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August 31, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, later that same evening

. Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, here, and here.

If I wasn't sick I would have gone to this party. it would have been a great antidote to those conservative book panels.

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Judith | 08/31/04 at 09:07 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the Protestors, the sequel

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, here, and here.

So I'm spending all day home sick, but I am going to be back out there tomorrow.

Today's big event was supposed to be A31. (August 31, get it?)

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Judith | 08/31/04 at 05:49 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Again

Benjamin Kerstein lives in Beersheva. Today there were two simultaneous suicide bombings on buses there. This is what Benjamin saw.

Judith | 08/31/04 at 03:09 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Greetings from P-town

He's baaaaaaack.

UPDATE: Andrew, you need to either get caught up on the issues or go back in the hammock. The Purple Heart bandages don't "mock the military." They specifically mock John Kerry, for making much more out of his superficial wounds than they warranted. Therefore they support the military, who resent having their reputation tarnished by Kerry's self-aggrandizement.

Did you actually talk to any enlisted personnel about how they feel about the band-aids?

UPDATE: The GOP tries to enforce taking the high road.

UPDATE: Virginia Postrel agrees with me.

Judith | 08/31/04 at 12:51 AM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 30, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, the evening after

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, here, and here.

Protest Warrior after-action report, with pix and video of attack by anarchists.
More pix of Sunday's confrontation. (Plus a few of Saturday evening's meeting on the roof.)
Link love from Glenn, with a good point about PW's coolness factor, which drives most protests and some voting patterns. (The Palestinians will not start building a civil stable society until suicide bombing is no longer cool.)
Also lots of reports at the PW forum.

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Judith | 08/30/04 at 10:52 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the Protestors, the morning after

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here, here, and here.

Glenn has some links to protest coverage with photos.
Allah is continuing to provide lots of links. (Thanks for the mention, O Omnipresent One.)

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Judith | 08/30/04 at 12:32 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

August 29, 2004

Further evidence of liberal slant on campus

According to Time:

. . . according to data compiled by the nonpartisan Center for Responsive Politics, 72% of university employees' $16.7 million in contributions during this election cycle has gone to the Democratic Party. The figure for Harvard is 97%, and every penny of the $156,000 from the College of William and Mary has gone to the Democrats. Employees of the University of California have given more money to John Kerry's presidential campaign than have workers at any other business or institution; Harvard employees are No. 2. (Full disclosure: employees of Time Warner, which publishes TIME, are No. 5.) George W. Bush has no universities (and no Time Warner) in his top-20 list of employee donations.

Judith | 08/29/04 at 09:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Carnival of the Protestors goes live

Previous Carnival of the Protestors entries here and here.

More anti-RNC/Bush/war mobilizing sites:
RNC Not Welcome.
Still We Rise.
Counter Convention.
NYC Grassroots Media Coalition.
RNC bloggers from the left of the dial.

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Judith | 08/29/04 at 05:10 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Socialite blogging

Before being swept up by convention/protest fever, I attended a whirlwind evening of Republican bloggish goodness, well-documented by Karol.

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Judith | 08/29/04 at 03:50 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 28, 2004

Carnival of the Protestors, cont.

Friday's roundup of anti-RNC protests here.

The RNC bloggers have formed a group blog for the duration. There's news mixed in with convention anecdotes.

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Judith | 08/28/04 at 10:24 PM | 1 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 27, 2004

Jews on the Left make decisions

The Burning Man Festival starts Monday, and - recapitulating the hippie vs. SDS split of the late 60s - many counter-culture types are torn about whether to go for utopian vision in Nevada or gritty confrontation in Manhattan.

Well, if you are Jewish and heading out for Burning Man, you probably already know about the Black Rock JCC, home to Congregation Bamidbar. If not, check out the schedule of davening and other events.

If you're Jewish and planning to protest in Manhattan, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun - flagship of institutional NYC Leftist Judaism - has a list of events. I'll post more Jewish Leftist events as I find out about them. More links on the anti-RNC goings on here.

Judith | 08/27/04 at 05:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Carnival of the Protestors

The Republican National Convention is almost upon us, about 15 blocks from my apartment. Here is an informal roundup of planned events that are not taking place within Madison Square Garden.

Bookmark this page from NYMetro for a schedule of RNC-related events and interesting articles. I especially like My Escape from the Zabar's Left, a recounting of a political journey similar to many of the testimonies from my ongoing recovering progressives' support group. (Tons of former Gore voters for Bush here.)

