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When you're defending nazi salutes, you're telling me that you're a nazi.
About Elon's Nazi salute, I'll again post this video, which shows Elon's salute side by side with the salute as…
The only thing a beggar provides you with is a blessing/karma, which has no economic value, although I would still…
Well, clearly at least one does. God knows Musk doesn’t have to work another day in his life and hasn’t…
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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
Posted in Palestine & Israel
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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
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
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
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
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
Posted in Media criticism, Palestine & Israel
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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
Posted in Palestine & Israel, Syndicated feeds
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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
Tangentially related: --they wouldn’t do that, unless they were extras in a company of The Sound of Music. --FAKE NEWS!…