Blog entries 2018

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