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Confronting the "New Campus Anti-Semitism"Posted: April 20, 2015 Filed under: American Jewish Community, Anti-Semitism, BDS, Human Rights, Israel, Palestine, Zionism 7 Comments
Throughout the organized Jewish community, the mainstream media and academia, we're hearing increasing talk of a sharp increase in anti-Semitism on American college campuses. In response to recent incidents at UCLA and elsewhere, one congregational rabbi from LA has warned of "something deeper, more troubling, insidious, and pervasive…on college campuses nationwide." Another rabbi has declared ominously, "This is a war — a war for the heart, mind, and soul of the American university." Barry Kosmin of Trinity College, who co-authored a recent study alleging rising antisemitism on campus, has opined that the "the events in California" were not "isolated incidents" and that this "type of hatred, stereotyping and bias is a worrying new development that suggests a generational problem."
To judge from these comments, it would appear that colleges and universities have become virtual petri dishes of Jew-hatred. Have our campuses indeed become overrun by anti-Semitism?
I would argue that something very different is going on. As the movement for Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel grows and student divestment campaigns increasingly find traction throughout the United States, we're witnessing a new kind of tension forming between Palestinian solidarity activists and Israel advocates on college campuses. And while it doesn't surprise me that some Jewish community leaders are raising the all too familiar cry of anti-Semitism, I believe it's critical to carefully examine the context that lies beyond the hysteria.
Some background: the UCLA incident occurred last February, when a student candidate for the Judicial board of the Undergraduate Students Association was asked by a student member how, given that she was Jewish and affiliated with Jewish campus organizations, would she "see (herself) being able to maintain an unbiased view?" After a subsequent discussion, the council first voted to reject her nomination – but after a faculty adviser pointed out that it was not appropriate to view a student's affiliation with Jewish organizations as a conflict of interest, the students voted again and unanimously approved of her nomination.
This incident, which was captured on video and posted on YouTube, led to a an intense and at time painful reckoning throughout the UCLA campus community. The four students who initially opposed the student's nomination wrote a public apology in the campus newspaper, stating that their "intentions were never to attack, insult or delegitimize the identity of an individual or people" and that they were "truly sorry for any words used during this meeting that suggested otherwise." UCLA's chancellor, referred to the incident as a "teaching moment." Later, the student council unanimously passed a sweeping resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
Many observers have referred to the board members' line of questioning as "anti-Semitic," claiming that their questions raised the infamous anti-Jewish tropes of dual loyalties. But whether their comments were anti-Semitic, obnoxious, or merely naive, it is important to note that in the charged world of campus divestment politics, attitudes toward Jewish students – particularly those who serve on student boards – do not exist in a vacuum.
To begin with, any serious analysis of this issue must factor in the heavy-handed interventions of off-campus advocates of Israel into student politics. Perhaps the most infamous example is Adam Milstein, a businessman and convicted felon who is connected to right-wing Zionist groups and has reportedly funneled money through UCLA Hillel to influence student elections and oppose divestment campaigns.
Blogger Richard Silverstein has written extensively on the controversies surrounding Milstein's activities at UCLA:
For at least the past three years, Milstein has donated funds via UCLA Hillel (another comprehensive review of the entire scandal is here) to support the pro-Israel student government slate Bruins United, an affiliate of Bruins for Israel. Though we know that Milstein personally donated $1,000 to the slate (e-mails confirming this are published here), he also solicited funding from other pro-Israel donors. Both he, Hillel, and the slate have refused to reveal how much external funding was given. Milstein was much more than a mere donor. He held strategy sessions with the executive candidates. He held a gala fundraising event at his home attended by Hillel staff, prospective donors, and UCLA faculty and staff. The purpose was to encourage donors to participate in the project to benefit both Hillel and Bruins United and to oppose BDS.
