By way of a personal update. Hardcopy I’ve read the past couple weeks: Paul of Dune, the latest pre/sequel in the apocrypha of the original series, read it in 5 hours on the plane With An Iron Pen: Twenty Years of Hebrew Protest Poetry, tearsomely heartrending The Holocaust is Over by Avrum Burg, this book [...]
Archive for July, 2009
Gerald Steinberg’s “Red lines”
Gerald Steinberg of NGO Monitor is spending every resource at his disposal attacking Human Rights Watch, the New Israel Fund, and a small number of NIF’s grantees. His refrain is demanding to know NIF’s “red lines” of what it won’t fund, hoping to discredit NIF in the eyes of Jewish American donors. There’s been a [...]
Jul 30th, 2009 General 0 Comments
Defending Breaking the Silence
Comment I loved on JTA’s article about NIF: NGO Monitor is an ultra right wing organization funded by right wing Jews in the US that fund Stand with Us and the Israel Project, together with evangelical Christians. It never has shown a single testimony of Breaking the Silence to be false; instead it goes after [...]
Jul 28th, 2009 Israel 2 Comments
Diane Balser and Jeremy Ben-Ami
Diane Balser and Jeremy Ben-Ami, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Exec Directors of Brit Tzedek and J Street respectively, Diane Balser and Jeremy Ben-Ami, speak to a new cadre of pro-peace leaders. We’ll gather again at the J Street conference.
Jul 27th, 2009 General 0 Comments
Debating plans for countering the anti-peace bill in the Senate
Debating plans for countering the anti-peace bill in the Senate, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Sherry and Danielle of NYC, Rachel of Denver, and others from the Boston chapter discuss getting 3,000 more signatures for the ‘;We’ve Got Your Back, Mr. President" campaign.
Jul 27th, 2009 General 0 Comments
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom’s Grassroots Training Institute
Brit Tzedek v’Shalom’s Grassroots Training Institute, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. I am here in Chicago for Brit Tzedek v’Shalom’s Grassroots Leadership Training Institute. Diane Balser, Cherie Brown, Steve Masters, and Rabbi Brant Rosen just opened the conference. Check www.twitter.com/kungfujew18 for more regular updates.
Jul 26th, 2009 General 0 Comments
“More than one way to be pro-peace” talk at Dem. Sens. meeting
I don’t believe this is very important to mention, but it’s notable to me. JTA reported that the 22 organizations present at the Democratic Senators meeting included all three peace orgs, APN, Brit Tzedek and J Street, but weren’t invited to speak. However, the final speaker was a Chabad representative who offered some interesting words [...]
Jul 23rd, 2009 Israel 0 Comments
Google Maps of the Settlement Expropriation and Roadblocks
I just saw this on Mondoweiss, something which I’ve actually been searching for some time now, a Google map of the leaked IDF database. View Excerpts: “SPIEGEL DATABASE” OF WEST BANK SETTLEMENTS AND OUTPOSTS in a larger map You can also see a Google map of the roadblocks thanks to Machsom Watch.
Jul 22nd, 2009 Israel 1 Comment
We’re not trashing the IDF for fun, we’re saving her soul
Redacted from a comment I made on Jewschool which perhaps I’ve not made clear so far: Let’s take a step back: neither I nor Breaking the Silence are in a battle to tarnish the IDF wantonly. It may feel that way. But I’m not. Because I’ve worked so closely with the Breaking the Silence staff, their patriotism is [...]
Jul 20th, 2009 Israel, War and X-posted to Jewschool 0 Comments
Israelistine: the new candy bar!
New! Feel your mouth explode with flavor! Equally impactful on both children and adults! Everyone will want a peice of this action! Featuring nuts from all over the world!
Jul 20th, 2009 Humor and Israel 2 Comments