Palestine

News & Politics, Feature Jun 13, 2018
Chicago Dyke March returns after clash last year became international news

The alternative to the Chicago Pride Parade announces its solidarity with Palestine after a controversy broke out involving pro-Israel marchers in 2017.
- By Kerry Cardoza
- Tags: Feature, Chicago Dyke March, Zionism, anti-Semitism, Palestine, Israel, star of David, Israeli flag, Dyke March Collective, Laurel Grauer, Eleanor Shoshany Anderson, Li Polombo, Jewish Voice for Peace, Stephanie Skora, A Wider Bridge, National LGBTQ Task Force Creating Change Conference, pinkwashing, Daisy Zamora, Sarah Youssef, Little Village, La Villita

Arts & Culture, On Culture Sep 9, 2014
The University of Illinois says Steven Salaita is too rude for school

Under attack for rescinding a job offer over controversial tweets, UI defends its decision with a call for civility.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Steven Salaita, University of Illinois, Israel, Palestine, Robin Kaler, Phyllis M. Wise, Christopher Kennedy, Brian Leiter, American Association of University Professors, Boycott Divestment Sanctions, Israel's Dead Soul

Blogs, Bleader Aug 12, 2014
More on Ali Abunimah at the Evanston Public Library

Author Ali Abunimah visits Evanston to discuss the conflict in Gaza and read from his book, The Battle for Justice in Palestine.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Books, News, Ali Abunimah, Evanston Public Library, The Battle for Justice in Palestine, Karen Danczak Lyons, Gaza, Palestine, Israel, BDS

Blogs, Bleader Aug 4, 2014
UPDATE: Evanston Public Library puts Palestinian-American author's appearance on hold

Evanston Public Library pulls the plug on a talk by pro-Palestine author Ali Abunimah.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Books, Arts, News, Evanston Public Library, Ali Abunimah, The Battle for Justice in Palestine, Karen Danczak Lyons, Israel, Palestine

Blogs, Bleader Feb 20, 2014
Bike Winter Art Show, "Our Work: Modern Jobs—Ancient Origins," and the rest of your weekend in visual arts

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend
- By Jillian Sandler
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Visual Art, Bike Winter Art Show, Ancien, Winter Open House, Chicago Cultural Center, Preston Bradley Hall, the Regulators, DJ Earl, LiveWire Chicago Theatre, John Macfarlane, Maya Polsky Gallery, Lyric Opera Chicago, Strange Bedfellows, Columbia College Chicago, Averill and Bernard Leviton A+D Gallery, Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Exodus, Palestine, World War II, Ahead of Time: The Extraordinary Journey of Ruth Gruber, Our Work: Modern Jobs--Ancient Origins, Oriental Institute

Arts & Culture, Art Review Feb 17, 2014
Recommended
Photojournalist Ruth Gruber, 102 and still ahead of her time

For Gruber, who's captured everyone from Holocaust survivors to Ethiopian Civil War refugees, words and pictures are tools to inspire others to act.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Art Review, Ruth Garber, Ruth Gruber: Photojournalist, Illinois Holocaust Museum, Maya Benton, International Center of Photography, Runnymede Park, Unuion Jack, swastika, Nazis, Jewish refugee, Holocaust, Palestine, Exodus, Paris, Cyprus, Life, Patti Kenner, Ahead of Time, Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, Henry Gibbins, New York City, Alaska, Arielle Weininger, Ethiopian Civil War, Recommended

Arts & Culture, On Culture Jan 21, 2014
A panel about an academic boycott of Israel turns controversial

The push for the boycott is part of a movement with broader goals that began in Palestine nearly a decade ago.
- By Deanna Isaacs
- Tags: Deanna Isaacs on Culture, Modern Language Association, MLA, Israel, visa policies, West Bank, Palestine, academia, academic boycotts, academic freedom, tenure, conventions, MLA Annual Convention, Chicago MLA 2014, Chiberia, American Studies Association, ASA, Israeli universities, Gaza, human rights, BDS, Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions, Omar Barghouti, Jewish News Service, Daily Caller, academic discourse, Russell Berman, Gabriel Brahm, AAUP, American Association of University Professors, Cary Nelson, Chronicle of Higher Education, Margaret W. Ferguson, conflicts of interest, Roberts Rules of Order, MLA Resolution 2014-1, MLA Executive Council

Blogs, Bleader May 21, 2013
"This is not a Holocaust story, this is a war story": The life of Hannah Senesh

Hannah Senesh wasn't a Holocaust heroine, she was a World War II heroine.
- By Aimee Levitt
- Tags: Arts, Poetry, History, Hannah Senesh, Louis Levine, David Senesh, Roberta Grossman, Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center, Blessed is the Match, Fire in My Heart: The Story of Hannah Senesh, Gyuri Senesh, Bela Senesh, Kato Senesh, Gestapo, Hungary, Palestine, Eli Eli, Holocaust. Museum of Jewish Heritage

Blogs, Bleader Apr 3, 2013
Video
Straight outta the Middle East: Reflecting on personal experiences with Israeli and Palestinian hip-hop

Thoughts surrounding DAM, the first Palestinian rap group, who performs in Chicago on Friday.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Hip-Hop, Music, DAM, Da Arabian MCs, Israel, Palestine, The Light and the Shadow, Subliminal, Mook E., Shabak, Tel Aviv, SXSW, Loyola, Tupac, Hebrew, Arabic, BBU, Bruno Mars, Video

Blogs, Bleader Nov 17, 2012
A Fajr-5 rocket—what's that?

