THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A “REVENGE ATTACK.” I first formulated this idea in response to the murder of Muhammad Abu Khdeir, who was beaten and burned to death in 2014. In that post, […]
Author: Moriel Rothman-Zecher
American-Israeli writer, poet and novelist.
In case you missed Netanyahu’s speech at the UN
Today, Israeli Prime Minster and Foreign Minister and Minister of Wild Cats Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a speech filled with bizarre metaphors, fear-mongering, smug boasts about Israeli technologies and cherry tomatoes, and absurd claims of “interest in peace […]
Remembering my hero, teacher and grandfather, Philip Rothman
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
My grandfather, Philip ‘Flip’ Rothman, died on October 6th, in his home, a few weeks before his 93rd birthday. My grandfather was a lifelong teacher, a source of wisdom and…
18 Mini-Prayers for This New Year
Originally posted on The Leftern Wall:
1. In this new year, may justice rain down like fish. Could also be a metaphor for activism… 2. In this new year, may we find reason to laugh…
Stand against racist housing policy and occupation in Silwan, East Jerusalem
Abdallah Abu Nab has lived in his family’s home in Batan al-Hawa, Silwan, East Jerusalem, since he was born; if the settler organization Ateret Cohanim’s plans go through, Abdallah and his family will be made […]
9 Thoughts on the Matisyahu Disinvite, anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and Leftist Discourse
source: some corner of the internet. ‘none are free until we are all free…’ So. Perhaps it was silly of me to think that I could just digitally jot down a few snippets about an issue […]
Some snippets on anti-Semitism and Matisyahu
I’ve been planning on writing a long, serious piece about anti-Semitism and the intersections and non-intersections between anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism for a while now. I am still planning on doing so. But these are heavy, […]
The Attack on Bruce Lee Eid (Video)
[Originally posted on the All That’s Left anti-Occupation Blog] Recently in Haaretz, in a piece called “An Orgy of Violence and Closed Cases,” the indispensable Amira Hass called on the Israeli authorities to prove that […]
Interview by Jen Marlowe for the Nation: “What a week of Extremist Violence Reveals About Israel.”
”…Moriel Rothman-Zecher, an Israeli activist and blogger, was marching in the parade. A few hundred meters ahead, he saw the crowd scatter and begin to scream. He heard someone call out that people had been stabbed. […]
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