Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Syrian Refugees and Their Own War Effort March 6, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Do Syrians feel Syrian enough to fight back? Raihan Ismail, a panelist on an Australian TV discussion which Aussie Dave posted last week, seems to think not. Of course, she…
Links My Work Elsewhere Reflections on the French Flag Filter March 6, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments After last year’s terrorist attacks in Paris, many around the world put up a French flag filter over their Facebook profile images in solidarity with the French. I ask that…
Gifts Original Designs Postcards from Israel March 5, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments I love to take photos and I love Israel. Here I put these two loves together and have a growing collection of postcards and greeting cards designed with my own…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Is It OK to Talk About Muslim Honour Killings Now? February 27, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments It seems we cannot talk about Muslim “honour” killings in our new, cowardly PC society without fear of being labelled an Islamophobe. But then Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy comes along with…
Current Events Politically and Diplomatically Speaking Two Sides: Lost me at “Occupation”, Then It Got Worse February 20, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Curious about a Facebook link to a post by Ikhlas Ishtaya on the website “Two Sides” promoting co-existence workshops, I began to read. Her story looked interesting and I was…
Current Events From Academia (Not) Suppressing Academic Freedom in the Palestinian Authority February 16, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Fighting the lies of academic BDS is serious business, but I found out you can sometimes have fun with it. Pro-BDSers repeatedly write about how the security problems in “Palestine”…
By Other Authors Links Arab MKs Betray Their Country and Electorate February 12, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments There can be reasons for a politician to make a condolence call to the family of a murderer. Sometimes such a family may turn to an elected official seeking advice…
Current Events Jew-Hate 3 Steps to Effectively Counter-Protest Antisemitic Events February 11, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Consider this a case-study: On 4 February 2016 at York University, the JDL conducted a humiliating and ineffective counter-protest to a divestment demonstration. Using this event as an example, I…
Current Events Jew-Hate JDL – Much Ado About Nothing at York University, Toronto February 7, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Sometimes it is smarter to keep silent than to make a fuss. It is not necessarily weakness. The demonstration at York University yesterday (Feb 4, 2016) was a prime example…
Current Events Jew-Hate Toward the Making of Self-Hating Jews February 6, 2016 Sherry Oz No Comments Self-hating Jews, I think, deplore the reflection of themselves that they see mirrored in the eyes of the non-Jewish world; this determines how they experience their own Jewishness. Non-Jewish societies…