Below is the back and forth of one of the weirdest Twitter discussions I’ve had to date, which began with an agreement that Israel isn’t apartheid, but whether the Toronto city council should defund the local gay pride parade because a marching group is saying Israel is apartheid. Then it went to la-la-land from there [...]
Archive for June, 2011
Dog sentenced to stoning by Israeli rabbinical court is hoax
Last week, the intertubez esploded with the tall tale — unfortunately, within the pale of believability — that an ultra-Orthodox rabbinical court in Israel had sentenced a lawyer-reincarnated-as-dog to death by stoning. Ynet offered the story in English, which shot through Twitter like a hot pita through hummus. But over the weekend, Maariv purportedly issued [...]
Jun 20th, 2011 Humor and Israel 0 Comments
Raising support to finish “A Third Way – Settlers and Palestinians as Neighbors”
A unique film and project of Harvey Stein, seeking to shed light and not partisanship on the issues of Jews and Palestinians living in close, tense and often violent quarters with each other. A surprisingly fair-handed and open airing of both sides, I hope you can be moved to donate some of the $4,000 needed [...]
Jun 16th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
“War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning”
I’m reading the book by that title, by 15+ year veteran war correspondent Chris Hedges, a harrowing and horrifying exercise in confessional self-therapy of the many ethnic wars he’s witnessed in person. Here in video he’s even more bitter and negative than his book, in which he is morose but level-headed. He’s a war philosopher [...]
Jun 15th, 2011 War 2 Comments
Barf
This right-wing rebuttal of Obama’s Middle East policy speech on May 19, 2011, would be bad enough if it weren’t absolutely creepy coming from the wacko preparing to build the Third Temple. I just spent more time than I care to admit watching Rabbi Chaim Richman’s unsettling detachment from reality as he constructs the stone [...]
Jun 13th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
J Street pin on Lennon’s “Imagine” memorial
J Street pin on Lennon’s "Imagine" memorial, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. This is what Daniel Gordis seems to not understand about the inspiration behind the Jewish peace movement.
Jun 5th, 2011 General 0 Comments
Lefties at the Celebrate Israel Parade
Lefties at the Celebrate Israel Parade, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. On Fifth Ave on June 3rd, with 100 supporters of New Israel Fund, Rabbis for Human Rights, Meretz USA and Americans for Peace Now.
Jun 5th, 2011 General 0 Comments