Wednesday, December 8, 2010

1. Fire Fallout - The Atlantic’s Jeff Goldberg: ‘Don’t Donate To Those Rich Jews For Israel’s Fire Relief Fund’ - Big Journalism - I received this link from a number of people today - the title of this link is inflammatory, obviously deliberately so - and I think that Rob Miller (the author) is wrong to have done so - but I also think that Goldberg is dead wrong - maybe if Israel could live live as a normal country and not have to spend inordinate amounts of national treasure on defending itself, I might - might - consider his point. Despite the poor title, I do think that the other points that Miller raises are quite valid.

2. Fire Fallout #2 - Other fire-related stories:

• Firefighters Subdue Carmel Fire After 77 Hours
• The state of the state
• Israel Carmel Fire – Taking Stock of How It Happened | Green Prophet
• Police: Usfiya boy, 14, admits to starting Carmel fire
• Teen fire suspect released from custody - Israel News, Ynetnews
• Op-Ed: Response to fire illuminates challenges for Israel | JTA - Jewish & Israel News
• Livni: Bibi Must Quit Over Fire Fiasco
• Israeli wildfire: Photos - Special Coverage on CNN.com

3. Hanukkah Ends - some last thoughts as Hanukkah 5771 concludes - Camp Fire - by Natan Sharansky Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life

4. Hey - Didn't Spielberg Direct the Movie "Jaws"? - and isn't he Jewish? Egyptian Official: Israel Could Be Behind Deadly Shark Attack - FoxNews.com - OH PLEASE!

5. Better Call The ADL - just kidding - Last Night's Winner: Not The Jews

6. On Much More Serious Notes - vigilance and diligence are essential - one of the reasons I write this blog and write to the newspapers - trying to do my little bit:

• Bernard-Henri Lévy: The Antisemitism to Come
• PA journalists support author of Western Wall report
• Bordering on Malicious - by Adam Kirsch Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life
• Princeton Defeats Attempt To Impose Alternative to Israeli Hummus – Forward.com
• Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper: Presbyterians Against Israel - WSJ.com
• Ed Driscoll » Helen Thomas Rescinds Her Apology - noted previously
• Commentary » Blog Archive » The Myth of Jewish-Only Roads
• Faster, Please! » It’s the Jews, Stupid! (What Was the Question?)

7. Mind Your Own Business - Pajamas Media » A ‘Trialogue’ in Yad Vashem? - I think that the author takes huge leaps in coming to his conclusions.

8. If This Story Is Correct, I'm Not Impressed - This fire is still burning: Racism is spreading - people will probably disagree with me, but as a people who have suffered from the shoe being on the other foot, this just strikes me as wrong.

9. Vasily Grossman - the famous Russian war correspondent and novelist - Eyewitness - by Blake Eskin Tablet Magazine - A New Read on Jewish Life - his description of Treblinka in A Writer At War still sends shivers down my spine - his report was used in evidence at the Nuremberg Trials. I am currently reading Life and Fate, a work (often compared to War and Peace) that was banned in the Soviet Union but published after being smuggled to the West during the Cold War.

10. Good Old Hamas, Good Old UN - Commentary » Blog Archive » Hamas Returns To Executing Opponents, UN Returns To Boosting Hamas Aid - I wonder if George Galloway and his supporters see any issue here.

11. Poignant - What Remains? – Forward.com

12. Canadian Political Humour - the controversial Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador recently resigned abruptly - putting another Newfie out of work.