A Wired article gives some insight into how technology's role in the Israel-Hamas conflict
- By Tal Rosenberg
- Tags: Boom!, The Internet, News, Israel, Palestine, Hamas, social media, technology, Fajr-5 rockets, Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Noah Shachtman, Robert Beckhusen, Wired magazine, Danger Room blog

Blogs, Bleader Nov 16, 2012
Propaganda hits social media like a mortar shell

How Jennifer Egan's New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media
- By Asher Klein
- Tags: Foreign, Media, News, Gaza, Twitter, Jennifer Egan, Israel, Israeli Defense Force, Palestine, Hamas, @IDFSpokesperson, Middle East, Twitter war, flame war, Gaza invasion, armies, social media, digital warfare, the New Yorker, Al-Qassam Bridages

Movies, Movie Sidebar Apr 18, 2012
A two-screen solution

Chicago Palestine Film Festival opens at Gene Siskel Film Center
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Movie Sidebar, Palestine, Israel, Chicago Palestine Film Festival, activism

Arts & Culture, Art Critic's Choice Mar 13, 2012
Border town

Photographer Yto Barrada's one-woman show documents uneasy Tangier
- By Sam Worley
- Tags: Art Critic's Choice, Yto Barrada, West Bank, Israel, Palestine, Morocco, Tangier

Blogs, Bleader Sep 13, 2009
Video
Veiled Voices

Brigid Maher's documentary "Veiled Voices," premiering 9/13 on Link TV, follows three women leaders in the Middle East.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Veiled Voices, Link TV, Islam, Middle East, Muslim women, American University, Northwestern University, Brigid Maher, Adrift in the Heartland, Palestine, Syrian, Egypt, Lebanon, Huda al-Habash, Ghina Hammoud, Dr. Su'ad Saleh, Video

Blogs, Bleader Jun 23, 2009
Video
"My only weapon...is that I won't leave this place"

Imprisoned by Egyptian security forces last February for protesting the Israeli siege on Gaza, student activist Philip Rizk explores nonviolent resistance in his documentary "This Palestinian Life," screening tonight at Wellington United Church of Christ.
- By Ed M. Koziarski
- Tags: Film, Egypt, Palestine, German, Philip Rizk, Gaza, Isreal, This Palestinian Life, Nonviolent Resistance, Usama Houlila, Arab Jewish Partnership for Peace, Voices for Creative Non-Violence, Rabbi Brant Rosen, Jewish Reconstructionist Congregation of Evanston, Wellington United Church of Christ, Bedouin, student activist, sumoud, Video

Blogs, Bleader Sep 18, 2007
Plains speaking

Jimmy Carter, the subject of a new documentary by Jonathan Demme, gives 'em H-E double toothpicks at the Toronto film festival.
- By J.R. Jones
- Tags: Film, Israel, Jimmy Carter, Man From Plains, Jonathan Demme, Rosalyn Carter, Palestine, Carter Center, Habitat for Humanity

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The alternative to the Chicago Pride Parade announces its solidarity with Palestine after a controversy broke out involving pro-Israel marchers in 2017.

Under attack for rescinding a job offer over controversial tweets, UI defends its decision with a call for civility.

Author Ali Abunimah visits Evanston to discuss the conflict in Gaza and read from his book, The Battle for Justice in Palestine.

Evanston Public Library pulls the plug on a talk by pro-Palestine author Ali Abunimah.

Your guide to visual arts in the city this weekend

For Gruber, who's captured everyone from Holocaust survivors to Ethiopian Civil War refugees, words and pictures are tools to inspire others to act.

The push for the boycott is part of a movement with broader goals that began in Palestine nearly a decade ago.

Hannah Senesh wasn't a Holocaust heroine, she was a World War II heroine.

Thoughts surrounding DAM, the first Palestinian rap group, who performs in Chicago on Friday.

A Wired article gives some insight into how technology's role in the Israel-Hamas conflict

How Jennifer Egan's New Yorker story presaged the insidious Gaza PR war being waged over social media

Chicago Palestine Film Festival opens at Gene Siskel Film Center

Photographer Yto Barrada's one-woman show documents uneasy Tangier

Brigid Maher's documentary "Veiled Voices," premiering 9/13 on Link TV, follows three women leaders in the Middle East.

Imprisoned by Egyptian security forces last February for protesting the Israeli siege on Gaza, student activist Philip Rizk explores nonviolent resistance in his documentary "This Palestinian Life," screening tonight at Wellington United Church of Christ.

Jimmy Carter, the subject of a new documentary by Jonathan Demme, gives 'em H-E double toothpicks at the Toronto film festival.

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