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Author: Avi Woolf

The Invisible Black Man Speaks

Avi Woolf |  17/05/2015 
Mumia "Obsidian" Ali talks about the experience of the Abandoned - working class American Black men left to fend entirely for themselves.

Baltimore, Moynihan and the Invisible Black Man

Avi Woolf |  11/05/201513/05/2015 
The solution to Baltimore, and to the Black community in general, lies in recognizing the problem of the invisible and discarded Black man.

Austria-Hungary’s First World War

Avi Woolf |  31/03/201502/04/2015 
The Battle of Galicia is finally given its rightful place as one of the titanic clashes of August 1914 alongside the Marne and Tannenberg.

A Minority Report for Israel’s Right

Avi Woolf |  26/03/201529/03/2015 
Until now, Israel's right has let the left set the tone for discussions of non-Jewish minorities. Here's how they can change that.

When Czarist Russia Committed Suicide

Avi Woolf |  12/03/201519/01/2016 
A new documentary promises to finally tell the story of WWI from the Russian perspective.

BDS and the Dilemma of Jewish Liberal Academics

Avi Woolf |  19/02/201521/02/2015 
The recent success of BDS have forced a thorough response by liberal Jewish academics. The book tells us as much about them as it does about BDS.

The Church of Agranat and Feinstein

Avi Woolf |  14/12/201414/12/2014 
Dianne Feinstein's report on CIA torture is part of a long history of choosing "justice" over solutions, something Israel is all too familiar with.

Bashing Israel as Group Therapy

Avi Woolf |  23/11/201423/11/2014 
The New Yorker's recent articles on Israel make sense as the effort of liberal diaspora Jews to cleanse their conscience at Israeli expense.

Europe’s ‘Other’: A Response to Natan Sharansky

Avi Woolf |  30/09/201405/01/2015 
The post-liberal atmosphere Natan Sharansky sees is rooted in disdain for non-Western Europe - of which the Jews were a vital part.

Patriotism and Dissent: Not a Zero-Sum Game

Avi Woolf |  16/09/201407/02/2016 
Contrary to the far left, there are ways to dissent and reform government conduct without blackening the country's name in public.

The Jewish Holy War in Galicia, 1914-1916

Avi Woolf |  28/08/201421/11/2014 
For the Jews, the fight against the Russian Army in Galicia in WWI was far from "futile" or "pointless".

Hasbara – What’s It Good For, Anyway?

Avi Woolf |  12/08/201421/11/2014 
Thousands of Jews and Israel supporters engaged in Hasbara daily during Protective Edge. But how effective is it?

The Shots That Started the First World War?

Avi Woolf |  28/06/201421/11/2014 
The First World War was the result of deliberate and conscious action, not accidental and impersonal forces.

Versailles: The Root of All Evil?

Avi Woolf |  01/06/201407/02/2016 
A new History Channel Docudrama claims Versailles was the main cause of WWII. Too bad it's not true.

Prelude to Lebensraum? Germany’s Occupation of Eastern Europe in WWI

Avi Woolf |  18/05/201407/02/2016 
Was the German conquest of Eastern Europe in WWI a prelude to Hitler's racial Armageddon? Not when you look at the facts.

Packs, not Herds: Those Cowardly Frenchmen

Avi Woolf |  12/05/201421/11/2014 
For too long, the French have been derided as militarily incompetent cowards. The WWI Centennial is a chance to put that myth to rest.

Packs, not Herds: The Great Exodus of WWI

Avi Woolf |  20/04/201421/11/2014 
In WWI, over half a million Jews were sent into exile, not by a Pharoah, but by paranoid Russian generals.

Packs, not Herds: A Conservative Take on 21st Century Scientific Progress

Avi Woolf |  05/04/201421/11/2014 
Science and innovation may be 'inevitable', but how we use it is not.

Packs, not herds: Compared to what? On the Industrial Revolution

Avi Woolf |  31/03/201421/11/2014 
In his inaugural blog post, Mida's English editor Avi Woolf takes on one of the great myths of history - the "intolerable conditions" of Industrial Revolution workers.

Jews and the Military: A New Perspective

Avi Woolf |  25/02/201421/04/2015 
Contrary to popular perception, Jews have been defending themselves and fighting in armies long before the State of Israel.

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