Monthly Archives: January 2015

Holocaust Denial & Charlie Hebdo

I’m glad we don’t have them in the United States, only to add that laws against Holocaust-denial are being used as a nasty wedge in current debates re: the depiction of the Prophet at Charlie Hebdo. The argument is why … Continue reading

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(Effacement) St John the Divine (North Wall) (December 2014)

The construction continues to go up along the north wall of St John the Divine on 113th Street. If a cathedral is an image, to what can we compare this? The construction covers up the image, secluding it from view. … Continue reading

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Angry Mannequin (Jerusalem)  

Walking through Rehavia two weeks ago, I think near Ben Maimon and Radak, I stumbled upon this mannequin. In leopard blouse and long skirt, she looks angry. Clearly, she knows something I don’t.

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steven shaviro’s universe of things on speculative realism

Worth a read:

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Now That’s Islamophobia (Charlie Hebdo, Religion & Satire)

Clearly uncomfortable with the comics run by Charlie Hebdo depicting the Prophet, ALZ approached me at synagogue yesterday and asked me what I thought about them. He asked it in such a direct way that I stumbled for an answer. … Continue reading

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Muslims and Charlie Hebdo

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Jewish Philosophy Place 3 Years Old (Birthday)

JPP is now 3 years old, plus or minus a couple of days. And frankly, it’s been a miserable year. A friend-colleague recently commented that he didn’t think I’d touch political problems on the blog. Perhaps that had something to … Continue reading

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God, A Picture

from The Book of Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb

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That is Not a Pipe & This is Not Muhammed

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Eli Valley & the Prophet Muhammad

What a trauma. Eli Valley won’t draw the Prophet Muhammad. Maybe part of an eye? It’s a strategy suggested a long time ago by Franz Rosenzweig in his Note on Antropmorphism. The Bible only represents the body of God, one part … Continue reading

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