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Judith | 08/27/04 at 11:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Jews in odd places: China

A once-thriving Jewish culture in Shanghai's Tilanqiao area is to be revived on the site of its former heyday.

Almost 30,000 Jewish refugees settled in the area, around the northern Bund, during World War II, and set up schools, libraries, cafes, synagogues and even their own newspapers.

Many of the exiles were highly talented professionals -- teachers, editors, reporters, writers, painters, musicians and sportsmen.

At the end of the war, they gradually left for Israel, the United States and Canada.

After nearly five decades ignoring its Jewish legacy, Shanghai is waking up to this unique part of the city's history and looking at preserving aspects of the Tilanqiao area, which has been listed as one of the 12 key historical zones in the city.

William | 08/27/04 at 10:45 AM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Jews in odd places

Street scene

I helped with this campaign table a few weeks ago, but I missed the week when the reporter showed up because I was leading services that morning (hey, you knew I wasn't shomer-Shabbas . . .) I will vouch for the mix of races and ethnicities which bought items and voiced support for Bush, and my fellow volunteers were gracious and delightful people, even though I noted that I am pro-choice and pro-gay marriage.

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Judith | 08/27/04 at 10:14 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 26, 2004

Jews in Sports: Baseball

The �Celebration of Jews in Baseball� will be held Sunday and Monday at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y. Expected to join the two days of nostalgia and congratulations are such former players as Ron Blomberg of the Yankees, the first designated hitter, and Elliot Maddox, who played for the Mets and Yankees. Joe Ginsburg, an original Met, will be there, too, as will Ken Holtzman, Mike Epstein and Norm Sherry. Others are Boston Red Sox executive vice president Charles Steinberg, Sandy Koufax biographer Jane Levey and Aviva Kempner, who made a documentary about Hank Greenberg.

William | 08/26/04 at 05:32 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Doing Jewish

August 26, 2004

Blog roundup

Okay, all you Kerry supporters, Rev. Sensing has thrown down the gauntlet, and you have till Saturday to respond. (via Andrea) The ultimate blog roundup: Pocket Guide to the Blogosphere. Well, penultimate so far, as Kesher Talk is not . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 04:02 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

More "oppressive apartheid racist dehumanizing" fences

Imshin points out some discrepancy in terminology.Here is a fence, built to keep apart two peoples of two different religions, two peoples who are not able to live together. What is it called, this fence? Is it called an . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 03:55 PM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

Stacking the display tables

Some links from Jeff Jarvis on the furor over the Barnes & Noble bookstore chain inability to keep the Swiftboat Vets book in stock. Potential readers suspect machinations, B&N; says they just couldn't get enough copies from the publisher. . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 02:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Meet the RNC bloggers

Meet the bloggers covering the RNC. It's always fun to see what people look like when they come out from behind their blogs. . . . I didn't make the cut for this august group, but I will be . . . more »

Judith | 08/26/04 at 12:55 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 25, 2004

Jewish Philanthropy: Benefiting from the Faith-Based Initiative

Below are some examples of Jewish charities that have benefited from President Bush's Faith-Based Initiative: . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 03:31 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Doing Jewish

Yasher Koach

The first Israeli to win a gold medal at the Olympics dedicates it to the victims of the Munich Massacre.The 28-year-old punched the air with delight on his victory and draped himself in the Israeli flag in what he . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 02:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Munich Massacre

More Jewish liberals for Bush

Two weeks ago - in response to a challenge by the ABC News blog - a number of bloggers ran testimonials from former Gore voters who are voting for Bush this year. Kesher Talk rounded up many of these. . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 12:41 PM | 6 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Jews & the GOP: The Convention

Groups like the American Jewish Committee, the Israel Project, Baruch College, the Jewish Community Relations Council of New Yor, the Republican Jewish Coalition, and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations will all be rolling out the . . . more »

Judith | 08/25/04 at 10:19 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 24, 2004

Getting Jews off drugs

the Jews no one talks about--the junkies, the alcoholics and the criminals. Rabbi Borovitz is spiritual head of Beit T'Shuvah (Hebrew for "House of Return"), the only in-patient rehab center in the country designed to serve Jewish addicts. As . . . more »

William | 08/24/04 at 07:51 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Doing Jewish

Yet more Imperialist Running Dog Lackeys of the Capitalist Ruling Classes street theater

Communists for Kerry storm Union Square again: The August 21st Revolution was somewhat delayed by the imperialist rain of terror thrown over Soviet Union Square at 1:35pm EST by the desperate Bush administration. Of course the Great Lenin used . . . more »

Judith | 08/24/04 at 06:04 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Doing good by drinking beer

Spirit of America - the blog-organized volunteer organization which donates needed supplies to Iraqi civilians - is having a fundraiser tonight near Union Square.Location: Heartland Brewery 35 Union Square West, New York, NY When: Tuesday, August 24, 6:00pm to . . . more »

Judith | 08/24/04 at 02:48 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Iraq

August 23, 2004

"Progressives."

