Muslim and Jewish Women in Nazareth

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

Mahzor

Mahzor

New York Public Library

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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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Barghouti-Pollard Prisoner Swap? Say What??

Apr 20th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 3

Marwan Barghouti in Israeli chains, unbeaten and unbowed (credit: AP/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
The Forward details yet another harebrained scheme suggesting the Olmert government has proposed to the U.S. that it release Jonathan Pollard in exchange for Israel releasing Marwan Barghouti. Here is Haaretz’s slightly different take on the matter. There are many reasons why [...]

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Aipac’s Anti-Hamas Bill Falters in Congress

Mar 20th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 0

I’m delighted to report that Aipac’s signature legislation to cripple U.S. Mideast policy by preventing our government from interacting with a Hamas-led PA is faltering in both the House and Senate. It’s still possible that the bill could pass and become law but it looks less likely now as M.J. Rosenberg of the Israel [...]

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British Chief Rabbi Plays ‘Anti-Semitism Card’ Over Church Divestment Proposal

Feb 19th, 2006 by Richard Silverstein | 9

IDF-operated Caterpillar armored tractor bears down on lone Palestinian protester (credit: Stop U.S. Military Aid to Israel)
British Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is in the midst of a major row with Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury over the Church of England’s vote to consider divesting its stock in the Caterpillar company. The U.S. heavy [...]

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Islamic Jihad, Killers of the Innocent and the Peace Process

Dec 7th, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 2

(credit: Rina Castelnuovo/NYT)
All my heart and sympathy go out to Israelis who’ve suffered yet another terror attack yesterday in Netanya at the hands of Islamic Jihad. This time four Israelis and the bomber were killed. An absolutely heroic security guard pinned the bomber to a wall while two police officers (one of them [...]

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Why Israeli and Palestinian Policy Ignores Public Opinion

Dec 3rd, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 2

Anyone following the Mideast conflict will notice one strange fact. If you explore public opinion within Israeli and Palestinian societies, there is mutual consensus on what the final settlement will look like. Writing for Common Ground News Service, Daoud Kuttab, Palestinian journalist and the director of the Institute of Modern Media at Al [...]

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Earl Krugel: Death of an American Jewish Terrorist

Nov 8th, 2005 by Richard Silverstein | 0

Earl Krugel (1943-2005) (source: Jewish Journal)
Earl Krugel, a Jewish Defense League activist convicted of plotting Southern California bombings against local mosques, Muslim-American organizations and an Arab-American congressman, died in federal prison on November 4th. He was murdered while exercising by a fellow inmate who smashed his skull with a concrete block. While [...]

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Sari Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon Present Israeli-Palestinian Peace Proposal

Oct 27th, 2003 by R. Silverstein | 0

Sari Nusseibeh and Ami Ayalon spoke this week at the University of Washington campus. Nusseibeh is President of Al Quds University in Abu Dis (East Jerusalem) and a leading Palestinian voice against violence and in favor of a negotiated settlement with Israel. Ami Ayalon is the former head of the Israeli Shin Bet [...]

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