Category Archives: Palestine & Israel

Cultural Resistance and Revolution in Palestine

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Jack Stephens

In a recent Crossing the Line podcast, Seth Porcello interviewed Juliano Mer–Khamis, a director of the Freedom Theater in the Jenin refugee camp, a theater for children. Mer–Khamis gives us these solemn words of wisdom: The Palestinian people are going … Continue reading →

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Was left to bleed to death

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Jack Stephens

Please take 10 minutes out of your time to watch this short interview clip of Amer Shurrab, who lost two of his brothers in the same day during the recent war on Gaza. I’m not sure why the person who … Continue reading →

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Is Criticizing Israel Dangerous For Your Career?

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Ampersand

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

Posted on January 23, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

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

Posted on January 21, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

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

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

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

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Julie

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

Posted on January 17, 2009 by Maia

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

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Maia

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

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Jeff Fecke

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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