Category Archives: Palestine & Israel

Is Criticizing Israel Dangerous For Your Career?

Ezra Klein, using himself as an example, says that “Criticizing Israel is not an act of courage because it’s not actually dangerous for your career.” Well, it’s certainly true that it hasn’t been a problem for some people’s careers. Ezra … Continue reading

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What We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) When We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) antisemitism and Israel – 3

Incident #1 It’s 1993. I am walking out of the mailroom in the building where I work and one of my non-Jewish colleagues–someone I am not close to but with whom I have pleasant enough exchanges when we happen to … Continue reading

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What We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) When We Talk About (And Don’t Talk About) antisemitism and Israel – 2

I have no idea what it is like for an African-American boy or girl to come fully to the realization that it was not so long ago in this country that they would have been someone’s property, or for a … Continue reading

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What We Talk About (And Don't Talk About) When We Talk About (And Don't Talk About) antisemitism and Israel – 1

3/6/09: Some details have been edited to protect people’s privacy. Antisemitism has been a tangible and, to varying degrees, violent presence in my life since at least third grade, which would have been in 1970 or so, when John W–it’s … Continue reading

Posted in Anti-Semitism, International issues, Palestine & Israel, Race, racism and related issues | 38 Comments

Why I've Stopped Talking About Gaza

Short answer: because I can’t think of anything to say. A few days ago, I came across this video on Jewschool: There’s a midrash on the Jacob story that Avraham Burg mentions in his new book. According to the story, … Continue reading

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Talking about anti-semitism now

My Mum grew up in London, and when she was seven she changed schools. They had different routines at her new school and she was a little confused. When the bell rang girls were lining up in two places and … Continue reading

Posted in Palestine & Israel, Race, racism and related issues | 25 Comments

Women and Children – On Innocence

You may have seen the status updates on facebook. Although it depends on who your friends are I guess. At the moment they look like this: In 17 days 919 Palestinians killed by Israel including 284 children & 100 women, … Continue reading

Posted in Colonialism, Feminism, sexism, etc, Palestine & Israel | 13 Comments

Rat-Patootie

Near the end of the sublime Ratatouille, bitter, jaded reviewer Anton Ego pens a column in which he explains that he was wrong about pretty much everything. After discovering that the most sublime meal he’s ever eaten was cooked by … Continue reading

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Video: Unarmed Palestinian-American Activist Confronts Israeli Soldiers

A clip from a Korean news show:

I could never, ever do that.
This is an extreme case of “information via internet.” Is any of this information reliable? Who knows?
According to Juan Cole:
She is being identified by my facebook friends as Huwaida Arraf, a Detroiter married to Adam Shapiro, a University of Michigan Poli Sci graduate, and […] Continue reading

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When Palestinians Die, Americans Eat.

On the radio today: news about the recession. Story after story about dismal holiday sales. Explanations of why it’s not a good idea to be thrifty when money’s tight: if you don’t go out and buy stuff, people will lose … Continue reading

Posted in Economics and the like, Elections and politics, International issues, Palestine & Israel | 2 Comments