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A Response from Morris, the Man from the Market
Wonders of Facebook, of small communities, of Jerusalem, of attempts at genuine grappling with experiences in public but love-based discourse: within days of posting my most recent blog post, “What To Do When Rammed by a […]
Justice, Justice. Slide Show, Slide Show. Now, Now. Polite, Polite.
In the court with the jesters there are gestures for the guards subdue the angry man they say they say why is he so angry All tongues cluck We are discussing archeology Pretty slides Campy, […]
“Jerusalem II” by Moriel Rothman
“Jerusalem II.” Spoken word from Jerusalem’s worst day, yesterday, Jerusalem Day. The sea of flags made me sadder than I have been in a while: most of the marchers probably had no idea that for the few hours leading up to their procession, Israeli police were busy terrorizing, arresting, hitting and clearing out Palestinians so that the march could go through the Damascus Gate (in Occupied Palestine) without the marchers having to see a single counter-protestor, a single Palestinian flag, a single thing that might dampen their day. They seemed to be having a really nice time. Here’s to better days:
And the original, “Jerusalem,” (2012) for those who missed it:
Jerusalem
Your sidewalks are so soft
They feel like jelly donuts
A Limerick for Obama on the Occasion of his Visit to Jerusalem
Hey there Barack Aren’t you in luck A Holy Land Vacation! As you run a amok Please don’t be that schmuck Who ignores the Occupation. PS. I have no idea what a limerick […]
Jerusalem Protest Art in the Face of War/Murder
I was walking in Jerusalem yesterday afternoon a few hours after the siren went off in our city. I saw a small kid run out of his house. I waved to him. He looked at […]
How do you say “Jim Crow” in Hebrew?
Sometimes, truth can be clarified through metaphor. In 1963, four young black man were assaulted by a mob of white men in St. Augustine, Florida. They were brutally beaten, and sent to the hospital with […]
