Wednesday June 12, I’ll post the first in a series of excerpts from Tell It Slant, the new biography of Chuck Fager by Emma Lapsansky-Werner. It’s a story of life in “interesting times,” and begins with two of its main motifs — religion and war — shaping lives and events. Watch for it on this … Continue reading Coming Tomorrow from “Tell It Slant”: Fighting for a Future
‘We all share the same pain’: can the Israeli-Arab peace movement rebuild after 7 October? As the conflict in Gaza continues, reconciliation may seem a distant dream, but on both sides there are those working for peace Caitlin Kelly — Tue 21 May 2024 Supported by theguardian.org On the morning of 7 October, as news … Continue reading “You May Say, They Are Dreamers – But They’re Not the Only Ones” — Israeli-Palestinian Peace Movement Reviving, Expects a Long Haul
Israel, Hamas and the elusive cease fire GWYNNE DYER — PUBLISHED: 7 MAY 2024 Hamas did not need a ceasefire. It had already demonstrated that Israel could not eradicate it. It had achieved its primary goal of wrecking the anti-Iran alliance that was brewing between Israel and the major Arab Gulf states. And it doesn’t … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Cease-fire?
The best part for me about the total solar eclipse I actually saw (on July 10, 1972), came several months later, in Carly Simon’s wonderfully bitter tune “You’re So Vain,” and the line about the cad she was sticking it to went to Saratoga New York for a horse race, and then: “You flew your … Continue reading Solar Eclipse? Meh. Wake Me When It’s Over.
It’s a venerable Jewish joke: a Jew falls off a ship, in mid-ocean, and swims to an uninhabited island. Years later, his SOS signal is spotted. When rescuers arrive, they find he has managed to construct three small buildings from flotsam and jetsam: a small cabin, and two identical synagogues. “Why two?” He was asked. … Continue reading Could Drafting Ultra-OrthodoxYouth Bring Down Israel’s Government?