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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Why Does Jerusalem Post Promote Anti-Arab Hate Speech?

Jan 31st, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

The Jerusalem Post is the media sponsor of the Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards. I’ve written in the past about the overload (90-95%) of right-wing pro-Israel blogs nominated in JIBA’s political categories. I’ve also written critically of the Jerusalem Post’s involvement in the program. Today, I’d like to ask why the Jerusalem [...]

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Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards’ Purpose? To ‘Direct World Opinion in Favor of Israel’

Jan 16th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 34

I haven’t yet gotten Aussie Dave to answer many of my questions about JIB Award procedures here. But he has been exchanging e mails with me. And they raise more questions in my mind than they answer.
First, poor Dave thinks I’ve accused him of corruption:
The point is you come out in public and [...]

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Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards: Why is There an Ideological Gatekeeper?

Jan 15th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 9

After publishing my critique of the JIB Awards competition last night, it seems I struck a raw nerve among many of the right-wing bloggers whose material was quoted here. They came at me with both barrels blazing in the comment thread.
After publishing the post, I also asked the Jerusalem Post to comment on it. [...]

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Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards, Ideologically-Slanted?

Jan 14th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 70

I was surfing the web and came across a site that featured the logo of the Jewish and Israeli Blog Awards. I’ve seen the logo before at some sites and never sat down and looked at it in any great detail. Being a progressive Jewish blogger who often blogs about Israel; and being [...]

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