In 2013, the American Studies Association (ASA) approved a resolution to academically sanction Israel. Read about the nonboycott boycott. Compare the resolution with facts. * * * * * As of December 2016, the original document (www.theasa.net/american_studies_association_resolution_on_academic_boycott_of_israel) has either been removed from the website or is hidden from all but ASA members. The article below…
Wanna hear the dumbest reason ever why boycotts are not unethical? Sit down first. Make sure you’re not sipping your coffee, or any other drink. According to philosopher Dr Oliver Leaman boycotts are are not unethical because they are fun. They are entertainment! Leaman was one of a number of distinguished and serious speakers (I…
The story of Passover has many lessons in it – lessons for all times and all places and all contexts. I would like to share something I gleaned from my reading of Exodus 12:1-13, something that spoke to some of my concerns regarding parenting. In this verse, Moshe calls the elders of the Israelites and…
The story of Passover has many lessons in it – lessons for all times and all places and all contexts. I would like to share something I gleaned from my reading of Exodus 12:1-13, something that spoke to some of my concerns regarding parenting. In this verse, Moshe calls the elders of the Israelites and…
The story of Passover has many lessons in it – lessons for all times and all places and all contexts. I would like to share something I gleaned from my reading of Exodus 12:1-13, something that spoke to some of my concerns regarding parenting. In this verse, Moshe calls the elders of the Israelites and…
When I was invited to write this, my immediate concern was how honest is too honest and how clear is too much clarity. Honest and clear are good, but neither promises delight. So I am a little bit sorry in advance if this fails to please. Here it comes. . . . I am not…
When I was invited to write this, my immediate concern was how honest is too honest and how clear is too much clarity. Honest and clear are good, but neither promises delight. So I am a little bit sorry in advance if this fails to please. Here it comes. . . . I am not…
When I was invited to write this, my immediate concern was how honest is too honest and how clear is too much clarity. Honest and clear are good, but neither promises delight. So I am a little bit sorry in advance if this fails to please. Here it comes. . . . I am not…
Jerrold Post, Professor of Psychiatry, Political Psychology and International Affairs, outlines the development of modern terrorism, modern, for him, having begun in the late 19th century. He suggests that there have been four recognizable waves of terror and that we are currently seeing the emergence of a fifth. I think this is a good introduction…
Memory . . . trauma . . . memory of trauma . . . traumatic memory . . . repentance . . . remorse . . . forgiveness . . . ‘unforgivableness’ . . . guilt . . . connection . . . and back to memory: These words represent the ramblings of my mind…
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