This is the Forward’s coverage of the Gaza Strip, a Palestinian territory on the Mediterranean sea bordering Israel. Israel withdrew from the strip in 2005, ceding direct control to the Palestinian Authority, but it maintains strict indirect control.
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Life Dr. Abuelaish’s ‘Daughters for Life’
“If I could know that my daughters were the last sacrifice on the road to peace between Palestinians and Israelis, then I would accept their loss,” wrote Izzeldin Abuelaish, the Gazan obstetrician-gynecologist specializing in infertility following the killing of three of his daughters and a niece by an IDF tank shell that hit his family’s…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Alice Walker Sails For Gaza; Woody Allen Heads For Rome
Novelist Alice Walker explains why she is sailing to Gaza. The New York Times profiles Idan Raichel, Israel’s “musician of the decade.” JWeekly profiles the Ridin’ Chai Motorcycle Club of Northern California. In Souciant, The Arty Semite contributor Joel Schalit writes about Public Enemy in Arabic. In Tablet, The Arty Semite contributor Shulem Deen writes…
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The Schmooze Out and About: Israeli Winners at Sundance; Ian McEwan Defends Jerusalem Prize Acceptance
Two Israeli films, “Restoration” by Yossi Madmony and “Zero Motivation” by Talya Lavie, picked up prizes at Sundance. The Egyptian Museum was hit by looters, but it could have been worse. Israeli filmmakers have received death threats over their film on the Gaza war. Ian McEwan has defended his decision to accept the Jerusalem Prize,…
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Life Gaza’s Surfer Girls
In Gaza, where it is illegal under Sharia law for women even to ride bicycles, four young girls are boldly learning to surf. With the help of the American non-profit organization, Explore Corps, they are riding the waves and gaining a measure of freedom, confidence and independence. This past summer, Rawan Abo Ghanem, 12, and…
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The Schmooze Israeli Documentary Shortlisted for Oscar
Crossposted from Haaretz Israeli documentary “Precious Life” was shortlisted for the Best Documentary Film category in the 83rd Academy Awards, alongside 15 feature documentaries. Director Shlomi Eldar’s moving film documents a saga involving a breathtaking race to save the life of a desperately ill Palestinian baby. The baby’s militant mother, an Israeli doctor and Eldar,…
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The Schmooze Holiday News From Israel
The Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha is upon us, and just like everything in the Western World, it has been commercialized. Check out this video about the Israeli electronics store that tried to boost its Arab clientele by offering a free sheep with every purchase. A central Eid tradition is to slaughter an animal. In…
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The Schmooze This Week in Forward Arts and Culture
Leah Koenig looks into the proliferation of kosher certification in America. Curt Schleier and Gordon Haber ponder “God in America,” a six-hour PBS documentary that debunks the myth that the Founding Fathers were evangelicals. Steven G. Kellman goes poking around in Nicole Krauss’s “Great House.” Philologos wonders if swearing loyalty to a “Jewish and democratic…
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The Schmooze Q & A: New Yorker Writer Lawrence Wright on Bringing Gaza to the Stage
With his film “My Trip To Al-Qaeda” on HBO in September and his one-man show, “The Human Scale,” about to open in New York City, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and The New Yorker staff writer Lawrence Wright has a lot going on. During a short window between memorizing his lines and beginning rehearsals, he found time…
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