Hamas security forces allowed a rare rally on Monday by rival jihadist Salafi activists in the Gaza Strip in support of Islamic State and the deadly attacks by three Islamist gunmen in France. “Today, we are telling France and world countries that while Islam orders us to respect all religions, it also orders us to…
Lior Zaltzman As a cartoonist, I’ve often been scared to breach political topics in an overt way. My fear centers on the reactions I might get from family and friends, or from internet trolls — but never on any concern for my life. That reality has now changed. Can’t sleep tonight, thoughts with my French…
It is not easy to be at the receiving end of Charlie Hebdo’s especially biting, brutal form of satire. Jews should know. Since the massacre of the French magazine’s top editors and journalists January 7, much has been made of their eagerness to criticize and lampoon people of all faiths, from the pope to presidents…
Jewish women have been pushing boundaries of comics for years, but 2014 proved an especially rich year for smart, challenging work from supremely talented artists. Some confront personal history. Last year, in “Letting it Go,” Miriam Katin beautifully captured her own ambivalence about visiting Germany — and the double edge every place holds for her…
Israel’s Haaretz newspaper has strongly backed a cartoonist who sparked a storm of controversy by depicting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a 9/11 terrorist flying toward the World Trade Center. Editor-in-chief Aluf Benn said critics were “misreading” the comic by senior cartoonist Amos Biderman — and pointedly refused to apologize or retract the explosive work….
Israeli cartoonist Amos Biderman stood by his an explosive work that depicts Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flying a plane towards the World Trade Center. Biderman, the political cartoonist for the liberal Haaretz newspaper, said he “never imagined” the harsh reaction to the terror-themed cartoon but pointedly refused to apologize in an article published on its…
Today in things in poor taste: A Haaretz cartoon by Amos Biderman showing one Bibi Netanyahu, flying an Israel plane into an American building. Subtle. I guess people who lost a loved one on 9/11 will just have to get past that boring old thing called grief in the interest of depicting political tension.
Last time we checked in with artist Liana Finck, she was asking Facebook friends what they thought God looked like. Today, she asks a more personal question: What were your childhood beliefs? The answers are enlightening. CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE
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