Tag Archives: Richard Silverstein

stuck in the in-between space

Clearly, the kind of virulent Arab anti-Semitism, or rather anti-Israel easily spilling, absurdly, into a kind of biological racism is not endemic to the Arab world in the same way that characterized the Jewish experience in Europe from east to … Continue reading

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power of the pulpit

Religion 2.0. As long as they can see the light. It seems like a paradox, a type of oxymoron: religious Zionism. A nativist approach to the land, nation building, combined with the traditional diaspora values of power that are exclusive … Continue reading

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carnival barkers

Just regular guys. Just hangin’ with the boys who have a little time on their hands on the weekend idling in Homs. Some have great senses of humor. You can sense the fiber of Mark Twain there mixed with O’Henry … Continue reading

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stop making sense

The following article cited seems like a total slimy shred of reporting. It has to be part of the “normalization industry”; a new version of the coalition of the willing with Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and so on, with Israel … Continue reading

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i and thou and the guy that wrote it down

I and thou. Us and them. Utopian prophet and social visionary or charlatan and snake oil salesman, as intellectual lamb in sheep’s clothing; a crypto-Zionist as a very good cop? Martin Buber’s translator has died which brings focus back to … Continue reading

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anything goes: oven baked fresh and flesh

Jimmy Carter’s doing the Saint Peanut Man from Georgia narcissist pose on his book on Palestine; like Swingin’ Jimmy really cares.Better beer soaked brother Billy should raise some Cain at the Wall: your choice, the separation or the Western. A … Continue reading

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lets build something together: but not quite yet

…One of the most famous such sources is a recounting in the Talmud of a story that occurred after the destruction, when several of the most prominent sages of the time, including Rabbi Akiva, went up to the Temple Mount. … Continue reading

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