This is a guest post by David Adler, jazz critic and political commentator.
More from David on this story here.
The bloggers of Mondoweiss have worked very hard to convince the public that antisemitism does not exist among the Palestine solidarity movement - indeed, that all such charges of antisemitism are mere subterfuge concocted by “Zionists” to tar critics of Israel, who are by definition pure of heart.
So it’s important to note that Mondoweiss is now voicing support for the Israeli-born, UK-based jazz musician and virulent antisemite Gilad Atzmon.
Continue reading ‘Don’t Let Atzmon Hoodwink America’s Jazz Scene’
This is a crosspost by Benjamin Weinthal from The Jewish Chronicle.
There is nothing more dreary than contemporary art that sets out merely to be provocative when it is in fact conventional and reactionary. A case in point is the Danish artistic group Surrend’s anti-Israel poster showing maps of the Middle East in which the state of Israel does not exist, with the term “Final Solution” at the top. Not only does this mirror the jingoistic foreign policy of the Holocaust-denying regime in Iran, but it also resonates with many Germans.
Continue reading ‘How Political Artists Do Away With Nations’
News from Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC): its annual conference is urging the British government to “a) condemn the Israeli military aggression and the continuing blockade of Gaza; (b) end arms sales to Israel which reached a value of £18.8 million in 2008, up from £7.7 million in 2007; (c) seek EU agreement to impose a ban on the importing of goods produced in the illegal settlements; and (d) support moves to suspend the EU-Israel Association Agreement which provides preferential trade facilities to Israel.”
Continue reading ‘Israel Boycotts: The Battle Isn’t Over’
Writing in The National Post, Charles Lewis pours scorn upon the group of artists and writers who have called on the Toronto Film Festival to cancel the showing of ten films about Tel Aviv, in order to avoid complicity with “the Israeli propaganda machine.”
Continue reading ‘Should We Boycott the Boycotters?’
Remember this ghastly business which brought shame on the Edinburgh International Film Festival? Well, the equivalent festival in Melbourne, Australia won’t be intimidated by Ken “Antisemitism is Understandable” Loach. Responding to a demand from Loach that the festival refuse Israeli funding, festival director Richard Moore said: “I wouldn’t do it. The festival wouldn’t. It’s like submitting to blackmail.” Well said.
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So says J Street, commenting on the absurd and antisemitic “Seven Jewish Children.” More from David Hirsh here.
Gene described it as a “small, good thing.” An apposite phrase for a special event: a youth orchestra from the West Bank city of Jenin playing for a group of Holocaust survivors in Israel. But it won’t be happening again because the orchestra has been disbanded as a direct consequence of that concert.
Continue reading ‘Jenin Orchestra Disbanded’
This is a guest post by David Adler.
An anonymous reader has suggested parodic verses along the lines of Caryl Churchill’s short play Seven Jewish Children:
Continue reading ‘Caryl Churchill’s Play: “Easy, Fetid and Smug”’
This is a guest post by David Adler.
This Sunday, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice (JFREJ), the New York-based activist group, will dedicate part of its weekly WBAI radio program Beyond the Pale to a live reading of Caryl Churchill’s play Seven Jewish Children, to be followed by a discussion with the actors.
Continue reading ‘Churchill Play Comes To NY Radio’
