May 2012
8 posts
Nazism, Zionism, and the Arab World by Annette...
Annette Herskovits, a holocaust survivor and the daughter of holocaust victims, holds a PhD in linguistics from Stanford University and is the author of Language and Spatial Cognition (Cambridge University Press, 1987, 2009). This article was first published at Dissident Voice.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article31394.htm
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WatchMati Milstein, an Israeli photojournalist, has documented the peaceful resistant activism of Palestinian women against the Israeli occupation. He has put together a photo exhibit called “Nesa’iyéh , which translates to “A Woman Thing”. The opening of his show will take place in Santa Fe, NM on June 15th, 2012.
http://972mag.com/u-s-exhibit-to-showcase-a-non-violent-struggle-led-…>
April 2012
8 posts
WatchPhyilis Bennis, Jewish American political analyst, on why she supports the BDS. This is from April 10th talk at the Lannan Foundation’s Pursuit of Cultural Freedom series.
Choice Videos from Los Angeles, CA →
Larry Ratter, Jewish owner and creator of Choice Videos based out of Los Angeles, CA, is a silent hero by bringing outstanding educational documentaries with fair depictions of Israeli abuse documentation to the United States. His recent releases include Israel vs Israel (http://www.israelvsisraelmovie.com/), Checkpoint (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0391857/ by Israeli Yoav Shamir, and the...
February 2012
2 posts
Witch Hunting a Pro-Palestinian Jewish Academic -... →
Dr. Terri Gingsburg, Jewish American academic, is being witch-hunted by Zionists for expressing empathy for the Palestinians and questioning Israel’s human-rights violations. From Jewish Voice for Peace on-line journal Muzzelwatch:
Open letter in support of professor Terri Ginsburg; appealing to N. Carolina Supreme Court
Posted on February 6 2012 by Cecilie Surasky under Censorship....
U.S. Jews Should Heed Top Israeli Soldiers Who...
Peter Beinart is a Jewish American Jornalist, and author of the book The New Republican and his new book is called The Crisis of Zionism. In this article he warns U.S. Jews to question blindly supporting a war based in Jewish loyalty.
U.S. Jews Should Heed Top Israeli Soldiers Who Oppose Bombing Iran
Peter Beinart, Daily Beast, Feb 7, 2012 4:45 AM EST...
January 2012
6 posts
The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise from Its Ashes →
The Holocaust is Over; We Must Rise from its Ashes, a powerful book by former Israeli Knesset speaker and Jewish National Fund chairman Avraham Burg: ‘If you are a bad person, a whining enemy or a strong-arm occupier, you are not my brother, even if you are circumcised, observe the Sabbath, and do mitzvahs. If your scarf covers every hair on your head for modesty, you give alms and do charity,...
Fighting a Forbidden Battle: How I Stopped...
It is precisely because of the proud tradition of critical thinking inside the Jewish culture, one which spoke the truth during social movements throughout the last century, that has allowed the next generation to break free. Seventeen year old Jewish high school student Jesse Lieberfeld, wins first place for a Martin Luther King, Jr. Writing Award at Winchester Thurstin High School, holding...
WatchRichard Forer, Jewish American author of Breakthrough: Transforming Fear Into Compassion - A New Perspective on the Israel-Palestine Conflict has made a 180 degree change in his beliefs for Israel, and now fully support the plight of the Palestinians. The above interview is on how he changed his loyalties for Israel. Below is his latest op-ed:
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Menachem Rosensaft on why Ultra-Orthodox Judaism...
From the Huffington Post, January 13, 2012:
Menachem Z. Rosensaft is general counsel of the World Jewish Congress and the immediate past president of Park Avenue Synagogue in Manhattan. He teaches about the law of genocide and World War II war crimes trials at Cornell Law School, Columbia Law School and Syracuse University College of Law.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/menachem-rosensaft
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December 2011
14 posts
Ilan Pappe talks about confronting Zionist... →
Confronting intimidation, working for justice in Palestine
Ilan Pappe
The Electronic Intifada
27 December 2011
Demonstration in commemoration of the killing of Mustafa Tamimi, Nabi Salih, West Bank (16 December 2011).
If we had a wish list for 2012 as Palestinians and friends of Palestine, one of the top items ought to be our hope that we can translate the dramatic shift in recent...
Jewish National Fund Board Member Resigns Over... →
From Mondoweiss:
Protesters opposing the eviction of the Sumarin family. (Photo: Activestills)
Seth Morrison, Jewish American, writes in the Forward about his decision to resign from the Jewish National Fund board, and sever all ties with the organization, over the eviction of the Sumarin family in Silwan.
Uri Avnery on Newt Gingrich and the Palestinians →
Uri Avnery is a Israeli writer who has become critical toward his own country because of Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. He is creator of the Gush Shalom Peace Movement in Israel.
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Uri Avnery
December 17, 2011
“With...
