Bradley Burston of Haaretz — one of their more energetic and ballsy voices, which says a lot — spoke for Amienu this past month. I haven’t had a chance to watch it yet, so somebody tell me if it’s good or not.
Bradley Burston @ Ameinu NY from Hiam Simon on Vimeo.
Archive for March, 2009
Bradley Burston from Haaretz
March 31st, 2009 Filed under: Israel. 0 Comments
Opposing Pesach haggadahs
Spotted side-by-side in a Toronto Judaica store: the Santa Cruz Haggadah “a coloring book for higher consciousness” and Haggadat HaChayelim “The Solders’ Haggadah: A Tribute to the Israeli Armed Forces. The latter compares (I shit you not) cleaning your house of leavened bread to hunting for terrorists.
March 30th, 2009 Filed under: General. 0 Comments
A night with Abe, Bret, Oren and the dreaded Z-word: It’s the occupation, stupids!
X-posted from Jewschool:
For many days now, I’ve been reconsidering the position of Diaspora Jewish left viz a viz the powerlessness we think we suffer on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The word “occupation” was unforgiveable just a decade ago and the two-state solution is now the accepted solution to the conflict. In the past 28 years, the [...]
March 25th, 2009 Filed under: General. 0 Comments
A Religious War in Israel’s Army
By Ethan Bronner in the NY Times, a report on the effect of orthodox pre-military academies and officers on military ethics. Mostly, the accusations of secular, Western-minded humanist Israelis against the right-wing Modern Orthodox.
It is very scary that Israel’s military is being more influenced by Jews who believe that fighting Arabs is a sacred [...]
March 23rd, 2009 Filed under: Israel and War. 0 Comments
Yichus
noun, Yiddish
1. A good bloodline
2. Street cred
Example: I’m told my Catholic side is seventh-generation Californian, descended from Conquistador Del Castillo. I got serious non-Jewish yichus.
March 23rd, 2009 Filed under: Nomenclature. 0 Comments
Obama’s a funny mutha
Dubbya he ain’t. Thank the Lord Almighty. Did Bush go on the Tonight Show as President?
March 22nd, 2009 Filed under: Humor. 1 Comment
PR Spokeswoman FAIL
I would love to see a blog dedicated to public relations fails. It would be more painful than Seinfeld.
Like the Israel military contractor which made a horrible Bollywood-style marketing video for an Indian client.
Or this Israeli Defense Forces spokeswoman who admits on BBC Radio that the IDF received a complaint letter from soldiers about Gaza civilian [...]
March 19th, 2009 Filed under: Israel. 0 Comments
A one-state solution from a pragmatic, civil rights perspective
A colleague is trying to write a resource guide about why two states is better than one. I can’t say I agree that all the reasons below are enough to say one state isn’t a better idea in the long run, taking into account some short run bumpiness.
But I submit this for public review and [...]
March 18th, 2009 Filed under: Israel. 0 Comments
Agnostidox
noun, slang
1. Combination of agnostic and orthodox
2. Someone who lives an outwardly Orthodox lifestyle but doesn’t believe in God.
March 17th, 2009 Filed under: Nomenclature. 8 Comments
Taxes
Taxes, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18.
It’s the season of flu and tax prep.
March 15th, 2009 Filed under: General. 0 Comments
