Playwright Israel Horovitz has posted his dramaturgical response to Caryl Churchill’s play “7 Jewish Children,” on the Theater J website. It’s called “What Strong Fences Make” and if you know what to make of it, let me know. In the…
Here is Al Jazeera English’s coverage of Bassam Ibrahim Abu Rahmah’s funeral (warning: includes some very graphic video): Notice how the report places Abu Rahmah’s death in the context of an increasingly violent Israeli response to non-violent Palestinian protest. The…
Typically, because I saw so much wisdom in it, I pushed Bruce Wolman to publish the short note he sent me yesterday, It’s gotten a lot of comment, as you can see. Wolman is a more considered writer than I…
It’s official, the Obama administration has decided to boycott the Durban Review Conference being held this week in Geneva. This is a shameful decision from an administration whose election provided such an important milestone in the United States’ own journey…
I’m harping on David Brooks’s column about his twelfth trip to Israel because Brooks is such an important voice. A wonderful writer, a wonderful presence on television. Very sharp and reasonable about Obama. But completely opaque about his religious investment,…
Susie Kneedler wasn’t able to post the comment below, probably because I’ve banned so many people today good people got caught in the harrow. Sorry. It’s an important comment because it gets at a truth we all knew back when…
The comments policy at the right is clear. No harsh obscenity or vicious name-calling. No imposture. If it needs explication, I’d say: the word “filth” used to describe someone with whom you disagree is off-limits. Vicious commenters have hurt this…
One of Bibi Netanyahu’s themes is economic peace for the Palestinians, not political sovereignty. He means, we will include them more in the robust Israeli economy and bring up their standard of living, and they will then accept their political…
Yesterday Bruce Wolman sent me the following note, about an argument I was having with a progressive Zionist: It’s time to build bridges to the non-Jewish world and stop worrying about converting more Jews to the cause. Liberal Jews will…