I do not like Malls. I do not like the visual overload. I like to go into a shop, buy what I need and get out as soon as I can. However, a Mall is handy. There are several (or many) different shops at the same place. It spares time. So today, I had to [...]
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Interview with Micha Kurz
Here are parts 1-3 of an interview I held with Micha Kurz from ‘Grassroots Jerusalem’, another rather new web-initiative, with some similarities to our own. We discuss how he became active, and how the idea for the site came up.
After a talk on military service
About two weeks ago I accompanied a friend from New-Profile, the organization I’m active in, to a talk at a college in the north of Israel-Palestine, part of a panel about ‘draft-avoidance’ (since joining the military is mandatory, people who do not serve, who are lawfully exempt, are called as an insult- ‘Mishtamtim’) and refusal. [...]
A day in my life – thoughts on non-violent Jewish resistance
First published on BRICUP by R.B. Green- A day in my life – thoughts on non-violent Jewish resistance A day in my life – thoughts on non-violent Jewish resistance I take the Egged bus to my university. The only bus line which connects my city and Tel-Aviv. Egged runs bus lines in settlements in the [...]
My story: How I got involved in “peace” activism
I am Israeli and I am Jewish. I immigrated to this country 12 years ago, as an adult, with 2 babies. I did it for “Zionist” reasons – not to “settle the land” beyond the Green Line, but because I wanted to live in a Jewish environment and saw many advantages in living here, concerning [...]
