According to this story, “Fixing a Hole in the Holy Land,” world traveler Richard Bangs informs us that the Dead Sea is a wallflower no more, having captured a very coveted title...
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A.B. Yehoshua: Israeli identity kicks Diaspora ass
Causing quite an uproar among Diaspora Jewry, famed Israeli author AB Yehoshua opened the centennial celebration of the American Jewish Committee with talk or the supreme importance of Israel in...
Worthwhile article about Israel’s creation
Haaretz gives us this little bit of history in Israel and the US in the days leading to the declaration of statehood. It seems this was an extraordinarily difficult decision for the leaders of the...
Dor Chadash: Confessions on a Dancefloor (updated)
What? Jews dancing? Where?Is it me, or does this look like one big Jewish “Where’s Waldo” book? I can tell you that at least two ROI participants (Twentyfoursix and BoZ) and one of...
Um, now Brandeis practices censorship
In an action similar to Penn State’s decision to allow an artist to display artwork showing the suffering of Israelis because of terror, Brandeis, “the only nonsectarian Jewish-sponsored...
Fact: ck and The Middle would kick the butts of any two of the Kabobfest crew
In two on two basketball. Even though we are old and tired people.
A comment Juan Cole won’t publish about Walt and Mearsheimer 1
(ck, I would be so grateful for an appropriate graphic here) I was a little surprised today when a response I wrote on Juan Cole’s blog to a very lengthy post of his wasn’t published. I...
A comment Juan Cole won’t publish about Walt and Mearsheimer 2
(cont) (at the bottom, in bold, is the important section) Here is Juan Cole’s original post to which I respond below: The Philip Weiss hagiography of these two poor sods who only have tenured...