Monthly Archives: July 2025

(Desert) Makom (Palestine)

Posted on July 30, 2025 by zjb

[somewhere off rt. 1 in the desert between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea]

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(Zayed International Airport) Abu-Dhabi (Utopia)

Posted on July 28, 2025 by zjb

On a long layover in Abu-Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates is a good topos for first surface impressions around which to think about interconnections between place and space. For the purpose of this little blog, that includes utopian imaginings regarding … Continue reading →

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(Not) Genocide (Response to Omer Bartov)

Posted on July 18, 2025 by zjb

Let’s start with point that is being mainly overlooked. Omer Bartov’s repeat opining in national media about Israel committing genocide in Gaza are many different things. First and foremost, they are the cri de cœur of an Israeli, an eminent … Continue reading →

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(Gaza) Genocide Spectacle Massacre (Israel)

Posted on July 17, 2025 by zjb

5 thoughts about the word and the spectacle of “genocide” and Israel and Gaza — minus what genocide means, defined in 1948 by the United Nations, as “the intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial … Continue reading →

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New York City & New York Jews (Mamdani)

Posted on July 3, 2025 by zjb

Zohran Mamdani and New York Jews are in a bind with each other. This is the core of the knot: [1] NYC is home to a major, even singular Jewish community, and Israel is a fulcrum of Jewish identity. There … Continue reading →

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