Every now and then in life, and maybe just when you want it, god throws down a thunderbolt. It happened to me on Friday in Hebron, in the Occupied Territories. A group of seven Israelis and I were sitting in an Arab man’s house, discussing the harassment and denial of movement to Palestinians in the Read More
Joey Cavod has pointed out Biblical errors in an article I wrote for the Observer this past week. In explaining the ancient attachment of Jews to the West Bank, I wrote, “David bought Shem, and that is Jerusalem. Joseph bought Nablus. Abraham bought Hebron when he wanted to bring Sarah to this place.”
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To describe the painter Irving Petlin as uncategorizable is to soft-pedal his essential strangeness. An American who divides his time between Paris and New York, the 68-year-old Mr. Petlin is a loner, an odd duck and a tough nut to crack. His peculiar brand of figuration avoids even the most encompassing of generalizations. It traverses Read More
