Tonight, a small detour from my usual subjects. When I was a UCLA graduate student in 1978, I The post Le Chambon: It Takes a Village…to Save Jews appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון ע�...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2021/01/31/le-chambon-it-takes-a-village-to-save-jews/
In the current climate, when a Middle East war may come from any direction, it’s worth sitting The post Song for Lebanon appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح ال...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2018/02/11/song-for-lebanon/
Yesterday, Israeli poet Yonatan Geffen published a poem on Instagram dedicated to the courage of Ahed al-Tamimi. It The post Israeli Defense Minister Demands Media Ban on Famed Israeli Poet for P...
It’s been a horrible week. No question about it. Today brings word that Leonard Cohen has died at The post Leonard Cohen Dies, But Lives appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إ...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2016/11/11/leonard-cohen-dies-legacy-lives/
The Times of Israel is what I call “junkbox journalism.” In its entire short history, I can’t recall The post Enlisting Bruce Springsteen to Validate Apartheid Israel appeared first on T...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2016/10/07/enlisting-bruce-springsteen-validate-apartheid-israel/
Politics are on holiday today. It was a beautiful autumn day today in Seattle. I walked through the The post “September Song” appeared first on Tikun Olam תיקון עולם إصلاح ا...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/09/27/september-song/
Daniel Barenboim is far more than a brilliant orchestral conductor. He is a human being, a mensch. Though The post Daniel Barenboim: Hated in Israel, Unwelcome in Iran appeared first on Tiku...
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2015/08/29/daniel-barenboim-hated-in-israel-unwelcome-in-iran/
The controversial Israeli-Palestinian performer, Jowan Safadi, produced a new song, It’s Hard to Be an Arab, which features a The post Israeli-Palestinian Musician’s Subversive Critique of M...