I've been collecting URLs about all the various protestors converging on the RNC about 15 blocks from my apartment, and I'll start posting those soon. In the meantime, here's a roundup of some ongoing "progressive" action not related to . . . more »

Judith | 08/23/04 at 03:20 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Blog roundup

Very bad weather in New Zealand. Send Gary some money or a good doctor. Oh deer. Atlantic Blog links to some pungent commentary. . . . more »

Judith | 08/23/04 at 09:10 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

August 21, 2004

Outed

I'm going to quote most of this because it's short and doesn't have a permalink: . . . more »

Judith | 08/21/04 at 09:02 PM | 2 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 19, 2004

Time for some cool stuff

I think I got this from Electrolite: Funny lists from McSweeney's, such as Favorite Gerund Movie Titles, Un-gerunded, Sexual Euphemisms That Won't Catch On, Words and Phrases I Use at Work, but Seldom Use at Home, and Match the . . . more »

Judith | 08/19/04 at 11:51 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Amazing things

More Imperialist Running Dog Lackeys of the Capitalist Ruling Classes street theater

If you didn't get a chance to join Communists for Kerry in Union Square last Saturday, they will be reprising their successful political indoctrination of the proletariat this Saturday. Same time, same place.CommunistsForKerry.com is staging another Red Army invasion . . . more »

Judith | 08/19/04 at 11:21 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Most recent ABK entry, about the Swiftboat Vet controversy, here. Mostly fun parodies, Photoshops, bumperstickers, etc. here and here. . . . more »

Judith | 08/19/04 at 10:44 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Another anniversary

Oops! While I was busy with other things, my 2nd year blog anniversary came and went. I joined Kesher Talk, already a fairly respected Jewish blog, on August 9, 2002, which also happened to be the first day of . . . more »

Judith | 08/19/04 at 09:23 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

August 18, 2004

Imperialist Running Dog Lackeys of the Capitalist Ruling Classes can do street theater too, you know.

Communists for Kerry know that only John Kerry can help bring about an Internationalist Worker's State, unlike that Imperialist Capitalist Pig George Bush. So on Saturday, CFK fanned out into Union Square, to promote the Glorious People's Revolution to . . . more »

Judith | 08/18/04 at 04:36 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Power to the People

August 16, 2004

Blog roundup

After some ups and downs in the world of professional journalism, Steven I. Weiss, one of the founders of Protocols, is back with a new personal blog, Canonist which will focus on news and views about religion, mostly in . . . more »

Judith | 08/16/04 at 12:43 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

August 13, 2004

Come to the vomit-in!

From the Inbox: . . . more »

Judith | 08/13/04 at 06:13 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Useful idiots

Them Jooooooos!

Backspin - the blog of Honestreporting.com, the watchdog on anti-Israel media bias - comments on the McGreavy resignation:First one to find an 'Israeli conspiracy' article wins . . . shouldn't take long.Three responses already. . . . more »

Judith | 08/13/04 at 06:00 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Antisemitism watch

August 12, 2004

Dear ABC News, Cont.

Today The Note runs a follow-up to their request of yesterday.Forget the fact that that we still can't find a single American who voted for Al Gore in 2000 who is planning to vote for George Bush in 2004. (If . . . more »

Judith | 08/12/04 at 02:01 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Campaign liability?

From a Kerry supporter (scroll down): . . . more »

Judith | 08/12/04 at 02:59 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 11, 2004

Firefighter

Red Adair - one of the most incredible persons of the 20th century - died last week.Red Adair�s greatest glory came following the Gulf War. Saddam Hussein followed-through on his threat to ignite the oil fields of Kuwait. The . . . more »

Judith | 08/11/04 at 10:06 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Tikkun olam

Brief Martha Stewart moment

Frozen fruit is my mainstay in the summer. It's nutritious, flavorful, not too caloric or carbful (berries and citrus, anyway), and it keeps you cool. Frozen orange pops: Buy large navel oranges. Quarter skin, avoiding cutting into flesh as . . . more »

Judith | 08/11/04 at 06:03 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Sensual pleasures

Dear ABC News . . .