Jews san Frontieres →
Jews san Frontieres is a Jewish owned blog which post anti-Zionist media. This blog is a relevant, up-to-date resource.
WatchYoav Shamir is an Israeli film maker of the award winning film Defamation, where he examines anti-Semites and ironically finds the Israelis are the most anti-Semitic of all. He is most famous for his 2003 justice film Checkpoint exposing Israeli checkpoints and abuse on Palestinians. He is now making a film called 10%, which will examine what creates empathy and change given the universal pattern...
Rabbi Brant Rosen supports Professor Marc Ellis →
For those unaware, Professor Marc Ellis from Baylor University and author of the book Judaism Does Not Equal Israel is currently being attacked by American Zionist powers-that-be to let him go from Baylor for his pro-Palestinian stand and teaching. The below post is by Rabbi Brant Rosen (who has been featured on this blog in the past) stating his absolute support for Marc Ellis. This public...
New Pappe book highlights plight of forgotten... →
Ilan Pappe is an ex Israeli history professor who now write and teaches about Israeli injustice. The review of his latest book (hyperlink above) called The Forgotton Palestinians is by Asa Winstanly for the December 7th, 2011 edition of the Electronic Intifada.
WatchHonoring Dr. Norman Finkelstein in this tribute music video.
From Occupation to “Occupy”: The Israelification...
Max Blumenthal is a Jewish American journalist and author who writes for several on-line journals. He and his outstanding Israeli interview videos have been featured on this blog in the past. The following article is a well researched look at how America is adopting Israeli militant security tactics.
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A Warsaw Ghetto With Guns --- My Recent Trip to... →
Philip Weiss is Jewish American, co-founder of the pro-Palestinian on-line journal Mondoweiss. His latest op-ed shows, with photos, how Israel is becoming a scary place even for American Jews. The link to his op-ed is above. Below is a short excerpt:
“I found this separation of consciousness and community so scary that at times I said to myself, I’m American, this isn’t worth dying...
November 2011
11 posts
Front Range Jewish Voice For Peace Picket at the...
http://blog.endtheoccupation.org/2011/11/us-campaign-member-groups-picket-for.html
Even Goldberg acknowledges that a Jew can vote for...
Philip Weiss is a Jewish American reporter and co-creator of the pro-Palestinian on-line journal Mondoweiss. The following is his assessment of the review of Gershom Gorenberg’s recent book “The Unmaking of Israel”.
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Rabbi Jill Jacob is the Head of 'Rabbis for Human... →
April 6, 2011 from The Jewish Forward:
Jewish social justice guru Jill Jacobs is known for her vocal advocacy work on behalf of society’s most marginalized, including undocumented workers and the poor. Now, as newly appointed executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights-North America, she will engage with the most incendiary issue in American Jewish life: public criticism of Israel for its...
A Thorn in the World’s Side: Israel in Midst of... →
Sever Plocker is an Israeli Jew who writes for YNet News, an Israeli opinion on-line journal. In this article he talks about Israel’s declining global reputation as an abusive, colonizing nation.
———————- I’ve been invited to deliver a lecture about Israel’s economy and society at Oxford University. As it is a short lecture, and a respectable...
Hero of French Resistance and Concentration Camp...
by Dr. Hanan Chehata Middle East Monitor
Friday, 11 November 2011 11:03
Stѐphan Hessel was one of the jurors of this year’s Russell Tribunal on Palestine held in Cape Town. Mr Hessel, who is of Jewish origin, is lauded as a hero of the French Resistance who survived torture in Nazi concentration camps following his capture by the Gestapo in World War Two. He went on to be one of...
JJ Goldberg of the Jewish Daily Forward says Hate... →
JJ Goldberg, Jewish American writer for the Jewish Daily Forward, says the only thing uniting Israel is a hate for Arabs:
“So here’s what I’m starting to think: What unifies the Jewish right is not love of Israel but fear and loathing of the Arabs, and anything and anyone giving Arabs a moment’s satisfaction — even an Israeli prime minister who has served his fellow Jews before — is craven,...
Elad Benari, Jewish Canadian, reports on Extremist...
“Former Mossad Chief: Hareidim a Bigger Threat than Iran”
Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevy attacks Israel’s hareidi Jews: Their radicalization is a bigger threat to Israel than Iran.
By Elad Benari, Canada
Former Mossad chief Ephraim Halevyattacked Israel’s hareidi Jews on Thursday, saying they are “a bigger existential threat to Israel than Iran and Ahmadinejad.”
Speaking at a...
October 2011
25 posts
WatchBekah Wolf , Jewish American and married to a Palestinian, gives a talk called “Beyond the Rhetoric: Realities of Israeli Occupation”. The above video is part 1 of 2 from Santa Fe, New Mexico on January 30, 2011. Bekah Wolf is a co-founder of the Palestine Solidarity Project, palestinesolidarityproject.org. Jeff Haas, founder of Another Jewish Voice Santa Fe introduces her.
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