After reading in one day the wonderfully moving memoir by New York Times writer and author David Rieff about his dead mother Susan Sontag – Swimming in a Sea of Death aims to articulate the struggles of a child coping with a parent who simply can’t face the reality of death from cancer – he…
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Israel’s faulty plan
Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 7: So what is the “great plan”? As things look now, this is the way Israel is planning its future: Every time some Middle Eastern country tries to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel will bomb it. Bomb – and bombard. Beyond the problematic assumption that we are allowed to do what others…
Oh, baby, what a legacy
Inspiring is the only word: Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
Where do ideas come from?
Thoughts about creativity by one of the world’s finest and most provocative film-makers, David Lynch:
The censors are coming for us all
Portugal experiences its first ever blocked blog. This doesn’t just happen in repressive regimes, anymore.
What does being Jewish mean to you?
Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, world famous designer of the Jewish museum in Berlin and San Francisco, is asked by Heeb magazine how Judaism affects his work: I wanted to emphasize that Jewish culture is deeply rooted in the past but has always had an incredible horizon of freedom into the future. I wanted to create…
Loewenstein on SBS Dateline discussing Israel/Palestine and My Name is Rachel Corrie
Loewenstein on SBS Dateline discussing Israel/Palestine and My Name is Rachel Corrie
Putting a smile to your face
Something to remind us of the emotional power of the web to bring people together from across the globe (read this first): Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.
