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Both Massad, and ‘Open Zion’, ignore the experience of Middle Eastern Jews
In the current media discourse the actual culture and history of the Arab Jews is completely ignored in favor of a bare-knuckles political approach that marks Jews and Arabs as separate categories. The narrative is one that has been constructed by the Zionists and leaves out the existential and cultural substance of the Sephardic community.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Media, Middle East
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Notes on Purim: The affirmation of the diaspora
Shasha: “Purim is thus an affirmation of the Diaspora whereas Hanukkah was a commemoration of the restoration of Jewish sovereignty in the land of Israel.”
Posted in Israel/Palestine
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A Jewish voice left silent: Trying to articulate ‘The Levantine Option’
A response to our recent post on food magazines labeling Arabic food “Israeli” which rested on the false assumption that Jews cannot be Arabs.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Middle East
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Should have seen this coming – Dershowitz defends Paterno
Alan Dershowitz stands up for Joe Paterno’s inaction on the Sandusky case despite demanding collective responsibility for Palestinians.
Posted in American Jewish Community, Israel/Palestine, Media
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Notes on Hanukkah: The Maccabees and Zionism’s ‘invented traditions’
1. The Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, a Hebrew word meaning “to dedicate,” is a minor Jewish festival with no Biblical source. 2. Hanukkah is a historical holiday that commemorates the Jewish defeat of the Seleucidite Syrian Greeks in 165 BCE … Continue reading
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