In addition to individual actors such as Milstein, there are many Jewish institutional initiatives (such as AIPAC Campus Initiatives, Hasbara Fellows, the JNF Campus Fellowship Program) that receive direct support from the State of Israel to train students to advocate for Israel and combat divestment initiatives. Last year, in fact, the Judicial board of the UCLA Undergraduate Students Association heard a complaint that two student government members had taken trips to Israel sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League and the American Jewish Committee prior to voting on a student divestment resolution.
Although this context has not been widely reported, it is crucial to our understanding of the most recent incident involving the questioning of the student Judicial board candidate. Given the high profile of professional Israel advocates in student affairs, it is fair to assume that these interventions might well affect attitudes and assumptions about the loyalties of Jewish students at UCLA.
Having said this, it would be a mistake to characterize these campus tensions in simple binary terms as a conflict between Jewish students and Palestinian solidarity activists. In truth, there is a significant and growing percentage of Jewish students actively participating in campus divestment campaigns through Students for Justice in Palestine and student chapters of Jewish Voice for Peace. I know first hand that many of them are motivated to their activism by their deeply held Jewish values of justice and the dignity of all. I took it as something of a sign of the times when just a few months ago, I was contacted by a undergraduate at Northwestern University who grew up in my congregation. This young man, whom I had not seen since his Bar Mitzvah, told me he was involved in the student divestment campaign and invited me to speak in support of it on campus.
By the same token, it would be mistaken to assume that all campus Israel advocates are necessarily Jewish. There are for instance numerous Christian Zionist campus groups that work alongside Jewish Israel advocates, the most prominent of which is CUFI on Campus – the student affiliate of Pastor John Hagee's Christians United for Israel.
On their website, CUFI on Campus notes:
As anti-Semitic activity on American college campuses has steadily increased, CUFI recognizes that Christian students have a responsibility to speak up on behalf of Israel and the Jewish people.Field Organizers travel the country actively developing student leaders. Our Field Organizers travel the country actively developing student leaders to ensure they have the skills, resources, and guidance they need to do this successfully on their campuses.
Anyone familiar with the right wing Evangelical theology of Christians United for Israel might well find it puzzling that CUFI on Campus is concerned with rising anti-Semitism on college campuses, particularly when you consider that CUFI Pastor John Hagee has long preached that the Holocaust was God's will, that the Jewish people need to accept Jesus to avoid going to hell, and that the contemporary Zionist settlement of Israel is a necessary precursor to Armageddon.
Despite these its embrace of these wildly anti-Semitic beliefs, Jewish Federations and Zionist organizations have had no qualms about partnering with CUFI when it comes political Israel advocacy. The same can be said for student groups. Earlier this month, for instance, CUFI on Campus co-sponsored a program with Rutgers Hillel which focused, ironically enough, on "how to combat anti-Semitism."
Given these realities, I would suggest we avoid simplistic narratives that blame Palestinian solidarity activists for creating an "unsafe environment" for Jewish students. The truth is that there are Jewish students and non- Jewish students on both sides of this issue.
We should also think seriously about what we mean by the term "unsafe" – an oft-heard complaint of Jewish Israel advocates on campus. I have no doubt that some Jewish students are uncomfortable with divestment resolutions and other actions employed by Palestinian solidarity activists. I also have no doubt that on occasion such actions might spill over into the inappropriate or offensive. But as a rabbi who has worked together with activists from SJP and JVP on several campuses over the years, I can personally attest that I have found these student leaders to be smart, passionate organizers who are motivated by deeply held anti-racist values – and who understand full well the difference between anti-Israel and anti-Semitic.
And if, on occasion, the line between the two sometimes get blurred, we might well ask ourselves: is this due to the abject Jew-hatred on the part of Palestinian solidarity activists or a contemporary Jewish communal mentality that has placed support for the State of Israel at the center of Jewish identity?
