Israel’s Supreme Court Affirms Book-Ban After Publication Mideast Peace The Arts Israel’s Supreme Court Affirms Book-Ban After Publication Richard Silverstein June 11, 2014 In an unprecedented violation of basic guarantees of free expression in a so-called democracy, last month the Israeli... Read More Read more about Israel’s Supreme Court Affirms Book-Ban After Publication
“Inside Llewyn Davis” is NOT the Best Movie of the Year! Film-TV-Media Folk & World Music The Arts “Inside Llewyn Davis” is NOT the Best Movie of the Year! Richard Silverstein January 9, 2014 If you either love folk music (as I do), are a Coen Brothers devote (as I am),... Read More Read more about “Inside Llewyn Davis” is NOT the Best Movie of the Year!
Idan Raichel, Israeli World Music Star, Endorses Torture, Rape of Arab Prisoners Folk & World Music Mideast Peace The Arts Idan Raichel, Israeli World Music Star, Endorses Torture, Rape of Arab Prisoners Richard Silverstein January 6, 2014 Ben White writes that Idan Raichel, one of Israel’s biggest pop stars and a celebrity in the... Read More Read more about Idan Raichel, Israeli World Music Star, Endorses Torture, Rape of Arab Prisoners
Video: Shaul Horev Compromised Israeli Nuclear Secrets Mideast Peace The Arts Video: Shaul Horev Compromised Israeli Nuclear Secrets Richard Silverstein March 1, 2013 I’ve just recorded a video summarizing my reporting on the Shaul Horev laptop theft scandal. I hope... Read More Read more about Video: Shaul Horev Compromised Israeli Nuclear Secrets
Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation Jews & Judaism Politics & Society The Arts Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation Richard Silverstein January 31, 2013 Rupert Murdoch has opened up a can of worms by attacking the award-winning cartoonist for his flagship... Read More Read more about Scarfe’s Israeli Election Cartoon Grotesque and Offensive, Just Like Israeli Occupation
Iran’s ‘A Separation’ Wins Best Foreign Language Film Film-TV-Media Mideast Peace The Arts Iran’s ‘A Separation’ Wins Best Foreign Language Film Richard Silverstein February 26, 2012 It’s hard not to view the Oscar for Best Foreign Film awarded to Iran’s entry, A Separation,... Read More Read more about Iran’s ‘A Separation’ Wins Best Foreign Language Film
Hey, New York, Freedom Theater is in Town! Mideast Peace The Arts Hey, New York, Freedom Theater is in Town! Richard Silverstein October 17, 2011 All you Jews (and Palestinians and anyone else) at the Occupy Wall Street protests are hereby urged... Read More Read more about Hey, New York, Freedom Theater is in Town!
Taha Muhammad Ali, One of Israel’s Great Poets, Dies Mideast Peace The Arts Taha Muhammad Ali, One of Israel’s Great Poets, Dies Richard Silverstein October 7, 2011 Today is Yom Kippur, a day of contemplation and personal accounting. A sacred day on the Jewish... Read More Read more about Taha Muhammad Ali, One of Israel’s Great Poets, Dies
East Jerusalem’s Armenian Ceramic Art Mideast Peace The Arts East Jerusalem’s Armenian Ceramic Art Richard Silverstein August 10, 2011 Tonight, I’m repaying a debt that is long overdue. A few years ago when I was installing... Read More Read more about East Jerusalem’s Armenian Ceramic Art
Grossman’s New Novel, ‘To the End of the Land’ Mideast Peace The Arts Grossman’s New Novel, ‘To the End of the Land’ Richard Silverstein September 20, 2010 Israel’s foremost novelist, David Grossman, has just published a new novel in English, To the End of... Read More Read more about Grossman’s New Novel, ‘To the End of the Land’
Hollywood, Broadway Stars Support Israeli Cultural Boycott Film-TV-Media Mideast Peace Politics & Society The Arts Hollywood, Broadway Stars Support Israeli Cultural Boycott Richard Silverstein September 5, 2010 Last week, the newly inaugurated, multi-million dollar West Bank cultural center in Ariel announced that all Israel’s... Read More Read more about Hollywood, Broadway Stars Support Israeli Cultural Boycott
Israeli Poster Artists Honor 60th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions Mideast Peace The Arts Israeli Poster Artists Honor 60th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions Richard Silverstein December 10, 2009 The Association for Civil Rights in Israel is sponsoring a poster competition to celebrate the 60th anniversary... Read More Read more about Israeli Poster Artists Honor 60th Anniversary of Geneva Conventions