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Processing the Blog Radio Show of Almaz Kohanziadeh Ben-Adonai

May 6, 2011 1 comment

Damn. I am really tired but totally wired after talking with Almaz Kohanziadeh Ben-Adonai. Do I take a leap of faith and re-engage with Jews again? Do I open up AGAIN? And put myself out there AGAIN? Or say I gave over 20 years of my life to the cause, and I’m DONE. Thank you, gezai gezunt or however the hell you say that, I”ll be in this corner...

Self-Hating White Supremacy in Israeli Media

May 2, 2011 3 comments

I turned on the Israeli news network, to see how the Israeli media was responding to Osama Bin Laden’s death. I didn’t see anything on Bin Laden, but I did see a video clip of news coverage from Holocaust Memorial Day. How’s this for irony: The anchorwoman was a blonde-haired, blue-eyed, extra-super-deluxe white chick. If the white face of Israeli...

If you want a different constituency, try a different paradigm

May 26, 2010 Leave a Comment

I spoke with a rabbi today about Jewish multiculturalism, from a personal perspective — ie, me essentially being a homeless Jew, what with my feminist sensibilites and hard-core Middle Eastern Jewish identity and practice. The rabbi made a few comments that I have encountered repeatedly before. I wanted to share my thoughts on one of them: The rabbi...