In fact, for all of the hue and cry about the rise of campus anti-Semitism, statistics show otherwise. In fact, a recent Forward editorial entitled "The Anti-Semitism Surge that Isn't" dismissed the Trinity College report as flawed, citing studies by the Anti-Defamation League that show campus anti-Semitism is in fact at "the lowest it's been since the ADL started keeping track in 1999:"
In its audit of 2014, set to be released April 1 and shared with the Forward, the ADL said there were 47 incidents of anti-Semitism on campuses nationwide, where hundreds of thousands of Jews study. The number organically fluctuates year to year … but this is one trend that's unmistakeable. Overall, anti-Semitic incidents are at the lowest point in 15 years.
47 incidents of anti-Semitism on campuses nationwide. Now compare that to the institutional repression faced by Palestinian campus activists during the same year. According to Liz Jackson, a staff attorney with Palestinian Solidarity Legal Support:
The reality is that, for every real incident of anti-Semitism on campus, Palestine Solidarity Legal Support has documented many more false accusations aimed solely at thwarting serious discussions about Israel's treatment of Palestinians. In 2014 alone, we documented over 240 incidents of repression and requests for legal advice, nearly 75% on campuses. These ranged from disciplinary actions against students for peaceful speech activities, to attempts to cancel events, to smear campaigns against groups, students and professors, to death threats and anti-Arab and Islamophobic slurs and assaults against activists because they voiced their views. Virtually all of these cases resulted from unfounded accusations of anti-Semitism and unrelenting pressure from Israel advocacy groups to censor and punish those organizing and engaging in speech activities advocating for Palestinian rights. So far this year, we have already documented over 80 such cases, 40 of which occurred in California.
In the end, I would suggest this concern over the "new campus anti-semitism" is really a red herring. Anti-semitism, like all forms of racism should certainly be condemned and stood down in no uncertain terms. But for all the concern over anti-Jewish attitudes, it is worth noting that Jewish students and Israel advocates face absolutely no institutional restrictions to their cause or to their freedom of speech on campus.
It is far from clear that the same could be said for students who advocate on behalf of Palestinian rights.
Standing Down Legal Segregation on Yom HashoahPosted: April 16, 2015 Filed under: Civil Rights, Gaza, Genocide, Holocaust, Human Rights, Israel, Judaism, Nonviolence, Palestine, Yom Hashoah 16 Comments
Today marks Yom Hashoah – Holocaust Remembrance Day – and as it turns out, this year it falls on a serendipitous milestone: namely the 52nd anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." Although MLK wrote his letter to respond to the reality of Jim Crow in the American South, I do believe his words have much to offer us as we remember those who perished at the hands of the Nazis during World War II – in particular, King's insistence on the moral imperative to break unjust laws and the inherent immorality of legal segregation:
(There) are two types of laws: just and unjust. I would be the first to advocate obeying just laws. One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws…
Now, what is the difference between the two? How does one determine whether a law is just or unjust? A just law is a man made code that squares with the moral law or the law of God. An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the moral law. To put it in the terms of St. Thomas Aquinas: An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust.
All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality. It gives the segregator a false sense of superiority and the segregated a false sense of inferiority. Segregation, to use the terminology of the Jewish philosopher Martin Buber, substitutes an "I it" relationship for an "I thou" relationship and ends up relegating persons to the status of things. Hence segregation is not only politically, economically and sociologically unsound, it is morally wrong and sinful.
In light of King's words, it is worth noting that the rise of Nazism in Germany was facilitated by largely "legal" means – through a myriad of laws and regulations that successfully segregated them from the rest of German society. King himself pointed this out in his letter when he wrote:
We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was "legal…" It was "illegal" to aid and comfort a Jew in Hitler's Germany. Even so, I am sure that, had I lived in Germany at the time, I would have aided and comforted my Jewish brothers.
In this regard, Dr. King's insight might well inspire us to commemorate this sacred day by redoubling our resolve to eradicate laws that segregate peoples on the basis of their national, ethnic or religious identities.
While it pains me to say it, I cannot help but note that the very country that first established Holocaust Remembrance Day itself enforces its own form of legal segregation between Jews and non-Jews. As one Israeli observer wrote in Ha'aretz five years ago, "Segregation of Jews and Arabs in Israel…is almost absolute." In the West Bank, Jews and non-Jews are segregated by separate legal systems, separate roads, separate transportation systems, and in some cases, separate sidewalks. And in Gaza, Palestinians are segregated from the outside world entirely.
