Sunday, April 17, 2022

African American Jewish food traditions on Passover

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Yesterday, NPR aired a lovely interview with Michael Twitty and Rabbi Sandra Lawson on African American Jewish food traditions on Passover: ...

The forsythia in my garden (Pesach 5782)

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Middle East Studies Association Chooses BDS over Academic Freedom

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The Middle East Studies Association (MESA) recently endorsed the BDS (boycott, divest, sanctions) movement against Israel, reversing its 200...
Wednesday, March 23, 2022

Rally and vigil for Ukraine tomorrow night in Ithaca

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Thursday, March 10, 2022

How do you know when a war begins? Syria and Ukraine.

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WHAT does it feel like when a war begins? When does life as you know it implode? How do you know when it is time to pack up your home and yo...
Thursday, January 06, 2022

The Insurrection, one year later

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Monday, December 20, 2021

IN DEFENSE OF ACADEMIC FREEDOM AND AGAINST THE BDS RESOLUTION AT THE MIDDLE EASTERN STUDIES ASSOCIATION

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From the Alliance for Academic Freedom (AAF), which is part of the Third Narrative , a project of Ameinu  (left-wing Zionist organization th...
Saturday, November 27, 2021

Sunset in Westport, Mass.

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Wednesday, November 17, 2021

Arrest of student at Texas State University accused of arson at Austin, TX, synagogue

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 Texas State student faces federal charges after allegedly setting fire to Austin synagogue A Texas State student was federally charged with...
Thursday, November 11, 2021

Jewish residents in Austin, TX sent antisemitic letters blaming them for Covid

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A new example of antisemitism connected to Covid, in Austin, Texas: Jewish residents in an Austin neighborhood were sent antisemitic letters...
Monday, November 08, 2021

Sunset at the pond at Ithaca College

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Backyard photos

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Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Wildfire's orange sun during a late afternoon thunderstorm in Ithaca

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This morning, when I got up and looked out my window to the east, I saw an orange sun against clouds and haze. The smoke from wildfires in C...
Thursday, June 03, 2021

Anti-Zionism in women's and gender studies departments and programs

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"The national effort to organize an entire academic discipline around anti-Zionism represents a new and dangerous phase in the politici...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Each person is an entire world

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When will the hideous war between Israel and Hamas end? I read story after story of whole families in Gaza being destroyed by Israeli bombin...
Thursday, April 08, 2021

Yom Ha-Shoah - Mordekhai Falkon (originally published on April 25, 2006)

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(Originally published on Tuesday, April 25, 2006) Since today is Yom Ha-Shoah - the day of remembrance of the Holocaust - I thought I would ...
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Sunday, February 21, 2021

Half a million Americans have died of Covid since last February

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Monday, January 04, 2021

Each person's death diminishes me

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Every day I check the website of the Tompkins County Health Department to read the latest report on Covid in this area. I check the number ...
Monday, December 21, 2020

Grand Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in Ithaca, New York

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Jupiter and Saturn in conjunction. Tonight is the Grand Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn in the sky, as viewed from the Earth. They look re...
Friday, December 11, 2020

A song for Hanukkah, for our current darkness and fear

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The Israeli children's Hanukkah song Banu Hoshech Le-garesh , as performed by  Divahn  (led by Galeet Dardashti), on their latest albu...