Blog entries 2015

I was planning to reflect on the last few months during which the international community has awakened to the horrors of the war in Syria,… Read More »Banned from Boston, December 3, 2015

Dear JK Rowling, To be honest, I am probably one of the few people on the planet who has never read your books. But I… Read More »With all due respect to Harry Potter, November 4, 2015

On October 29, 2015 The Boston Globe reports 11 Israelis killed, 127 injured, 58 Palestinians killed, 2100 injured in what is usually referred to as… Read More »In memoriam: Hashem Al-‘Azza October 29, 2015

This has been a busy week with four presentations on Gaza in Albany, Hartford, and West Barnstable, the latter two as part of the Ninth… Read More »A Busy Week: Bringing Gaza home, October 2, 2015

Thirty five people came to the kick off for Bedford’s First Parish Peace and Justice Committee as the “Third Friday Film Series” for 2015-2016.  After… Read More »Bedford’s Third Friday Film Series, September 19, 2015

It is not often that one has the opportunity to break the siege of Gaza without getting into the crosshairs of the Israeli navy. On… Read More »Breaking the siege, one video camera at a time, September 1, 2015

World Fellowship Center in the White Mountains of New Hampshire is a warm and welcoming family retreat that has provided a place for progressive folks… Read More »Report back from the White Mountains August 29, 2015

I just completed two events in Western Mass, one at Café Palestina in Great Barrington and another at a private home in Montague. In total… Read More »Gaza comes to the Berkshires, August 2015

I am sometimes asked, “How can you do what you do when your name is Rothschild?” Or I get a facebook comment: “Never trust a… Read More »But your name is Rothschild…. August 2, 2015

As a physician/activist interested in the political as well as psychodynamic foundations of the ongoing struggles in Israel/Palestine it was an incredible pleasure to be… Read More »Freud meets Palestine – July 27, 2015

I have been saving this Kalandia escapade from April 2 and now I have a follow-up story four days later to share as well. My… Read More »April 6, 2015, The Great Escape

M. has been a psychologist at the Treatment and Rehabilitation Center for Victims of Torture for six years. After a lively supervision session with four… Read More »April 5, 2015, Home Visits In Jalazone

It is Good Friday and Erev Pesach and I am celebrating the day by taking you, dear reader, on an exploration of the landscape of… Read More »April 3, 2015, What’s Mine Is Mine And What’s Yours Is Mine

It is a grey, rainy, foggy day, but I first need to describe the view from the lovely apartment where I am staying in Al… Read More »April 1, 2015, The Aim Of Torture Is To Kill The Soul

I am sitting in the Jerusalem Hotel sipping coffee and taking a deep breath for the first time in a while, having had more than… Read More »March 31, 2015, Traveling While Muslim