Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

'We can live in peace'...John Lennon (photo: Dafna Tal)

Mahzor

Mahzor

New York Public Library

Churches

Sarajevo Haggadah

Mah Nishtanah

Sarajevo haggadah

Antaea Darom

Israeli women's art

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Torah as music

Ben Heine

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ceramic bowl

Mohammad Said Kalash, "Offering Reconciliation" exhibit (photo: Ilan Amihai)

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Punch and Judy/Pinchas and Jamila

Avi Katz

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David Grossman

Ben Heine

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Eldrige Street shul

Lower East Side

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Dove

Ben Heine

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Two birds

Hoda Jamal

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Israeli and Palestinian boys

from documentary, Promises

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Cat in the Hat

Yiddish version

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Daylight through the Wall

Banksy: graffiti art on Separation Wall

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Maurice Sendak's Brundibar set

New Victory Theater (photo: Nan Melville/NYT)

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Daniel Barenboim, West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Palestinian-Israeli musical ensemble (photo: Kerstin Joensson/AP)

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Great Day on Eldrige Street

N.Y.'s klezmer greats celebrate shul rededication (photo: Leo Sorel)

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M.J. Rosenberg Supports Finkelstein Deportation

May 30th, 2008 by Richard Silverstein | 6

In my recent Comment is Free column, Shut Out of the Homeland, I implicitly criticized some Jewish progressives for supporting Israel’s decision to deport Norman Finkelstein last week because of his criticisms of Israeli policy. I didn’t name names because these individuals stated their views in a semi-public e mail exchange and I didn’t [...]

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Rosner’s ‘Israel Factor’ Anti-Israel?

Feb 2nd, 2008 by Richard Silverstein | 2

Anyone who knows Shmuel Rosner’s writing for Haaretz knows he’s a cheerleader for the AIPAC crowd. If you look at his Israel Factor rating system of presidential candidates according to their alleged “pro-Israel” agendas, you’ll find the most hawkish candidates in both parties get the highest ratings. Obama gets the lowest rating despite [...]

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Jewish Peace Groups Discuss Merger

Jun 6th, 2007 by Richard Silverstein | 4

For months, I’ve been following the plans for a possible new progressive alternative to AIPAC being formed within the American Jewish community. I was tremendously excited when George Soros was named as a possible supporter and funder. When he backed out (foolishly in my opinion), I thought the idea was likely dead. [...]

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Israeli Mideast Analyst Calls for Finding “Pragmatic Way to Live with Hamas”

Mar 8th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Just in case Kadima’s leading lights–Olmert, Dichter, Livni and Mofaz–ever tire of their hysterical anti-Hamas grandstanding in the runup to the Israeli elections, they would profit by reading this piece of reasoned analysis by Prof. Asher Susser at the Israel Policy Forum website. Susser is Distinguished Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and [...]

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Israeli Policy Forum’s M.J. Rosenberg: Israeli Campaign Against ‘Paradise Now’ “Mindless Hysteria”

Mar 4th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 2

I’m glad to know that my online colleague, M.J. Rosenberg, Director of Policy Analysis for Israel Policy Forum, has joined the debate over the controversial Palestinian film, Paradise Now which is a hot contender for Best Foreign Language Oscar. Like me, Rosenberg is made very uncomfortable by the hysterical campaign being waged by Israelis [...]

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What Were They Thinking?
Israel Policy Forum Gala Features Ehud Olmert,
Advocate of Arafat Assassination

Feb 25th, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Ehud Olmert, Israelivice prime minister

The Israel Policy Forum is one of the best of the Jewish groups working towards a peaceful resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. I consider myself a longstanding friend of IPF. I’ve attended several events here in Seattle & contributed modestly to the cause. I’ve written often about IPF [...]

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