http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:40:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/awakening-to-women-the-nobel-effect/ http://www.jewpi.com/awakening-to-women-the-nobel-effect/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 22:54:34 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/awakening-to-women-the-nobel-effect/ Do women make peace in a different voice? Peter Coleman and I explore some essential peacebuilding lessons culled from the work of recent Noble Peace Prize recipient Leymah Gbowee. As always, if the spirit moves you, please share with your … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/isaac-to-sacrifice-abraham/ http://www.jewpi.com/isaac-to-sacrifice-abraham/#comments Sat, 01 Oct 2011 22:26:18 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/isaac-to-sacrifice-abraham/ My good friend Aziz Abu Sarah, regular columnist for 972, published a piece based on a drasha he gave in a synagogue for Rosh Hashana. Its an important sermon that is worth your time. I make a small cameo in … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/turning-a-vehicle-of-war-into-an-instrument-of-peace/ http://www.jewpi.com/turning-a-vehicle-of-war-into-an-instrument-of-peace/#comments Tue, 16 Aug 2011 17:42:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/turning-a-vehicle-of-war-into-an-instrument-of-peace/ From The Observers. In the Hebrew Bible it is said that a time of universal peace will see swords turned into plowshares. One Israeli reserve solider, Dror Gomel (36), has decided to reverse the biblical sequence by turning his army … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/revolution-calling/ http://www.jewpi.com/revolution-calling/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:56:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/revolution-calling/ Protests are in the air and on the ground, and since protests are a social act, here are two pieces that I co-wrote/prepared dealing with recent social movements in Israel. The first is a collection of personal reactions from Israelis … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/more-on-johanna-fakhri%e2%80%99s-performance-with-orphaned-land/ http://www.jewpi.com/more-on-johanna-fakhri%e2%80%99s-performance-with-orphaned-land/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:58:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/more-on-johanna-fakhri%e2%80%99s-performance-with-orphaned-land/ From France 24′s The Observers (with my full interview below). “That a heavy metal band and a belly dancer perform together is unusual enough. When the band is Israeli and the dancer Lebanese, the performance raises quite a few eyebrows. … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/attracted-to-peace-review-of-peter-coleman%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98the-five-percent%e2%80%99/ http://www.jewpi.com/attracted-to-peace-review-of-peter-coleman%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98the-five-percent%e2%80%99/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 23:46:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/attracted-to-peace-review-of-peter-coleman%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98the-five-percent%e2%80%99/ Over at The Forward my review of Peter Coleman’s The Five Percent: Finding Solutions To Seemingly Impossible Conflicts. Key quote: A central idea in Coleman’s research is that intractable conflicts are akin to complex systems, in which various parts are … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/johanna-fakhry-a-dance-of-moral-courage/ http://www.jewpi.com/johanna-fakhry-a-dance-of-moral-courage/#comments Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:50:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/johanna-fakhry-a-dance-of-moral-courage/ Johanna Fakhry, the talented and courageous Lebanese dancer who joined Orphaned Land on stage, has penned a response to her inspiring and controversial artistic collaboration with the Israeli band. * I have slightly edited the letter for grammar and flow … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/music-break-yemen-blues/ http://www.jewpi.com/music-break-yemen-blues/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:10:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/music-break-yemen-blues/ . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-thoughtful-response-to-conflict-resolution-commandos/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-thoughtful-response-to-conflict-resolution-commandos/#comments Sun, 10 Jul 2011 13:34:08 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-thoughtful-response-to-conflict-resolution-commandos/ Over at Unrest Magazine, Michael English provides a thoughtful response to our Conflict Resolution Commandos (CRCs) piece. Money quote: I am grateful to Ben-Yehuda and Bartoli for the opportunity to generate further discussion about what is a sorely under-discussed issue … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/nyt-picks-up-our-conflict-resolution-commando-piece/ http://www.jewpi.com/nyt-picks-up-our-conflict-resolution-commando-piece/#comments Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:18:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/nyt-picks-up-our-conflict-resolution-commando-piece/ Over at the NYT, Peter Catapano looks into the controversy surrounding the upcoming flotilla and asks: “Is it a “freedom” flotilla, a “peace” flotilla or, as some have called it, a “provocation” flotilla? Who has been telling the truth? And, … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/conflict-resolution-commandos-a-response-to-the-flotilla/ http://www.jewpi.com/conflict-resolution-commandos-a-response-to-the-flotilla/#comments Sun, 26 Jun 2011 22:46:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/conflict-resolution-commandos-a-response-to-the-flotilla/ * The following article was co-written with Andrea Bartoli and set to be published in the next issue of Unrest Magazine. This month a new flotilla is scheduled to set sail to Gaza. As will be recalled, in May 2010 … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/are-the-smurfs-anti-semitic-misogynists-2/ http://www.jewpi.com/are-the-smurfs-anti-semitic-misogynists-2/#comments Sat, 25 Jun 2011 05:36:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/are-the-smurfs-anti-semitic-misogynists-2/ One of my more successful blog posts is this critical deconstruction of the cartoon ‘The Smurfs’ (written in 2008). With Global Smurf Day and a 3D film around the corner, I figure it was time to rewrite and publish elsewhere. … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/were-edward-norton-and-bashar-assad-separated-at-birth/ http://www.jewpi.com/were-edward-norton-and-bashar-assad-separated-at-birth/#comments Tue, 21 Jun 2011 15:18:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/were-edward-norton-and-bashar-assad-separated-at-birth/ Norton has played a duplicitous murderer (Primal Fear), neo-nazi (American History X), violent schizophrenic (Fight Club), and an angry green monster (Hulk): I’d say his perfect for the part.. