Category Archives: Jewcentricity
Pondering a 70th Anniversary
Today, April 19, marks the 70th anniversary of the beginning of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising. What can one possibly say about this event that has not already been said many times over many years? What is there, if anything, that … Continue reading
New Year’s Eve: A Short Guide to What You’re Celebrating
It’s one thing to be a Jew on Christmas in a majority-Christian land like the United States, a meme made famous (infamous?) by recent cultural creations stretching all the way from Adam Sandler to South Park. But it’s another to … Continue reading
Secretary Hagel?
So, I am given to understand that the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) of B‘nai B‘rith, which more or less boils down to its national director Abe Foxman’s personal view of the planet from his Manhattan bubble, is not thrilled with the … Continue reading
Shock the Casbah
Again I come late to the gabfest, this time about the Hamas-IDF confrontation in and around Gaza. So much has already been said, and it falls in the usual categories: the thinly didactic, the fatuous, the banal, the shrewd and, … Continue reading
What They Should Have Debated
It’s been a while since I addressed specifically Middle Eastern issues in this space, but of course that does not mean nothing is going on there worth commenting upon. If anything, too much is going on. In addition to the … Continue reading
“To Me, You Are Beautiful”: A Jewcentric Note
When this blog was formed (or re-formed) some months ago, part of its name included “Jewcentricity” for a reason. For those who may not know, this is the title of a book I wrote in 2009. There will be no … Continue reading
What Should We Make of Iranian Anti-Semitism?
On Wednesday the New York Times ran a fascinating piece authored by Thomas Erdbrink, dateline Tehran, under the title “Iran’s Vice President Makes Anti-Semitic Speech at Forum.” The twelve-paragraph article describes the remarks of Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi at … Continue reading
Jewcentricity on the Tube
I have before me a little eight-sheet brochure called “Guide To Jewish TV Programs.” It is advertising something called “The Jewish Channel”, abbreviated TJC, with a little Star of David above the “J”—very cute. Inside, the brochure refers to TJC … Continue reading
Khshayarsha Who?
This blog is entitled “The Middle East and Beyond” for a fairly obvious practical reason: It enables me to discuss subjects far and wide, since the word “beyond” can mean practically anything I want it to. I intend to limit … Continue reading
