion. Jews are not, they are being silenced, threatened and attacked. Nobody is mocking the collateral civilian casualties of the war. Your kind on the other hand, the pro-watermelonians, are always mocking Israeli victims, denying the horrific atrocities and you rip down posters depicting hostages. Take a look in the mirror and have a talk with yourself, you look like you need one.
As a Christian man I am in full support of Israel and the Jewish people.