Category Archives: Palestine & Israel

Reading Journal: Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Aantaki — 2

Posted on March 17, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I continue to be fascinated with this book—part 1 of this reading journal is here—and with the effort Ahmed (the narrator) makes, even while he is planning a suicide attack against Israel, to imagine his Jewish father’s life. The author, Myriam Antaki, … Continue reading →

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Reading Journal: Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Antaki – 1

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I started a new novel not too long ago, Verses of Forgiveness, by Myriam Antaki and translated from the French by Marjolin de Jager. Antaki is a Syrian novelist who writes in French. Verses of Forgiveness, which is narrated in a lyrical, dream-like … Continue reading →

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Being called racist or sexist does not “destroy” people, and, Joseph Levine’s defense of calling someone an awful human being

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Ampersand

On drawing breaks lately, I’ve been leaving comments on Ozy’s blog, which I feel a bit guilty about since I’ve been neglecting my own blog. (Leaving comments on someone else’s blog is, somehow, easier and quicker for me than writing … Continue reading →

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This is (Potentially) a VERY Big Deal: Hamas drops call for destruction of Israel from manifesto

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

ETA: When I first read the Guardian article, I carelessly did not look at the date, which is January 12, 2006, and so this is not so much a big deal now. Nonetheless, it is significant that Hamas has taken … Continue reading →

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Is Hamas Considering Recognition Of Israel? – from Al-Monitor

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

From a very interesting article by Shlomi Eldar on Al-Monitor, which is a very useful source of information if you follow what’s going on in the Middle East: “Reconciliation between Hamas and Fatah is stuck, because right now the United … Continue reading →

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So This Is Really Spooky

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

When I was in yeshiva, our tenth grade gemara teacher was Rabbi Wehl, and he would often take time in class to talk to us about Israel and how important it was to the Jewish people, how miraculous its very … Continue reading →

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Architectural Occupation and Israel’s Borders

Posted on January 6, 2011 by Jack Stephens

Hello, again, to everyone here in Amptoons Int3rWebzzz L4nd!  It’s been a while since I’ve been posting on here, not sure why, crazy life got in the way, I guess.  But I have been posting regularly at my blog The … Continue reading →

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Went to See Maz Jobrani Last Night

Posted on November 7, 2010 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I took my wife and my son for their birthdays, which are a day apart later this month, to see the Iranian-American comic Maz Jobrani last night at Town Hall. He is very talented and very funny. One of the … Continue reading →

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UCI Suspends Muslim Student Union

Posted on June 20, 2010 by Julie

I’m embarrassed that I didn’t hear about this until last night, especially since my husband attends the very campus in question. (In my defense, I was in the mountains for most of last week.) In response to Muslim students’ protest* … Continue reading →

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A wee bit more on Helen Thomas

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Julie

I’d really rather stop writing about this – I have a post about compost (a com-post?) that’s been sitting on the backburner for about two weeks now – but I’ve been absolutely gobsmacked by the tropes people are pulling out … Continue reading →

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