by Pier Marton | Aug 9, 2011 | Art, Books, Care, Future Tech, Health, History, Human Rights, Humor, Jewish, Judaism, Juif, Middle-East, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Shoah, Spectacle, Teach, TED, Travel, Wars, Women
His website and the 99’s website. Isaac Solotaroff’s documentary that will air on PBS’s Independent Lens on October 13th EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Aug 5, 2011 | Antisemitism, Books, Care, Death, Doc, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Now, Politics, Time, Wars, Women
Madeleine qui travaillait à la poste pendant la guerre.,, et la deuxième partie de “Le Struthof et les Alsaciens” sur Les Pieds sur Terre (France Culture). Avec ses détails uniques, aussi touchant que la retenue de l’ancien chimiste Primo Levi....
by Pier Marton | Jul 31, 2011 | Afri, Art, Asia, Care, Death, Doc, Eco, Film, Food, Health, Hispanic, Ideas, Middle-East, Politics, Racism, Sci/Nat, Spectacle, Video, Wars, Women
Previous posting had linking problems. Run to ITVS’s screening room… Daughter from Danang by Gail Dolgin and Vicente Franco A Vietnamese mother and her Amerasian daughter are joyously reunited after 22 years, but their illusions are quickly shattered when...
by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2011 | Care, Dance, Human Rights, Ideas, Jewish, Judaism, Middle-East, Native, Poet, Politics, Sci/Nat, Women
Where Politics Are Complex, Simple Joys at the Beach by Ethan Bronner in the NYTimes (a rare trip to the beach for West Bank Palestinian women) EmailMoreRedditTweetShare on...
by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2011 | Asia, France, Health, Human Rights, Humor, Idées, Mystery, Poet, Politics, Quotes, Shoah, Teach, Time, Wars, Women
Un jour, mon épouse m’a apporté la photocopie d’une légende hindoue qu’elle avait lue dans le salon d’attente d’un médecin. En prenant connaissance de cette légende, brusquement, un voile s’est déchiré et j’ai eu la sensation de découvrir qu’elle était écrite depuis...
by Pier Marton | Jul 26, 2011 | Antisemitism, Death, Film, France, History, Human Rights, Jewish, Juif, Politics, Racism, Review, Shoah, STL, Women
My short review: Skeletons in the closet! Reality tends not to fit into the comfort we all seek. Every nation struggles through its suppressed history and France, besides its colonialist dreams, has a long and torturous relationship to its Jews. A recent French...