‘Brundibar’ Opera Performed at Seattle’s Music of Remembrance Festival Folk & World Music Jews & Judaism ‘Brundibar’ Opera Performed at Seattle’s Music of Remembrance Festival Richard Silverstein May 9, 2006 Seattle’s Music of Remembrance is hosting several performances this week of Tony Kushner’s new version of Brundibar,... Read More Read more about ‘Brundibar’ Opera Performed at Seattle’s Music of Remembrance Festival
Hardline Pro-Israel Groups Demand Brandeis Rescind Tony Kushner Honorary Degree Jews & Judaism Mideast Peace Hardline Pro-Israel Groups Demand Brandeis Rescind Tony Kushner Honorary Degree Richard Silverstein May 8, 2006 Tony Kushner: a Jewish David Duke?? (photo: Performlink.com) Let it not be said that we Jews don’t... Read More Read more about Hardline Pro-Israel Groups Demand Brandeis Rescind Tony Kushner Honorary Degree
Shimon Peres: “No Choice But War With Iran” Mideast Peace Shimon Peres: “No Choice But War With Iran” Richard Silverstein May 7, 2006 Shimon Peres: Growing delusional in his old age? When the supposedly dovish Shimon Peres tells Ynetnews the... Read More Read more about Shimon Peres: “No Choice But War With Iran”
Bush, Dinosaur Politics & Society Bush, Dinosaur Richard Silverstein May 6, 2006 Bush addresses Oklahoma State commencement (photo: Haraz N. Ghanbari/AP) There are oh so many descriptive phrases that... Read More Read more about Bush, Dinosaur
Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Schoolchildren, Burn Israeli Flag Politics & Society Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Schoolchildren, Burn Israeli Flag Richard Silverstein May 6, 2006 An Israeli settler prepares to burn Israeli flag (photo: AP) Has it come to this? The Israeli... Read More Read more about Israeli Settlers Stone Palestinian Schoolchildren, Burn Israeli Flag
Bradley Burston’s Ten Lies Israelis and Palestinians Tell Themselves Mideast Peace Bradley Burston’s Ten Lies Israelis and Palestinians Tell Themselves Richard Silverstein May 5, 2006 Bradley Burston, Haaretz columnist, is a real dragon-slayer when it comes to putting the lie to cherished... Read More Read more about Bradley Burston’s Ten Lies Israelis and Palestinians Tell Themselves
Olmert Offer to Meet Abbas–Ploy to Mollify Washington Before Upcoming Visit? Mideast Peace Olmert Offer to Meet Abbas–Ploy to Mollify Washington Before Upcoming Visit? Richard Silverstein May 5, 2006 Olmert: “When I set a border, it goes just where I choose it to go–Palestinians be damned.”... Read More Read more about Olmert Offer to Meet Abbas–Ploy to Mollify Washington Before Upcoming Visit?
Kronos Quartet Performs ‘Tusen Tankar’ by Swedish Folk Ensemble Triakel Folk & World Music Kronos Quartet Performs ‘Tusen Tankar’ by Swedish Folk Ensemble Triakel Richard Silverstein May 5, 2006 Last week, I attended my first Kronos Quartet concert with special guest, Rahman Asadollahi, the Azeri accordion... Read More Read more about Kronos Quartet Performs ‘Tusen Tankar’ by Swedish Folk Ensemble Triakel
William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!” Mideast Peace Politics & Society William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!” Richard Silverstein May 5, 2006 William Odom joins chorus of military dissent against U.S. Iraq-Iran policy Lt. Gen. William Odom has added... Read More Read more about William Odom, Reagan National Security Advisor Says: “Get Out of Iraq Now!”
Tony Judt Tells Israel on Its 58th Birthday: ‘Act Your Age!’ Mideast Peace Tony Judt Tells Israel on Its 58th Birthday: ‘Act Your Age!’ Richard Silverstein May 4, 2006 Tony Judt uses Israel Independence Day as a foil for an interesting rhetorical conceit: like any person... Read More Read more about Tony Judt Tells Israel on Its 58th Birthday: ‘Act Your Age!’
Yossi Sarid on Amos Elon’s ‘The Pity of It All: Jews in Germany 1743-1933’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society Yossi Sarid on Amos Elon’s ‘The Pity of It All: Jews in Germany 1743-1933’ Richard Silverstein May 4, 2006 In Haaretz, Yossi Sarid takes the opportunity offered by Israel’s Yom Hazikaron (“Day of Remembrance”) and the... Read More Read more about Yossi Sarid on Amos Elon’s ‘The Pity of It All: Jews in Germany 1743-1933’
The Nation’s Philip Weiss on Fallout from ‘The Israel Lobby’ Mideast Peace Politics & Society The Nation’s Philip Weiss on Fallout from ‘The Israel Lobby’ Richard Silverstein May 3, 2006 Philip Weiss has written a terrific article in The Nation (and republished at CBSNews.com ), Ferment Over... Read More Read more about The Nation’s Philip Weiss on Fallout from ‘The Israel Lobby’