‘JTA’ reports that as much as 2/3 of Democratic money comes from Jewish donors By Philip Weiss June 8, 2011 23 I admire Ron Kampeas of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency for telling readers that he is…
Syrian arrest of ‘A gay girl in Damascus’ commands international attention By Philip Weiss June 8, 2011 2 Washington Post covers the arrest two days ago of Amina Arraf, “A Gay Girl in…
Israeli defense establishment seems to want Netanyahu out By Ira Glunts June 7, 2011 39 According to a Ben Caspit column in Ma’ariv (Hebrew), for the past two years there…
U.S. media buys Israel’s Naksa spin that protesters were orchestrated By Alex Kane June 7, 2011 9 Variations on the line the Israeli government fed to Israeli media yesterday about the killings…
Israel arrests 76-year-old Israeli journalist for incitement and 6-year-old Palestinian boy By Kate June 7, 2011 4 and other news from Today in Palestine:
Wait– did Israel lay a minefield in Golan in last 3 weeks to kill protesters? By Philip Weiss June 7, 2011 28 Marian Houk has a disturbing report at UN-Truth. The beginning of her post: There were…
‘Mishigas’ and ‘mensch’ make primetime By Philip Weiss June 7, 2011 35 I track Yiddish in the mainstream media. And yesterday:
Encountering Leonard Cohen in an L.A. pizzeria By Philip Weiss June 7, 2011 192 I graduated from law school two weeks ago. Last Tuesday, I decided to take the…
Brooke Gladstone is hip By Peter Voskamp June 7, 2011 1 Saw your post about Keller retiring and Brooke Gladstone interviewing him and Abramson. I share…
