http://jvoices.com Fri, 05 Sep 2008 02:27:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Crossposted on Jewesses with Attitude A few years ago, I read Devil in the White City, Erik Larson’s non-fiction account of the history of the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893, complete with architecture, politics, and a murder mystery. Good stuff. But I didn’t realize that the Chicago World’s Fair was ... http://jvoices.com/2008/09/04/this-week-in-history-jewish-women-advocate-for-change/ h/t Rabbi Yonah at Jewlicious http://jvoices.com/2008/09/04/lieberman-calls-obama-a-blessing-to-our-nation-in-2006/ So wait, Joe, break this down for me. You are actually still using the experience line when it comes to Obama? But not only that, in your eyes, Palin is a leader, and Obama is what exactly?! Ah yes, what were your words -- "Eloquent," but not experienced?! Are you wearing ... http://jvoices.com/2008/09/03/ugh-i-even-thought-of-the-word-upchuck-listening-to-lieberman-tonight/ I don't doubt y'all have been following the mass, unlawful preemptive raids by police happening in St. Paul and Minneapolis to squelch dissent at the Republican National Convention. Early today Amy Goodman, Sharif Abdel Kouddous and Nicole Salazar were unlawfully arrested. More info below, including numbers to call to demand ... http://jvoices.com/2008/09/01/democracy-nows-amy-goodman-sharif-abdel-kouddous-and-nicole-salazar-unlawfully-arrested/ Julia Glassman blogs as The Girl Detective at Modern Mitzvot. Jay Michaelson responds below. I've attended an Orthodox service exactly once in my life, and I'll never do it again. It was Yom Kippur during my year in France, when I was working as an au pair for a Parisian Jewish family. ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/31/stolen-space-a-response-to-jay-michaelsons-defense-of-the-western-wall/ Mr. Fischbach is Professor of History, Randolph-Macon College and the author of Jewish Property Claims Against Arab Countries (Columbia University Press (August 2008). Michael Fischbach's review of his own book is disturbing. Not so much because it has bias, or lacks factual data. It is disturbing because it brings to ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/30/jewish-property-claims-against-arab-countries-sephardic-jews-shafted-again/ In case y'all haven't heard yet, The Shondes started their fall tour this month. What do the critics say? "The Red Sea is a visceral work... Eli Oberman's [violin] lends substantial melancholy to their quiet-loud dynamics. While being a radical, Judaic-bent, genderqueer, post-punk quartet sets The Shondes apart, being a political band ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/30/shondes-on-tour/ Labor Day. For many, a three-day weekend. For some, a reminder of the importance of the labor movement, and the benefits that this movement won for its members, their families and the communities they live in, and indeed the U.S. as a whole. It’s not for nothing ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/29/labor-day-2008/ Lesbian rights pioneer and feminist activist Del Martin passed away yesterday. She was 87. Martin wed her partner of over 50 years, Phyllis Lyon, last month after same-sex marriages were legalized in California. They were the first same-sex couple married in San Francisco. Martin and Lyon founded the Daughters of Bilitis, an ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/28/remembering-del-martin/ There needs to be a new discussion in this country about what constitutes readiness for political leadership. Ever since Barack Obama chose Joe Biden as his vice presidential candidate, the GOP has loaded television stations across the nation with both Democrats’ and Republicans’ quotes about how Obama is ... http://jvoices.com/2008/08/28/critics-of-obama%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9creadiness%e2%80%9d-are-jealous/