After Wislawa Szymborska I prefer windmills I prefer the faces children draw on sweating windows I prefer the way the droplets slide I prefer sex that is not based on biology I prefer imitating brilliance […]
Month: April 2012
Two Demonstrations against Racist Land Policies
On Friday, April 26th, over 100 Palestinians from Beit Hanina and other parts of East Jerusalem, along with Israeli and international activists, held a demonstration in front of the house which formerly belonged to the Natche family, […]
Flags
1. All of them flup flupping it’s a windy, a delicious day 2. If I die in a suicide bombing please do not remember me as a Suicide Bombed. 3. Outside of the hall, six […]
Eviction
“We have nine children.” Rueful lip-slant; how calm eyes! Un-homed, de-housed: Leave. — Khaled and Lubna Natche and their family were evicted from their house in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina last week by […]
Eviction in Beit Hanina: New Site of East Jerusalem Settlement
This piece was orginially published on +972 Magazine. Beit Hanina – Wednesday morning, a Palestinian family of 11, the Natche family, was evicted from their home in Beit Hanina (Hebrew report). The legal process behind the eviction was launched […]
A HuffPoem on the Omer, War and Lovingkindness
— This piece was originally published on the Huffington Post as part of HuffPo’s special liveblog section on Counting the Omer. Each day of the Omer has a mystical This was written for Day 8, חסד שבגבורה or, […]
Project Hayei Sarah: Matzah Covers from a Palestinian Women’s Co-op in Hebron
Check it out: What is Project Hayei Sarah? “We are a group of rabbinical students, rabbis, Jewish educators & lay-leaders who have spent time in Hebron and are grappling with the difficult realities we encountered […]
Why J Street is (still) so important
This piece was originally published on Common Ground News Service, and was the second piece I wrote following the 2012 J Street Conference in DC. The first, J Street third annual conference marks shift to the […]
Why “Hunger Games” is Pro-Violence
The government is run by sleek, despicable rulers. It is housed in a hi-tech city of luxury, but the sheen of the city is not bright enough to cover up the Empty caged in its […]
ראיון ראדיו איתי באתר דוגרינט
מוריאל רוטמן: בדמוקרטיה כולם אחראים חדוה ליבנת פורסם: 01.04.2012 \ עדכון אחרון: 01.04.2012 http://dugrinet.co.il/14180/blog/2012/april/01 “בדמוקרטיה חלק קטן מהאנשים אשמים אבל כולם אחראים” (הרב אהברם יהושוע השל) מוריאל נולד בישראל וחי בה 5 שנים, אחר-כך חי 12 […]
The Leftern Wall 