EV is an irreverant bastard. Which is why I like the guy so much. His latest comic work is so funny it’s painful and so painful it’s funny. If you’ve not already seen, let me introduce you to Israel Man and Diaspora Boy, a visual representation of the Zionist language of our forethinkers. And if [...]
Archive for June, 2008
“Stage Two” Relationship to Israel
A question posed to me this week by birthright israel alumni and Dorot fellows in NYC: How do we justify work in America on behalf of a progressive Israel? I want to make my answer personal rather than institutional or intellectual, as a person who — like you all — is at “Stage Two” of [...]
Jun 10th, 2008 Israel and Musings 0 Comments
Why are we talking one state again?
In the past few months, I’ve felt the surfacing of one-state solutions to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more and more, in both articles and discussions, which I find preposterous. I refute nationalism and actually severely disagree that putting all the Jews in one place on earth is best for our continuity. (It just makes Ahmadinejad’s nuke [...]
Jun 4th, 2008 Israel 0 Comments
Revisiting Israel and a return to the conflict inside
I was hoping, in a way, that my return 12-day tour to Israel would strike me as less powerful than the first. I dreamt, perhaps naively, four years after first witnessing the conflict, poverty, racial discrimination, and social apathy that I would stand more confidently before the balagan and not be shaken. Yes. And no. [...]
Jun 3rd, 2008 Israel 3 Comments