I have no doubt that there will be those who consider it unseemly of me – or worse – to point this out on Yom Hashoah of all days. To this inevitable criticism, I can only respond, how can we purport to take the lessons of the Shoah to heart while ignoring realities such as these? How long will we, as Jews, look way from these unjust laws in Israel that "distort the soul and damage the personality?" On this, of all days, shouldn't we, as King suggested in his letter, "bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive?"
May the memory of the fallen be for a blessing.
Expanding the Telling: A New Passover Seder SupplementPosted: March 31, 2015 Filed under: Israel, Judaism, Nakba, Palestine, Pesach, Refugees 6 Comments
I've just written a new Pesach seder supplement that encourages us to take our cue from the Haggadah and "expand upon the telling" of the Exodus story. You can download a pdf here:
Or you can click below to read it in its entirety.
While I'm at it, here is the link to my 2010 supplement, "Four More Questions for Pesach" and here is my 2013 supplement, "A Meditation on the Four Children."
And finally, click here to download the #BlackLivesMatter Haggadah Supplement, an incredibly powerful new seder resource just published by Jews for Racial and Economic Justice.
Sending blessings for a warm and liberating Pesach…
Debating Israel/Palestine on Chicago TonightPosted: March 25, 2015 Filed under: American Jewish Community, Anti-Semitism, Human Rights, Israel, Jewish Community, Judaism, Palestine, Peace, Politics, Zionism 9 Comments
Last night I appeared on WTTW's "Chicago Tonight" with my friend and colleague Rabbi Andrea London to discuss the issue of Israel/Palestine in the wake of Netanyahu's re-election. Andrea spoke to the J Street position while I represented the Jewish Voice for Peace point of view. Although the station tried repeatedly to find a local rabbi to represent the AIPAC line, none were willing to participate. I'm sad to report that several of the rabbis contacted cited my presence on the panel as the reason for their refusal.
On the other hand, I was so heartened that Andrea and I were able to model a principled and respectful Jewish communal debate on this issue and I was so grateful for her willingness to engage. Click here to watch.
Building a Jewish Community of Justice: My Remarks from the 2015 JVP National Members MeetingPosted: March 18, 2015 Filed under: American Jewish Community, Gaza, Human Rights, Israel, Jewish Community, Jewish Voice for Peace, Judaism, Palestine, Peace, Religion, War, Zionism 6 Comments
I'd like to begin my remarks this morning with a verse from the Torah – it's one of the central lessons at the heart of the Exodus story. It comes from the Burning Bush episode, when God reveals God's self to Moses and tells him, "Now the cry of the Israelites has reached me, and I have seen how the Egyptians are oppressing them." (Exodus 3:9)
Now regardless of your theology – or even if you have a theology at all – I think there is a very profound lesson being taught to us by this verse. In a way, it provides us with a kind of physics approach to understanding liberation. Throughout human history, we have seen these moments – the moments when the experience of a community's oppression reaches a tipping point. They invariably come when a community's oppression becomes impossible to ignore, when the cry and the outrage becomes too great; when it becomes impossible to look away. It is at these critical moments in which the process of liberation inevitably begins.
I think of this lesson often when I think about the growth of Jewish Voice for Peace and the Palestinian solidarity movement over the past few years. It is sobering to contemplate, but it's true: most of the significant periods of growth of our organization have occurred as responses to devastating human tragedy. We all know how JVP has grown so dramatically in the wake of the tragedy of this past summer. I myself became actively involved in JVP following Israel's military assault on Gaza in 2009-09. In truth, the growth of our movement has been exponentially linked to the cries of the oppressed. Perhaps it has ever been thus.
