Monthly Archives: August 2014

Liberal Zionism (Social Contract & Limited Sovereign Right)

Posted on August 15, 2014 by zjb

About liberal Zionism. that much maligned thing, I posted the other day a little note that went unappreciated by some. By way of apology, the note was meant only as a note. Here I’m posting below thoughts I’ve published elsewhere … Continue reading →

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Gawanus Canal

Posted on August 14, 2014 by zjb

One of the most polluted places in New York City. Full of typhoid and gonorrhea, it’s now the site of a U.S. superfund. They’re going to clean out the Gawanus Canal and develop the hell out of it.  

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Liberal Zionist (A Note from the Center)

Posted on August 12, 2014 by zjb

Much has been said against the liberal Zionist. To the rightwing, he or she is a leftist. But for left anti-Zionists, there is no position held in greater contempt. In the following couple of days, I want to post a … Continue reading →

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Moon Over Harlem

Posted on August 11, 2014 by zjb

A brooding presence, is this what Shekhina looks like?

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Jews Israel BDS (Tricycle Theater)

Posted on August 10, 2014 by zjb

The best argument that I have seen against demanding that Jews honor BDS might be the editorial at the Guardian from Friday 8 August 2014. It has to do with self-determination and free association, that is, the right of Jews … Continue reading →

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Cosmos Consolation (Isaiah 40)

Posted on August 9, 2014 by zjb

This week’s haftarah reading taken from Deutero-Isaiah in the synagogue for Shabbat builds upon a sense of a world. From Isaiah chapter 40, the vision of the cosmos is that of a big world, a vast world, full of rugged … Continue reading →

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Ethical Culture (New York)

Posted on August 8, 2014 by zjb

Dedicated to ever increasing knowledge and to the practice and love of right, Pretty rich, at Central Park West and 64th St, this is what Ethical Culture looks like. It’s the form it took. The facade is steeped in history.

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Circles or Tipping Point? (Gaza 2014)

Posted on August 7, 2014 by zjb

If and when the fighting resumes in Gaza and Israel, do we continue to say what we have already said, and continue to report, post and continue think, and continue to cry the same things that we’ve already reported, posted, … Continue reading →

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Hamas Gaza Nakba

Posted on August 6, 2014 by zjb

An image is a crystallized appearance with which to assess a phrase. Next to these kinds of photographs coming out of Gaza, I don’t understand this claim by Hamas political bureau leader Ismail Haniyeh that, “the image of destruction seen by the world … Continue reading →

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Photographs in Gaza 1. “What contribution am I making?” Tyler Hicks

Posted on August 6, 2014 by zjb
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