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Afghan Hope
Afghan Hope Phyllis Chesler is an Emerita Professor of Psychology and Women’s Studies at the City University of New York. She is a veteran of many feminist combats, has blazed trails where colleagues feared to venture, and authored many brave, … Continue reading
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Rocky Mountain Lowdown
Rocky Mountain Lowdown Jerry and I have about finished the first leg of a complicated journey, the part that took shape in the cities of Denver and Boulder in the Rocky Mountain state of Colorado. Jerry had some talks to … Continue reading
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“Happiness”
“Happiness” “Call no man happy until he is dead,” said Solon, the ancient sage, to Croesus. Croesus was “rich as Croesus,” as the saying goes, and king of Lydia. So he was nonplussed at Solon’s reluctance to admit that he … Continue reading
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“Visitors’ Day”
“Visitors’ Day” As a writer, just now I’m between the last chapter of a revised edition of Conversions: A Philosophic Memoir, and the still-unwritten Afterward and Preface that will provide its new wrapping. As I reviewed (in more detail than … Continue reading
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Tagged "Conversions: A Philosophic Memoir", "The Gaza Girls", Adolf Eichmann, American Friends Service Committee, Americanization, anonymity, anti-semitism, Bettina Stangneth, book publication, creative work, Eichmann Before Jerusalem: The Unexamined Life of a Mass Murderer, feminine charm, FGM, genocidaire, hate crime, hijab, History, Holocaust, human rights, Israel, Jewish refugees, Jews, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, moral norms, niqab, norms of civilization, Palestinians, persecution, Quakers, satire, the Middle East, the Our Father, writing, YouTube, Zionism
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