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Friday, July 20, 2018

Commentary on Israel's New "Nation-State" Law

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Full text of the law in English translation, published by the Jerusalem Post. 1.  The State of Israel a) Israel is the historical homelan...

Where are the children?

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Where are the children , and why haven't they been reunited with their parents yet? The Trump administration said in a court filing la...
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Monday, July 09, 2018

Holocaust deniers try to disrupt conference on Mennonites and the Holocaust

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In March 17 and 18, I went to a conference on Mennonites and the Holocaust that was held at Bethel College in North Newton, Kansas. It was ...
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Sunday, June 10, 2018

The Ages of Our Unfolding Disaster (Josh Marshall)

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Josh Marshall at TPM analyzes this photo from the G-7 meeting in Canada that just ended in chaotic disaster, in an article titled A Photo fo...
Saturday, May 19, 2018

Three Myths about Gaza

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I'm getting infuriated by what I'm reading about Gaza by so many people who are pro-Israel: 1) that Israeli no longer occupies Gaza...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Another cat (not mine)

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Trousers the cat Via:  https://www.reddit.com/r/catbellies/comments/8kh54j/trousers_the_cat /
Saturday, May 12, 2018

Henges

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Giant’s Ring, near Belfast. Neolithic henge with the remains of a chambered tomb in the middle. Breathtaking from the air, in the slanting...
Wednesday, May 09, 2018

My grandfather, Mark Falcon Lesses

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Mark Falcon Lesses and Helen Rosenman Lesses My brother Richard, the genealogist in the family, just uploaded my grandfather's obit...
Tuesday, May 08, 2018

Israel vs. Iran?

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When I was in Israel in the spring of 2012, on sabbatical, there was lots of war talk between Israel and Iran, but nothing happened. I even...
Sunday, May 06, 2018

Some dancing goddesses

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Source:  http://blog.ninapaley.com/2018/01/01/24-free-goddess-gifs/ .
Sunday, April 22, 2018

Close-up of a hummingbird

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Photo by Chris Morgan See on his Flickr account:  https://www.flickr.com/photos/chrismorgan/5695626002/in/album-72057594125556786 Y...

GOD - Kendrick Lamar

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GOD, from Kendrick Lamar's DAMN, winner of this year's Pulitzer Prize for Music.  
Thursday, April 19, 2018

Today's Google Doodle for Israeli Independence Day

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Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Yom ha-Shoah 2018 - the murder of the Jews of Liepaja, Latvia

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Tonight and tomorrow are Yom Ha-Shoah, and this is a post commemorating the deaths of the Jews of Latvia, among whom were my grandfather...
Monday, April 09, 2018

The Cave of Hands

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Several waves of people occupied the cave where these paintings appear: the silhouettes of the hands were created in a period between 13,0...
Sunday, April 08, 2018

America's Federally Funded Ghettos

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On a different note, from the New York Times editorial for today - Ben Carson, the secretary of housing and urban development, showed utt...

Why was Yaser Murtaja killed?

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Why was Yaser Murtaja killed, and why were six other Palestinian journalists wounded on Friday, April 6, 2018? Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man wr...
Saturday, April 07, 2018

A eulogy for Yaser Murtaja

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Yasser Murtaja, with a cat sitting on his camera. A eulogy by Anas N. Almassri, posted on his Facebook page. While at work today, I w...

Real People are Dying in Gaza

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I feel sick about what is happening in Gaza. I've read all the justifications for why Israeli forces have to use live fire, about how Ha...
Friday, April 06, 2018

Dept. of Homeland Security Compiling Database of Journalists and Bloggers

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I have the feeling of Big Brother creeping into our lives.... Homeland Security to Compile Database of Journalists, Bloggers Photo b...
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I teach at Ithaca College, do research on early Jewish magic and mysticism, visit Israel frequently, and enjoy the lovely Finger Lakes region of New York State. This is my personal blog, and the statements in it reflect only my own views, not those of Ithaca College.
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