In the attached article, we learn that while Tony Kushner thinks that Israel should never have been created, he's now willing to concede them their coninued existence.
Admittedly, this is also the position of Richard Cohen, who I like, but when Cohen says he supports Israel's right to exist, he doesn’t wink.
In contrast to Kushner, Cohen undertands that continuing to exist encompasses the right to self defense.
We also learn that Kushner is on the advisory board of ”Jewish Voice for Peace,” a group which refuses to support a two state solution, because many of its “pacifist” members prefer that Israel be destroyed by the peaceful means of attrition.
I would give the man his honorary degree; I would even see his new play (can‘t resist anything about an Italian leftist named Marcantonio), if I could afford it.
But as much as I would defend to the death this man’s free speech rights, I have to admit how stressed I am by the monumental amount of effort being expended to defend views which are really symptomatic of ignorance or some strangely obsessive, ideologically driven animosity.
If some Likudnik had attacked Ehud Barak and Bill Clinton in the terms I witnessed Kushner denounce them in, leftists would be condemning him (justifiably), and holding signs of protest at the graduation.
I would happily give Kushner his well-earned koved, but I wouldn’t invite the man for a Seder at my home. A Matter of Degrees opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com
Maureen Dowd agrees with Gatemouth (who still prefers Gail Collins). Killing Evil Doesn’t Make Us Evil www.nytimes.com
Just as I was marveling about how well behaved the left had been lately, another quarter gets in their two cents (an exaggerated value). Chomsky On Bin Laden andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com
"Tzitung" is the independent Satmar paper; the one which talks about the real world (usually by translating Times articles into Yiddish).
Publisher Avrumi "Albert" Friedman is one of the savviest political minds in NYC. He is the man to talk to about politics among NYC haredim.
Albert once told me "I prefer liberals to conservatives, because most conservatives will remain bigots, while you can usually talk to even the worst liberal."
But, no matter how smart, worldly and relatively liberal Albert is, he's still a Satmar. Hasidic Paper Removes Hillary Clinton From Osama Picture – FailedMessiah.com failedmessiah.typepad.com
Would you believe I was going to be featured in this video before I made my last Savino joke? (which advocated that she legislate naked–and which, with the invisible joke, they pretty much stole).
OK, it’s not true. But they shoudda made the offer.
Incidentally, why are these supposed superheroes still on Lex Luthor‘s payroll? LCA Show: The Independent Democratic Conference www.nydailynews.com
For Domestic Partner, on Mother's Day. Mott the Hoople — I Wish I Was Your Mother — Hammersmith Apollo 2009 www.youtube.com