Monthly Archives: September 2016

(Moholy-Nagy) Space-Light Modulator (Ein Lichtspiel Schwarz Weiss Grau)

Posted on September 13, 2016 by zjb

It is a light-space modulator –not to be confused with the more simple plexiglass space-modulators. I tried to take photos of the  Light-Play Black White Grey at the recently closed Moholy-Nagy show at the Guggenheim, but the images didn’t come out … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Structures (West Syracuse)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by zjb

On my way to pick up a rug from the cleaners, I stopped to look at these structures passing through West Syracuse. That new piece of junk in the middle looks fake.

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged | 1 Comment

Truck Stop at Night (Columbia, New Jersey)

Posted on September 12, 2016 by zjb

Truck stop on the road at night in Columbia, New Jersey on rt. 80 just on the New Jersey side of the New Jersey and Pennsylvania border. I stop at the Exxon for cheap gas on the way back and … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

September 11, 2016

Posted on September 11, 2016 by zjb

Viewed from across the East River at Greenoint –Freedom Tower and Lower Manhattan under wild clouds

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged | Leave a comment

Green Blue Commute (Central New York)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by zjb

On rt. 81 just south of Syracuse, going home late Thursday afternoon

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , | 1 Comment

(Mizrahi Nation) Israel in Middle East (Assaf David)

Posted on September 8, 2016 by zjb

Post-colonial models of Zionism and Israel are as unlikely as mainstream Zionist models to identify this point about contemporary Israel. Not a foreign entity or implant, Israel is by now part and parcel of the Middle East. That’s the argument made … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged | 3 Comments

Shimon Dotan at Syracuse (The Daily Orange Weighs In)

Posted on September 6, 2016 by zjb

Much better than the garbage journalism at the Atlantic, get the dish here from the Syracuse Daily Orange on the Shimon Dotan at SU dish. Unlike at the Atlantic, the Daily Orange did real journalism, interviewing Dotan himself and a … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , | 1 Comment

Statement re: Shimon Dotan, Syracuse University, and the Atlantic Magazine

Posted on September 4, 2016 by zjb

With great sadness, I am writing in my capacity as director of Jewish Studies and as a close colleague and personal friend of Professor Hamner to share with the public my best assessment of the recent business concerning Syracuse University, … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

(Elliot Wolfson) Zoharic Philosophical Nocturne (New York State Fair 2016)

Posted on September 1, 2016 by zjb

Wandering around the rides at the Midway at night at the New York State Fair reading through and getting my head around Elliot Wolfson’s excellent 2014 phenomenological dive into modern Jewish philosophy. I’ll soon post more about Giving Beyond the … Continue reading →

Posted in uncategorized | Tagged , , | 2 Comments