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Virtual Protest
Dozens gather in Second Life to protest Israeli invasion in Gaza. (via Boingboing)Related Posts:A Meaningful Light: Open Letter to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles TimesTo Preserve One LifeWaltz With...
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Trailer for Waltz With Bashir, currently playing in empty art theaters in New York (via Boingboing)Related Posts:A Meaningful Light: Open Letter to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles TimesTo Preserve One...
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To Preserve One Life
A Review of Writing in the Dark, by David GrossmanBY BRIAN SCHWARTZIn the Hebrew language, I am sure, there are several different ways to say “enemy.” I have little grasp of what these words might be....
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The Land Grab Out My Front Door: A Memoir of Jerusalem in Pictures
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View Article“sharpening our tongues for a chance at real life”
“If “all the world’s a stage,” then the internet is where we rehearse our lines, sharpening our tongues for a chance at real life.”— Jimmy Chen over at GIANT takes a look at a chat roulette meeting...
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Life on Sandpaper
Yoram Kaniuk’s autobiographical novel Life on Sandpaper follows the Israeli writer through his galavanting in 1950s Greenwich Village.A celeritous semi-autobiography set in the jazz-soaked Greenwich...
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Grossman’s Magnum Opus
In his latest novel, To the End of the Land, Israeli novelist David Grossman encapsulates the magical thinking of a country that could easily not exist.To the End of the Land, David Grossman’s latest...
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At Guernica, Randa Jarrar writes about this one time when she tried to visit her sister in Palestine and she was deported by Israel.I was so afraid of facing the guards at the airport that I had a...
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A Meaningful Light: Open Letter to Kenneth Turan of the Los Angeles Times
Dear Kenneth,A cold October wind bore down College Avenue in Berkeley as I waited in a long line outside of the Rialto Cinema. I shivered. The queue was stuffed with middle-aged patrons for the 7...
View ArticleGaza Roundup
There’s more violence in Gaza today. Emily Hauser asks a tough question about Israeli claims that its strikes are surgical and aimed at terrorists.The IDF used social media to announce and live-blog...
View ArticleEvery Kiss Begins with Konspiracy
Sometimes, during the sparkly onslaught of holiday-season diamond commercials, someone you know might remark that diamonds aren’t inherently very valuable and that there’s a conspiracy among diamond...
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The Rumpus Interview with Molly Antopol
Imagine yourself in a foreign country—and not even the city where you’re living in that country, but a different one fifty miles away, where a friend has invited you to a party. Now imagine that the...
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The Rumpus Interview with Zachary Lazar
Here in New Orleans, where I’ve been living for the winter, there is a small, thoughtful, and talented literary community. Zachary Lazar is a member of this community—a leader, really, as a creative...
View ArticleThis Week in Short Fiction
The news of Michael Brown’s death cannot be ignored. When one of our young people dies from shots fired by a police officer, there will be sadness and confusion. There will inevitably be questions, and...
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The New York Comics and Picture-Story Symposium: Nicole Antebi and Miki Golod
The New York Comics & Picture-Story Symposium is a weekly forum for discussing the tradition and future of text/image work. Open to the public, it meets Monday nights 7-9 p.m. EST in New York City....
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The Rumpus Interview with David Bezmozgis
Simultaneously poignant, funny, and elegant, David Bezmozgis’s new novel, The Betrayers, tells the story of an Israeli politician named Baruch Kotler, a character with one of the most interesting...
View ArticleA Story to See You Through
Etgar Keret and Sasha Kayua have had a pretty busy year: after speaking out against Israeli intolerance, and getting snubbed on every front, the pair turned to penning their viewpoints to each other....
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Over at the New Yorker, Etgar Keret and Sayed Kashua continue their conversation:I believe that this despair is temporary, and that even though there are quite a few political elements that would...
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The Rumpus Interview with Gina Nahai
In her fifth novel, The Luminous Heart of Jonah S., Gina B. Nahai sheds light on why Los Angeles is home to more Persian Jews than any other city in the world. She writes as an insider and has spent...
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Spotlight: Small Stories #1
Small Stories is a series of journalistic comics about the lives of everyday people in Israel and Palestine in the summer of 2014. This story comes from Tel Aviv, Israel in June 2014.***Click image to...
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