Alice Rothchild

first published in Mondoweiss In late March and early April 2019 I traveled to Jordan and the West Bank (Palestine) with two colleagues, Sonia Dettman… Read More »A pipeline protest in Amman – May 3, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss This is Alice Rothchild’s second dispatch from her trip to the Middle East. The first concerned a church devoted to refugees.… Read More »From God to art to politics, in Amman – April 28, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss March 23, 2019 Amman, Jordan The day begins at The Evangelical Philadelphia Nazarene Church of Marka, a church in Amman that… Read More »Falling off the edge: Iraqi and Syrian refugees – April 24, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2019/04/cultural-confusion-imperialism/ In late March and early April 2019 I traveled to Jordan and the West Bank (Palestine) with two colleagues, first… Read More »Cultural confusion/Cultural imperialism – April 11, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss: https://mondoweiss.net/2019/03/palestine-solidarity-effective/ The recent fury and attacks on Ilhan Omar and her forthright statements exposing and criticizing the role of the Israel… Read More »Palestine solidarity work is most effective when done within an anti-racist framework – March 12, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss February 21, 2019 https://mondoweiss.net/2019/02/standard-discussing-israeli/ The ongoing national conversation on the wearing of blackface by prominent politicians, ironically occurring during Black History… Read More »The double standard when discussing Israeli racism – February 21, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2019/01/womens-privileging-victimhood/ Over the weekend I rallied and marched in one of Seattle’s two women’s marches, with speeches from indigenous and immigrant… Read More »The 2019 Women’s March: privileging victimhood and the power of class – January 22, 2019

first published in Mondoweiss 10/22/18 The email was concerning; it arrived in my personal inbox and that of Just World Books. And in the emails… Read More »Shunned – October 22, 2018

I feel the roar in my trembling sternum as a massive fighter plane screams past my window, my first-floor window. Forgive me all you veteran… Read More »Reporting from Seattle: Seafair, Glory, and our Love of the Military – August 10, 2018

First published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2018/06/targeting-vulnerable-detention/ When kids are brown does anyone care? Americans are grappling with the incarceration of 10-year-olds and the concept of “tender… Read More »Targeting the most vulnerable: Children in detention in the US and Palestine – June 28, 2018

First published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2018/06/clamps-palestinian-conference/ On May 20, 2018, a disturbing press release came across my inbox, “IARPP attempts to squelch NYC meeting on Palestine.”… Read More »IARPP clamps down debate on Palestinian mental health at its conference in NY

first published in Mondoweiss May 16, 2018 https://mondoweiss.net/2018/05/eurovision-resorting-propaganda/ The May 13, 2018 New York Times article, “‘Next Year in Jerusalem!’ In Israel, Eurovision Win Is… Read More »The New York Times can’t even report on the Eurovision Song Contest without resorting to Israeli propaganda – May 16, 2018

first published in Mondoweiss 3/13/18 The essay has been posted widely and was published 3/21/18 by the Israeli website Psikhologiya Ivrit (Hebrew Psychology), widely read… Read More »Pressure mounts over psychoanalysts’ 2019 conference, slated for Tel Aviv – March 13, 2018

first published in Mondoweiss January 24, 2018 Mondoweiss I am fully aware that religion has the capacity to inspire wisdom, kindness, and a sense of… Read More »After Seattle Jewish Establishment Honors Police Department, Progressive Jews Honor Immigrant Rights Group – January 24, 2018

first published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2017/10/empathy-yom-kippur/ Last week it was Yom Kippur when religious Jews and their twice a year compatriots crowd the synagogues and some… Read More »On Empathy, Yom Kippur, and the NFL – October 3, 2017