Tag Archives: Palestine

Nakba & Democracy

Posted on May 15, 2023 by zjb

For general interest I am posting here the translation of a historical document from an Israeli security officer regarding the Palestinian Nakba and a 2019 article here by Hagar Shezaf relating to it and other documents being hidden/removed from Israeli … Continue reading →

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Russia Ukraine Syria Israel Palestine

Posted on March 2, 2022 by zjb

On one hand, there are in the United States and Europe fish to fry on the international and domestic arenas that are bigger than Israel and Palestine. Taking into account Russia and Syria, Russia and Ukraine, and Iranian involvements in … Continue reading →

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Arabic-Yiddish Phrasebook (1918)

Posted on January 7, 2022 by zjb

From Twitter, Eitan Nechin@Etanetan23·Jan 5 Arabic-Yiddish phrasebook, New York 1918. During World War I, thousands of Jews fought with the British Army in Palestine against the Ottomans. To help them get around, Getzl Zelikovitz, editor of the NY Yiddish newspaper … Continue reading →

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(Mutation) Political Judaism (Jerusalem Day)

Posted on May 10, 2021 by zjb

After 9/11, there was a lot of back and forth about Islam and Islam and Politics. Over the years, the term Political Islam emerged to define a distinct and reactionary mutation in modern and contemporary Muslim cultures. No such critical … Continue reading →

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(The IHRA Working Definition of Anti-Semitism) Does Not Suppress Free Speech or Palestine

Posted on December 5, 2020 by zjb

  As worded, the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism (which you can find here) does not do what people say it does or want it to do. It does not suppress free speech and the struggle for Palestinian rights, as … Continue reading →

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(Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism) + (Zionism = Racism)

Posted on December 2, 2020 by zjb

“Anti-Zionism = Anti-Semitism” and “Zionism = Racism” are twins. They illuminate each other, the way figures and forms overlap into each other. Anti-Zionism is not anti-Semitic. They are two separate formations. Anti-Zionism might, however, be construed as “anti-Jewish,” without being … Continue reading →

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The New New Jewish Left (Samuel Hayim Brody Reads Atalia Omer)

Posted on November 22, 2020 by zjb

For a uniquely keen analysis of the new new (anti-Zionist) Jewish left, you can find here Samuel Hayim Brody’s sympathetic-critical read of Atalia Omer’s Days of Awe: Reimagining Jewishness in Solidarity with Palestinians. Tagging the rhetorical difference between “Judaism” and … Continue reading →

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(Unequal) One State Reality (Democratic) One State Idea

Posted on July 14, 2020 by zjb

I would include this on a syllabus and am recommending here this professional collection of relatively short but richly sourced “memos” exploring the guts of the One State Reality in Israel and Palestine by social science and Israel and Palestine … Continue reading →

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(Yavne) Imagining One State in Israel-Palestine (Peter Beinart)

Posted on July 10, 2020 by zjb

It has been a long time coming and not much here is new. But at least three things are new about the recent set of two pieces by Peter Beinart, here at Jewish Currents and here at the New York … Continue reading →

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What To Do With Jewish Studies Letter on Annexation & Apartheid

Posted on June 10, 2020 by zjb

Yes, I can anticipate the jokes and jibes, friendly and unfriendly, but….. Here’s what you can do with the Jewish Studies Letter on Annexation and Apartheid. This is the main site: Letter Against Annexation & Apartheid in Israel. –Promote on … Continue reading →

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