Now It All Makes Sense: ‘Palestine’ as Keystone
The word “Palestine” has become wildly mythologized, has come to fairly drip with classic anti-Semitic associations, generally unrecognized as such.
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Michael R. Caplan
Michael R. Caplan is a designer, writer, singer, and theatre-maker, and the Director of Michael Caplan’s House of ShAkE, a production company working in print, performance, music, and other media. www.houseofshake.ca
The Big Lie Comes to Colleyville: Fairy Tale vs. Storied Truth
The fight to defend the truth of the Jewish people is the fight for the possibility of truth itself. And the fight for truth is, in the end, always the defense of reality against those who would attempt to deny and overpower it.
Read Article »Transitional Thoughts on Trans-
If the word “nonbinary” has assumed a sudden cultural importance, whether as a mere trend or a significant indication of future developments, it has the undeniable function of creating a new binary.
Read Article »Looking Left, Looking Right: Anti-Semitism in the Places of Hope and Truth
In a world of lies the lie is not removed from the world by means of its opposite, but only by means of a world of truth. (Franz Kafka, The Fourth Notebook, The Blue Octavo Notebooks) Introduction: Why look, at all? Why should anyone really care about anti-Semitism, beyond those directly affected? To get by […]
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