the definite article 10
to keep you occupied
A very interesting piece by a guy who used to listen to :Pink Floyd avidly when he was in his teens, and is dealing with the tension of listening to them as a committed Jew and Zionist in light of Roger Waters over-the-top antisemitism.
https://quillette.com/2024/07/02/a-tale-of-waffles-and-syrup/
Antisemitism exists in places I’ve never heard of, like table games (which are not, as I am learning, table games at all). the good guys win this one, in the meanwhile. Kinda.
https://quillette.com/blog/2024/07/03/gil-troy-pro-palestine-movement-is-anti-american/
I’ll read most anything Gil Troy writes, or his brother Levi Troy. An interesting article on how the pro-Palestinian movement hijacked the human rights movement in America.
https://sapirjournal.org/resilience/2024/06/the-torah-of-october-7/
Well, if you haven’t heard of Richard Lander, you should. He’s a brilliant scholar and writer on the history of Islam and their imperialistic plans for conquest.
https://forward.com/opinion/630942/andrew-cuomo-columbia-protesters-israel-alvin-bragg/
Article bye the former Attorney Genera; of NY discussing why the vandals and law-breakers at Columbia had their charges dismissed, and what it might mean for the future (like, the Fall when classes resume).
About as sober an analysis of anti-Arab violence by Jewish residents of Yehuda and Shomron (called West Bank settlers in modern parlance) was you might find.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/israel-middle-east/articles/israel-two-big-lies
Liel Leibowitz writes on difficult and divisive issues in Israeli politics and society.
Dan Senor hosts Nadav Ayala and Haviv Retig Gur for a military and political analysis of where we are in the war.å
I will be receiving Richard Landes' latest book, "Can “The Whole World” Be Wrong?" for my birthday shortly (we don't do surprise presents in my family).