Brooklyn at Sunset, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. The Williamsburg Bank building at Atlantic Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Archive for July, 2011
Hagai El-Ad on Israel’s social justice protests
Executive Director of Israel’s equivalent of the ACLU, the Association for Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI), on the rent protests, the effect on Bibi’s coalition, and the connection to settlements.
Jul 29th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Appreciation for Speaker of Knesset Ruby Rivlin: “Israel’s boycott law is unconstitutional”
Wow, harsh words from Likud Minister and Speaker of Knesset Reuven Rivlin about the boycott law passed last week: I stand ashamed and mortified before my mentor, Jabotinsky, for not having succeeded in protecting the individual, whom he likened to a monarch, against the parliamentary fists of the majority. Despite my often piqued complaints about [...]
Jul 18th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Hagai El-Ad explains the wave of anti-democratic threats to Israeli society
Hagai El-Ad is the Executive Director of Israel’s ACLU — the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, and the leading defender of freedoms, liberties and the checks and balances that protect against the tryanny of the majority. For the latest, follow him and his organization on Twitter.
Jul 15th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
Sixth Ave after summer downpour
Sixth Ave after summer downpour, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Manhattan at its rarest: pretty.
Jul 13th, 2011 General 0 Comments
The boycott law is anti-democratic
Sometimes the most important thing said on a blog is a comment, and many of the most salient issues or points come to light through the ensuing discussions. As such, this post is adapted from a series of comments on my last post to Jewschool. Also, this law’s passage prompted me to make my personal [...]
Jul 13th, 2011 Israel 0 Comments
List of op-eds against the Knesset’s new boycott law
Coverage is spreading across the Anglo media, doing harm to Israel’s standing as a democracy as it goes, in the NY Times, AFP, BBC, Reuters, Gaurdian and others. The most comprehensive information about the bill is posted by the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, including a democratic/anti-democratic comparison to similar American laws. Meanwhile, the [...]
Jul 12th, 2011 Israel 5 Comments
Unaffiliated dark matter
Random Jewish geeky thought gone unchecked: Unaffiliated Jews — those distanced from communal life — are like dark matter. They cannot be easily measured or analyzed, but the cosmos cannot be explained without their effects. Every family has unaffiliated members — and I do suspect every family — regardless of level of observance or education. [...]
Jul 6th, 2011 Establishment Jewry 1 Comment
Israel-Palestine joke in 3…2…1…
Israel-Palestine joke in 3…2…1…, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. Ad for tourism to Norway spotted on the Metro North communter rail. Just further proof that I have no brain beyond Izzy-Pal.
Jul 6th, 2011 General 0 Comments
Niagra Falls
Niagra Falls, originally uploaded by Kung Fu Jew 18. After two years of dating a Canadian, I finally made it here.
Jul 2nd, 2011 General 0 Comments