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-sacrosanct-list-%e2%80%93-ten-covers-surpassing-the-classics/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-sacrosanct-list-%e2%80%93-ten-covers-surpassing-the-classics/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:04:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-sacrosanct-list-%e2%80%93-ten-covers-surpassing-the-classics/ Music break. It’s a rainy June weekend in NYC and so naturally the wife and I decided to make a top-ten sacrosanct list. Ours is not just a top-ten list of cover songs that are better than the originals (that … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/shavuot-king-solomon-the-ice-cream-rule-and-the-future-of-jerusalem/ http://www.jewpi.com/shavuot-king-solomon-the-ice-cream-rule-and-the-future-of-jerusalem/#comments Wed, 08 Jun 2011 21:36:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/shavuot-king-solomon-the-ice-cream-rule-and-the-future-of-jerusalem/ A few days ago Israelis celebrated “Jerusalem Day” which commemorates the reunification of Jerusalem after the 1967 war. By now many have seen this disturbing video of religio-nationlist Jews marching in the Arab part of Jerusalem. They chant slogans such … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/vid-of-the-day-great-moment-in-israeli-metal/ http://www.jewpi.com/vid-of-the-day-great-moment-in-israeli-metal/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:48:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/vid-of-the-day-great-moment-in-israeli-metal/ My good friend Yossi Sassi, of Orphaned Land fame, joins the indomitable Marty Friedman on stage in Israel. A great moment for Israeli metal.. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/catch-of-the-day-a-word-on-your-arab-citizens/ http://www.jewpi.com/catch-of-the-day-a-word-on-your-arab-citizens/#comments Fri, 03 Jun 2011 16:48:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/catch-of-the-day-a-word-on-your-arab-citizens/ Mohammad Darawshe, co-executive director of The Abraham Fund Initiatives, has written in the Jerusalem Post an open-letter to PM Netanyahu’s in response to his claims concerning the equal rights and freedoms enjoyed by Israel’s Arab citizens. “Dear Prime Minister, I … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/a-narrative-of-one%e2%80%99s-own-can-israel-make-room-for-the-nakba/ http://www.jewpi.com/a-narrative-of-one%e2%80%99s-own-can-israel-make-room-for-the-nakba/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 21:36:48 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/a-narrative-of-one%e2%80%99s-own-can-israel-make-room-for-the-nakba/ Over at Tablet, Joseph Dana writes an important piece on Israel’s problematic relationship with the Nakba narrative – i.e. Palestinian account of their 1948 expulsion and dislocation – and the imperative of integrating this narrative into Israel’s public discourse. He … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/the-moral-failure-of-benjamin-netanyahu/ http://www.jewpi.com/the-moral-failure-of-benjamin-netanyahu/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 16:16:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/the-moral-failure-of-benjamin-netanyahu/ It was all leading to this – the youth spent in the US, the education at MIT, the years honed as Israel’s top diplomat – speaking before the United States Congress, Benjamin (Bibi) Netanyahu finally experienced his moment in the … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/dumb-and-dumber-gene-simmons-herman-cain-sound-off-on-obama-and-israel/ http://www.jewpi.com/dumb-and-dumber-gene-simmons-herman-cain-sound-off-on-obama-and-israel/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 18:52:12 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/dumb-and-dumber-gene-simmons-herman-cain-sound-off-on-obama-and-israel/ President Obama’s speech on the Middle East has inspired a lot of ridicules responses. But few trump Kiss co-frontman Gene Simmons’ confused tirade and GOP candidate Herman Cain’s embarrassingly ignorant “doctrine”. Roll tape! Gene makes a good point, people who … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/my-quiet-car-piece-goes-viral/ http://www.jewpi.com/my-quiet-car-piece-goes-viral/#comments Mon, 23 May 2011 16:06:40 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/my-quiet-car-piece-goes-viral/ A few days ago the media and blogosphere were abuzz with news of Lakeysha Beard (aka “Cell Phone Lady”), the woman kicked off an Amtrak train because she refused to stop talking on her cell phone and became belligerent when … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/video-muslim-preacher-wants-david-cameron%e2%80%99s-jizzya/ http://www.jewpi.com/video-muslim-preacher-wants-david-cameron%e2%80%99s-jizzya/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:38:05 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/video-muslim-preacher-wants-david-cameron%e2%80%99s-jizzya/ This is too funny. If the Muslim preacher getting hyper-excited over the prospect of David Cameron “coming on his hands and knees and giving us the jizzya” wont get you, then the man devouring a bucket of chicken next to … Continue reading → . Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/music-vid-sneakas-%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-an-american%e2%80%9d/ http://www.jewpi.com/music-vid-sneakas-%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-an-american%e2%80%9d/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:02:10 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/music-vid-sneakas-%e2%80%9ci%e2%80%99m-an-american%e2%80%9d/ * It’s a pleasure to have a such a talented brother.. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cwe-are-not-like-them%e2%80%9d-itamar-massacre-activates-a-dangerous-israeli-jewish-ethnocentrism/ http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cwe-are-not-like-them%e2%80%9d-itamar-massacre-activates-a-dangerous-israeli-jewish-ethnocentrism/#comments Thu, 24 Mar 2011 02:36:14 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/%e2%80%9cwe-are-not-like-them%e2%80%9d-itamar-massacre-activates-a-dangerous-israeli-jewish-ethnocentrism/ My latest article in which I argue that the massacre in Itamar (which took place earlier this month) activated a dangerous type of Israeli-Jewish ethnocentrism: characterized by the perception of an ontological difference between Israelis and Palestinians. I speculate that … Continue reading → . 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