Tag Archives: Jerusalem

Green & Modern (Rehavia Garden Suburb Walk) (Richard Kaufmann)

Posted on January 7, 2015 by zjb

Eric Mendelssohn, eat your heart out. I stumbled upon this long pedestrian path on a recent walk through the Rehavia neighborhood in West Jerusalem. Built by socialist pioneers of the Gedud Ha’Ivri in the 1920s, the well heeled neighborhood was … Continue reading →

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Calatrava Bridge (Jerusalem)

Posted on January 7, 2015 by zjb

Designed by Santiago Calatrava, this pedestrian and light rail bridge creats a dramatic entrance into West Jerusalem. A big ticket item for such a modest function, it allows pedestrians to cross between the city’s central bus station to Kiryat Moshe, an unspectacular … Continue reading →

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No — Peace — Justice — Israel — Palestine

Posted on November 20, 2014 by zjb

“No Justice, No Peace” is a well-established formula. With orgins in the Black Power Movement, it gets at the asymmetrical conflict over Israel and Palestine. The very simple argument is that Israel won’t enjoy peace without justice for Palestine. Less … Continue reading →

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Jerusalem (Har Nof)

Posted on November 18, 2014 by zjb

In the middle of prayer, the atrocity at Kehilat Yaakov synagogue in the Har Nof neighborhood Jerusalem, the terrible desecration today is going to sear into Jewish memory. The fight for Israel and Palestine turns into a bitter and blood-soaked religious war of … Continue reading →

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We’re All Temple Mount Agonistes Now

Posted on October 31, 2014 by zjb

The news out of Jerusalem just gets worse, already on a boil after the abduction-murder of the 4 boys last summer. Now rightwing Jewish zealots supported by parliamentarians from the governing coalition seek to change the status quo on the … Continue reading →

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Temple Mount Incendiary (Al Aksa)

Posted on October 25, 2014 by zjb

This should terrify everyone and everyone should understand precisely which political elements are responsible for heating things up in Jerusalem. Recent events call Israeli stewardship over the eastern part of the city into serious question. Examples include moves afoot in … Continue reading →

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Tiny Torah (Cute Judaism) (Women of the Wall)

Posted on October 24, 2014 by zjb

In Our Aesthetic Categories, Sianne Ngai identifies “cute” as a contemporary category of aesthetic judgment.  This has to be the “cutest” little Torah ever. Its object character is simply adorable. Small and ready to hand. You could just eat it … Continue reading →

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(Recognition) Little Jewish Neo-Nazis (Jerusalem Day)

Posted on May 30, 2014 by zjb

This is how a country turns itself inside out. This is how religion turns a country inside out. Bit by bit and year after year a country can lose its right to a place that its people are unable to share … Continue reading →

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One City-Two Cities (Jerusalem Partitions)

Posted on May 29, 2014 by zjb

I know my friend Ze’ev is going to hate this, but I wanted to share and comment upon this piece in Haaretz about technical plans to partition Jerusalem by architects Yehuda Greefield-Gilat and Karen Lee Bar-Sinai. They run an architectural firm … Continue reading →

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(The End of the World) Temple Mount Catastrophe  (There is No God, but…)

Posted on May 19, 2014 by zjb

Take a look at the catastrophic pit into which the State of Israel, Jewish and democratic, is about to tumble. Cynical and dangerous people, two Israeli parliamentarians, a Likud MK and a Labor MK, are proposing a law allowing Jewish … Continue reading →

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