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
Also published by Just World Educational https://justworldeducational.org/2017/09/ten-days-awe-standing/ and Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2017/09/days-standing-with/ So it’s Rosh Hashanah, the Day of Judgment and Remembering, and we of the Jewish… Read More »Ten Days of Awe: Standing with whom? – September 21, 2017
first published by Mondoweiss: https://mondoweiss.net/2017/09/senator-cantwell-listening/ Senate Bill 720, the Israel Anti-Boycott Act, (and its twin in the House of Representatives, Bill 1697), are currently wending… Read More »Senator Cantwell: Are you listening? September 10, 2017
first published in The Globe Post While the world is appropriately focused on the massive humanitarian crises in places like Syria and Mosul and South… Read More »A not so slow genocide – July 11, 2017
first published in Mondoweiss https://mondoweiss.net/2017/07/radiation-ringworm-social/ On June 14, 2017, the Israeli newspaper, Israel Hayom, published an extraordinary report documenting medical experiments on mostly Yemenite children… Read More »Radiation and ringworm: a tale of social policy, racism, and health care – July 9, 2017
first published in Palestine Square, Between Life and Death: The Propaganda of anti-BDS Campaigns Between Life and Death: The Propaganda of anti-BDS Campaigns May 30,… Read More »Between Life and Death: The Propaganda of anti-BDS Campaigns May 30, 2017
published in Mondoweiss, May 22, 2017 https://mondoweiss.net/2017/05/a-tale-of-two-cities/#comments A tale of two cities The invitation was warm and welcoming and came via twitter, this being the… Read More »A tale of two cities – May 22, 2017
A Victory for the First Amendment Blog published in Palestine Square, a Project of the Institute of Palestine Studies. https://palestinesquare.com/2017/03/29/a-victory-for-the-first-amendment/ Editor’s note: Alice Rothchild, author… Read More »A Victory for the First Amendment – March 29, 2017
Alice Rothchild March 27, 2017 News A Hint of Trouble: How “Pro-Israeli” Organizations Work to Suppress Freedom of Speech published in Palestine Square, the blog… Read More »A Hint of Trouble: How “Pro-Israeli” Organizations Work to Suppress Freedom of Speech – March 27, 2017
Writing as therapy. Shabak, if you planted a bug in my computer, listen up! But I am jumping ahead of myself. Yesterday afternoon was lost… Read More »Why Gaza? – January 20, 2017
It is 5:30 in the morning and I am awakened with another nightmare. Israeli soldiers are cutting off my hands and feet. I am negotiating… Read More »A war against Arab citizens – January 19, 2017
I awaken early with a nightmare. I am at Ofer Prison and the security guards have flushed my clothes down the toilet. I am… Read More »Guilty until proven innocent – January 18, 2017
Today is the funeral for Qusay Hasna al-Umour, killed yesterday just outside of Bethlehem. I keep hearing comments like, “This is our life,” “What… Read More »What do we say to our daughters? January 17, 2017
News that you probably have not heard: Today a 17 year old named Qusay Hasna al-Umour was killed by Israeli soldiers in Tuqu, a village… Read More »Cultural resistance and throwing stones – January 16, 2017
We drive from southern Bani Na’im (northeast of Hebron) to the northern city of Nablus. The taxi is 40 minutes late and I practice slow… Read More »Farah Center: Big accomplishments, minimal resources – January 15, 2017
