As Gunter Grass, Nobel Prize winning German author of The Tin Drum has published a poem, I thought this was an auspicious moment for me to test my poem-writing chops… The Tin Ear There is a man...
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The Tin Bum: Did Gunter Gross Write a Pre Passover Blood Libel?
Günter Grass, the Nobel Prize-winning German author, poet, and artist – best known for his first novel, The Tin Drum – has written a poem in the SudDeutsche Zeitung today, which tells...
If You Prick Habima, Does It Not Bleed? Emma Thompson Joins BDS
The British Globe To Globe festival is staging 37 plays by Shakespeare performed in various languages at the Globe Theater. They will celebrate productions from Turkey, Ramallah, Iran, and China...
Buy Israeli Stuff Day
The BDS National Committee (BNC) is calling on its supporters to unite in different capacities and struggles to join the Global BDS Day of Action on Land Day, 30 March 2012. We have a better idea...
Land Day in Jerusalem Kinda Fizzles
Today was “Land Day” – the annual commemoration of events in 1976 when 6 Israeli Arab citizens were killed during protests against security-related land expropriation. It is now...
Raising an Autistic Child in Israel: Who Is God Listening To?
Guest post by Hannah Brown, author of the novel, “If I Could Tell You” about mothers raising autistic children, which will be published in March by Vantage Point Books. Read more about it at...
Solar Panels
Muffti has been waiting patiently for Caroline Glick or someone of her ilk to explain the Israeli side of things in this story but it doesn’t seem to be forthcoming. But what does seem to be...
Amuta21c: The Place to be for Israel-based Non-Profit Professionals – Tomorrow Morning!
My friend Shoshana Jaskoll, founder of Amuta21c recently sent this to me – Amuta21c starts tomorrow morning in Jerusalem so don’t dally (like I did – but I was in LA/NYC/Frankfurt...