During my remarks to you this morning, I'd like to offer a few brief meditations on how we at JVP might take advantage of this moment – this time which is clearly so critical in the movement for justice in Israel/Palestine. Specifically speaking, I want to take my cue from JVP's recent strategic plan, in which our leadership set our organizational goals for the next 3 to 5 years. I'd like to use two of these formal goals in particular as a frame; and use them to offer you a few thoughts on this critical time for our organization and our movement – and where the journey might lead form here.
I'll start with Goal #4: "Shifting Culture and Public Discourse:"
Changing the public discourse and shifting cultural understandings of what is happening in Israel/Palestine is a prerequisite for changing policy.
In short, we are attempting to change the narrative on Israel/Palestine. I think we all know how central narrative change is to the process of political transformation. Speaking personally, I know how transformative it was for me to embrace a new narrative on Israel/Palestine – and how absolutely key it was to my participation in this movement. It represented a fundamental shift – it meant abandoning, painfully, the liberal Zionist narrative that had been at the center of my Jewish identity for my entire life.
I'd like to read to you now from a blog post that I wrote on December 28, 2009 – exactly one year after the onset of Israel's so-called "Operation Cast Lead." Though I don't know that I fully appreciated it at the time, this post was ultimately about the transformative power of narrative change:
As I read this post one year later, I remember well the emotions I felt as I wrote it. I also realize what a critical turning point that moment represented for me.
As a Jew, I've identified deeply with Israel for my entire life. I first visited the country as a young child and since then I've been there more times that I can count. Family members and some of my dearest friends in the world live in Israel.
Ideologically speaking, I've regarded Zionism with great pride as the "national liberation movement of the Jewish people." Of course I didn't deny that this rebirth had come at the expense of another. Of course I recognized that Israel's creation was bound up with the suffering of the Palestinian people. The situation was, well, it was "complicated."
Last year, however, I reacted differently. I read of Apache helicopters dropping hundreds of tons of bombs on 1.5 million people crowded into a 140 square mile patch of land with nowhere to run. In the coming days, I would read about the bombing of schools, whole families being blown to bits, children literally burned to the bone with white phosphorous. Somehow, it didn't seem so complicated at all any more. At long last, it felt as if I was viewing the conflict with something approaching clarity.
Of course I think we'd all agree that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is technically complicated. But at the same time I think we all know that at the end of the day, there is nothing complicated about persecution. The political situation in Darfur, for instance, is enormously complicated – but these complications certainly haven't stopped scores of Jews across North America from protesting the human rights injustices being committed there. We do so because we know that underneath all of the geopolitical complexities, oppression is oppression. And as Jews, we know instinctively that our sacred tradition and own tragic history require us to speak out against all oppression committed in our midst.
I'd suggest that if there is anything complicated for us here, it is in possibility that we might in fact have become oppressors ourselves. That is painfully complicated. After all, our Jewish identity has been bound up with the memory of our own persecution for centuries. How on earth can we respond – let alone comprehend – the suggestion that we've become our own worst nightmare?
More than anything else, this is was what I was trying to say in that anguished, emotional blog post one year ago: is this what it has come to? Have we come to the point in which Israel can wipe out hundreds of people, whole families, whole neighborhoods and our response as Jews will be to simply rationalize it away? At the very least will we able to stop and question what has brought us to this terrifying point? Have we become unable to recognize persecution for what it really and truly is?
Those who know me (or read my blog) surely know that it has been a painfully challenging year for me. My own relationship to Israel is changing in ways I never could have predicted. Since I started raising questions like those above, I've lost some friends and, yes, my congregation has lost some members. If Zionism is the unofficial religion of the contemporary Jewish community then I'm sure there are many who consider me something of an apostate.
But at the same time, I've been surprised and encouraged by the large number of people I've met who've been able to engage with these questions openly and honestly, even if they don't always agree with me. I suppose this is what I decided to do one year ago: to put my faith in our ability to stand down the paralyzing "complexities," no matter how painful the prospect.
One year later, I still hold tight to this faith.
When I wrote back then that my relationship to Israel had changed in ways I could never have predicted, I was openly acknowledging that my accepted narrative had shifted – and it led to life changes that are still ongoing for me. It certainly transformed the way I saw myself as a Jew and how I would do my work as a congregational rabbi.
