Month: February 2012
The JNF-KKL Seeks To Take Over Another Home in Silwan
The JNF-KKL is seeking to take over yet another home in Silwan, belonging to the Ruweidi family, by way of the “Absentee Property Law.” Here is a letter written by Juma’a Muhammad Saalim al-Ruweidi, 85, to the JNF […]
The Parallel Universes of Gerald Steinberg and Moriel Rothman
Welp. I was quoted by the Gerald Steinberg of the lovely organization known as NGO Monitor. Here’s the crazy thing: when I hear that I have been quoted by a far-right-winger, I usually wince, because […]
Detangling the Holocaust from Israeli-Palestinian Politics
[This piece was originally published on Common Ground News Service] Jerusalem – Late last month I went to the children’s memorial in Yad Vashem, the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem. I stood there and took in […]
Demolition of a Play Place in Silwan
The cruelty of the Occupation continues to astonish me. I was woken a bit before 7 AM with news that the Israel Nature and Parks Authority had begun demolishing the community center and playground in […]
Tu B’Shvat 2012: On Renewal, Trees, Palestine, the Army, Injustice and Hope
I haven’t felt an urge– a need, even– to write like the one I am feeling now for a long time. My fingers are a bit stiff from the February Jerusalem air and from the […]
Pickles from Grapes
So, I’ve started volunteering one day a week at an Arab-Jewish bilingual pre-Kindergarten, which is both as enjoyable as it sounds, and also pretty inspiring and thought-provoking (and sad that it is the only one of […]
The Leftern Wall 