Jewish American Relationship with Israel
This looks interesting. Anna Baltzer, Norman Finkelstein and Noam Chomsky talking about the Jewish-American relationship with Israel being at a crossroads. I sure hope Daniel Gordis, Steven Cohen, and Malcolm Hoenlein come out and ask some penetrating questions.
And speaking of upcoming events, I keep meaning to promote an event that Antony Loewenstein and Ahmed Moor, co-editors of the great new book After Zionism, are doing at the Brecht Forum on September 18. I’m speaking too. Should be fun. I’m going to put up more about this event next week to prime the pump.
Hilarious. Finkelstein and Chomsky don’t even believe in God. It would be like me offering up an “insiders look” at american roman catholicism (read: i aint no believer). This post, the poster and the roster of speakers say more about this issue than I think you realize, Phil my brother. Atheists speaking as Jews! WOW. Unreal. Yes, indeed, the internalization of Zionism is much much much more pervasive than we care to admit.
In any event, thanks for the notice/announcement – I hope you post vids.
I will hazard a guess that Baltzer, Finkelstein and Chomsky are not going to reject the legitimacy of the Apartheid State. That should not prevent you and me from rejecting it!
I also guess that Baltzer, Finkelstein and Chomsky will not call for a total boycott against Apartheid Israel. Don’t let that prevent you from demanding a total boycott against Israel.
Racist states ought to be boycotted until they’re abolished. What is so hard to recognize about that? Do you remember Apartheid South Africa?
Actually, that total boycott demand, against Israel, is being made loudly and clearly at the University of Michigan campus, and inside its Central Student Government.
See this news coverage: http://youthanormalization.blogspot.com/2012/09/bds-boycott-israel-protest-at.html
I have personally alerted Mondoweiss about this important BDS action at the University of Michigan, and I trust they will cover it themselves shortly.
“great new book After Zionism,”
‘When the Zionism’s over,
turn out the lights.’
I hope Mondoweiss does a story on the hijacking of Richard Silverstein’s web site. Tikkun Olam. It has been down for two days now, and diverts to a rabid pro-Israel server.
In fact, why don’t you offer Richard the opportunity to post on your blog while he is battling the Zio-hackers.
I wonder which way Finkelstein’s going to jump?
It could be comic. What if opinion is perfectly split down the middle? How does he play the iconoclast?