Dear ABC News, I saw your request here for emails from people who voted for Gore and are now going to vote for Bush. You claim not to have heard of any. Wow. Where you been? Just in my personal . . . more »

Judith | 08/11/04 at 03:03 PM | 3 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

NYC weather report

I sure am glad I didn't put off going to the store earlier today. There's a monsoon out there. But it's kinda cool from 25 floors up. And now I don't have to turn on the A/C in my . . . more »

Judith | 08/11/04 at 02:46 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Life and how to live it

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehn, goodbye...

I'm stepping away from Kesher Talk. I'd like to thank all of you for reading my posts here, and for the conversations they've engendered. I'm making this change for two reasons. One is limited time; the other is that, . . . more »

Rachel | 08/11/04 at 02:37 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

August 10, 2004

Pontificating on the fad of the moment

So I just got back from the panel discussion at Makor on blogs and politics. I took illegible notes and will attempt to transcribe some of them later. Short version: . . . more »

Judith | 08/10/04 at 10:23 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

Anyone but Kerry Dept - Swiftboat vets

Most recent "Anyone but Kerry" entry here. The previous ABK entry has links back to all the others, at the end. If you're wondering why I haven't written about the Swiftboat Vets accusations against John Kerry, I did. In . . . more »

Judith | 08/10/04 at 03:47 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

A New York State of Mind

Random NYC cool stuff: NYWiki.com is a wiki by and about New Yorkers. If you live here or have in the past, or know interesting things about New York, go over there and contribute. The font of freedom is . . . more »

Judith | 08/10/04 at 09:04 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: NYC

August 09, 2004

Bush Derangement Syndrome Dept.

Bush Derangement Syndrome Dept. I have written admiringly of Leon Wieseltier on this blog on several occasions. When he is dissecting bad arguments, as in his evisceration of Tony Judt's "bi-national state" nonsense last year, or explaining a complex subject, . . . more »

Judith | 08/09/04 at 11:03 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

August 07, 2004

The Fence, cont.

Daniel Gordis, an American-born Israeli, writes about viewing the Fence with a Palestinian co-worker. She shows him her Arab town in hopes he will recoil at how oppressive it is, but he has a different reaction. . . . more »

Judith | 08/07/04 at 09:41 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Israel vs. the world

August 06, 2004

Love makes the world go round

A hat tip to Protocols for this story on Paul Wolfowitz's inspiration for his zeal in spreading democracy in the Middle East. . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 06:52 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: Tikkun olam

The latest meeting of the recovering progressives support group

Previous meetings here and here. In the last support group, we pretty much vented about trying to discuss politics with friends and family members. Today we're just going to hear some testimony to cheer us up and steel our . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 04:12 PM | 9 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - From Sea to Shining Sea

Party hardy, dude!

I've been to several of these "Party for Bush" events. Last month 4 of us LGF-reading-quasi-liberals (well, Peggy says she's not a liberal any more at all!) got together to visit two parties of the many that took place . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 03:24 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04

Antisemitism watch

Silent Running is covering a wave of grave desecrations and burnings in New Zealand. (You can click back from that URL to more posts.) Pix here. Silent Running also covered an appearance at a Melbourne university by Daniel Pipes, . . . more »

Judith | 08/06/04 at 10:56 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Antisemitism watch

August 05, 2004

Blog roundup

Gerard van der Leun is taking some time off. Which gives the rest of us some time to catch up with all the brilliant posts over at American Digest. Norm Geras celebrated his first blogaversary last week. Jeff Jarvis' . . . more »

Judith | 08/05/04 at 02:20 AM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

August 04, 2004

Quote of the Day

I haven't visited Electrolite in quite some time, because politically we occupy such different consensual realities, and their crowd is kind of chummy and self-righteous, and it's not fun to go over there unless you are part of that . . . more »

Judith | 08/04/04 at 10:18 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Around the blogosphere

Random cool stuff

Sorry I was AWOL last week. Blogger ate half a post I was working on for hours and I just went into an extended "feh" moment. It was an update on the Temple Mount destruction, meant to be posted . . . more »

Judith | 08/04/04 at 08:29 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - Amazing things

Anyone but Kerry Dept.

Anyone but Kerry Dept. Lots of fun parody stuff. Email them to your friends, print them off on your color inkjet and post them all over town. Make bumper stickers. Let's rumble in Davenport! . . . more »

Judith | 08/04/04 at 01:44 PM | 0 Comments | 0 TrackBacks | Categories: - GOTV '04