Monthly Archives: November 2012

Thanksgiving Americana (Norman Rockwell and Franklin D. Roosevelt)

Posted on November 22, 2012 by zjb

I can think of no piece of kitschy Americana as often ridiculed as this idealized image of a Thanksgiving holiday feast by Norman Rockwell. It’s been kicked around by the cultural studies people as an emblem for the politics of … Continue reading →

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Photographs (Gaza) (2012)

Posted on November 21, 2012 by zjb

Pictures don’t say “anything,” they say “nothing” and certainly not “everything” as much as they show us “something.” I wanted to share this photograph gallery from the progressive Israeli website +972. They were created and distributed by Activestills, “a collective of … Continue reading →

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No Exit Nothing (Israel-Gaza)

Posted on November 20, 2012 by zjb

About Israel and Gaza, at first, when the fighting starts, there’s a lot to say. My initial attempts to get a handle on things had to do with “perspective” and “sympathy.” But the more and more anyone follows this story, … Continue reading →

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Israel-Gaza Calculations (Elections, Ahmed Jabari, and Ehud Barak)

Posted on November 19, 2012 by zjb

  What moves most of us about Israel and Gaza, I think, are the stories relating to threat and slaughter suffered by innocent people. That is the moral dimension to armed conflict. But what about the “wicked” who determine these … Continue reading →

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An Israel Hamas Timeline, 2012 (Territory, Population, Sovereignty)

Posted on November 17, 2012 by zjb

If you’re trying to keep track of the events leading up to the current conflict between Israel and Hamas, I’m recommending the following  timeline by Emily Hauser which  was posted by Robert Wright at the Atlantic, and which I’m posting … Continue reading →

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Israel-Gaza (No Enemies) (Sympathy & Criticism)

Posted on November 16, 2012 by zjb

(Michal Rovner, Outside, 1991) I remember during the 2006 Lebanon War or 2008-9 Gaza War sitting on the 1 train going downtown from 116th Street and there was an Arab twenty-something, wearing a keffiyeh, sitting across from me. It looked … Continue reading →

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Israel, Gaza, Solidarity, & Sympathy (2012)

Posted on November 15, 2012 by zjb

What did the Hamas leadership expect shelling southern Israel? A government, in this case, the government of Israel, has the right and obligation to defend its people. And then what? What does the Israeli leadership expect is going to happen … Continue reading →

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Modern House Syracuse Walk

Posted on November 14, 2012 by zjb

This is one of my favorite houses in Syracuse on one of my favorite walks around and over the University. I’m pretty sure there are not a lot of modern houses in Syracuse. The transparency of the glass opens the … Continue reading →

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Religion ↔ Politics

Posted on November 14, 2012 by zjb

It’s coming more and more clear to me why I don’t want to conflate (identify) religion and politics, or to reduce one to the other. The institutional ramifications of any such theoretical positioning can only be catastrophic, a disaster for … Continue reading →

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