More censorship in Chicago. This time of an exhibit at a Jewish museum that pictured many different maps of Israel/Palestine. The Tribune story bravely speaks of the money issue. No, we won't get anywhere till we talk about this issue.
it is unfortunate that Chicago’s Spertus Museum recently closed its
“Imaginary Coordinates” exhibit, apparently in response to pressure
from the Jewish United Fund/Jewish Federation of Metropolitan Chicago
and individual donors. The exhibit featured various views of the
struggles in the Middle East and maps from different perspectives.
Couple comments. 1.This article mentions the Jewish Revisionist group “Betar,” whose maps showed Israel extending into Jordan, the biblical lands of Dan, I believe, from which Jordan gets its name. Well Doug Feith’s father is said to have been a member of Betar. Is this where Doug Feith got his extremist views? Feith mentions this not in his new book. (Stephen J. Sniegoski does). 2. Says Spertus: “Our logo is a flame accompanied by the biblical phrase, yehi or, let there be light.” What has happened to my people’s tradition of cultural leadership? Apartheid-like policies in Israel are vitiating same. Come young progressives and redeem your traditions! 3. Here is JTA’s coverage, by Ami Eden, a very nice piece of journalism. Eden quotes the museum’s director saying she wanted to move the museum “from the parochial to the civic.” But the exhibit was too critical of Israel for the big money.
