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A Great Paper is Unpleasant to Read: Haaretz

by Pier Marton | Feb 25, 2012 | Antisemitism, Death, Jewish, Judaism, Media, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Wars

“There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous.” Hannah Arendt Recent Gleanings from Haaretz From “Palestinian television still glorifies terror attacks against Israel” by Avi Issacharoff At certain moments, while watching a scene from a program...

Greti Herman does what she can…

by Pier Marton | Feb 8, 2012 | Antisemitism, Care, Death, Ego, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Magyar, Middle-East, Native, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women

My friend Pini’s mother in the Los Angeles Jewish Journal: Greti was soon banned from school. Some nights, Nazis pounded on the family’s apartment door, forcing them outside, on hands and knees, with a bucket and brush… … Greti dashed across the street… A half-hour...

Some of My Favorite Quotes

by Pier Marton | Dec 30, 2011 | Afri, Asia, Books, Ego, France, Highlights, Humor, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Poet, Quotes, Software, Sound, Spectacle, Teach, Text, Time, Wars, Women

[UPDATED HERE WITH THE EXTENSIVE SCHOOL OF NO MEDIA COLLECTION] Besides Crane, Eco and quite a few others available on this blog under the “Quotes” category, these are quotes I have used in the past, either on my office door or as part of my signature: • The essence...

Being Pro-Israel can be Progressive!

by Pier Marton | Dec 25, 2011 | Antisemitism, Cam, Death, Ego, France, Highlights, History, Human Rights, Ideas, Idées, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, KeyText, Middle-East, Native, Now, Politics, Racism, Shoah, Time, Wars, Women

Recently an apparently well-known British blogger featured on Democracy Now! was denouncing some British politicians for being “Pro-Israel” and from my progressive perspective I was shocked. I shouldn’t have been… Too many times I have been involved in discussions...

“We Are All Icelandic Jews!” (after the 1968 “Nous Sommes Tous des Juifs Allemands!”)

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Antisemitism, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics, Women

Iceland Jews are left out in the cold by Judy Maltz Though it numbers under 100 members, Iceland does have a Jewish community, and even a Jewish first lady. Some of them, however, say they’re afraid to identify themselves publicly as such. REYKJAVIK – Even in this...

How I became a ‘terrorist’ by Abdelrahman Al Ahmar

by Pier Marton | Dec 24, 2011 | Human Rights, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Politics

How I became a ‘terrorist’ by Abdelrahman Al Ahmar in Haaretz. Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email More Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit TweetShare on...

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To ride the unbalance* between:
1. excellence and a kind, singular and porous identity that contains some of the scruples, humor, humility, musicality & the beauty of a harsh and confusing, yet benign and rich reality – away from distractions.
2. the stupidity and blindness of complacency, violence, injustice, pretense, egos, short-term… wishful… and group “thinking,” and empty talk – in all of their surprising embodiments. And the false sense of fullness all of this provides.
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An appeal for a world NOT so caught up in anthropo/ego/euro/ethno/oculo/esthetico -CENTRISM.
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1. Beware of those who claim to be strong – they are often dangerous.
2. Unmask the hoax of “centrality” – ask an “EX-centric” for assistance?
3. Perceive the arrogance of normalcy: everybody, in one way or another, is handicapped… which brings us back to 1.
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*Not unrelated to “There is beauty and there are the humiliated. Whatever difficulties the enterprise may present, I should like never to be unfaithful either to the second or the first.” — Albert Camus