But on a deeper sense, I think this narrative change transformed me on what I can only call a spiritually cellular level. It challenged me to reckon with the meaning of solidarity in its truest, most universal form. It reaffirmed that lesson that comes straight from the heart of the Exodus story; the story that teaches God hearkens to the cries of the oppressed and demands that we do the same. And it empowered me to speak my truth in unprecedented ways – as I put it in that blog post, "to stand down the paralyzing 'complexities,' now matter how painful the prospect.
I've also come to believe that narrative change is not only true on the personal, but on the political level as well. We know from experience that narratives which were formerly unthinkable can eventually become all too politically real. A big part of the challenge is learning how best to articulate our discourse; understanding when, where and in what ways it can be most effective.
The most challenging place to do this narrative changing work, I think we all agree, is within the mainstream Jewish community. And that brings me to Goal #1: "Challenging institutional Jewish communities." Again I'll quote:
We are challenging institutional Jewish communities to act on values of justice, and we are paving the path toward justice-centered Jewish communities.
Having made a home in the institutional Jewish community for my entire adult life, I will say that I do believe there is important work to be done in engaging the Jewish establishment on this issue. When I started doing Palestinian solidarity work openly and unabashedly, I had been working in my congregation in Evanston for 10 years. And I take great heart in the fact that for the next 10 years, I was supported by my congregational leadership and by the majority of my congregants, even when many didn't agree with me.
So yes, I believe there are indeed signs that we are seeing a nascent paradigm shift beginning in the Jewish community on this issue. Open Hillel is providing us with an inspiring important model of how to fight for a wide Jewish communal tent. This past summer, "If Not Now, When" showed us magnificently what principled Jewish communal dissent might look like. I don't think it is a coincidence that both of these initiatives have been organized and led by young people – and this should give us very real hope for the future of this discourse in the American Jewish community.
At the same time, however, I don't have any illusions about the ability of the Jewish establishment to be pushed to act on values of justice when it comes to Israel/Palestine. I have many rabbinical and Jewish professional colleagues who must remain in the closet about their work with JVP – because to make their affiliation would constitute a very real professional risk. There are actually JVP members at this very gathering who have to wear stickers on their name plates that say "no photos please" for fear that they might endanger or lose their jobs – a reality that should rightly appall each and every one of us.
So at the end of the day, I think we need to be realistic about the challenge before us when we talk about engaging the mainstream Jewish community on the issue of Israel/Palestine. It is and will continue to be a daunting and perilous task. And frankly: on a strategic level we need to be honest about how much time, energy and resources we need to spend trying to engage the Jewish institutional community on this issue.
Actually, when it comes right down to it, I'm much more excited by the second half of this Goal #1: we are paving the path toward justice-centered Jewish communities.
In this regard, I was so pleased and excited to hear Rebecca Vilkomerson talk during the opening plenum – and Cecile Surasky last night – about the ways JVP is creating a new and unprecedented form of Jewish community. For the remainder of my remarks, then, I'd like to explore what a justice-centered Jewish community might actually look like. I'd like to suggest a vision that is fundamentally, perhaps radically different than our customary notions of Jewish community.
I'd like to read an excerpt to you now from a Rosh Hashanah sermon I gave three years ago entitled, "Judaism With Tribalism." Although I did not specifically intend it so at the time, I believe it promotes a vision I believe is deeply relevant to the kind of community we are trying to create here at JVP:
I know personally how hard it is for many of us to challenge our tribal Jewish legacy. But as for me, I believe to my very core that whether we like it or not, our collective future will depend upon building more bridges, and not more walls, between peoples and nations. I believe the most effective way for us to survive – the only way we will bequeath our traditions to the next generation – is to affirm a Judaism that finds sacred meaning in our connection to kol yoshvei tevel – all who dwell on earth.
I also believe this because I know that while Judaism certainly contains tribal and parochial teachings, it also has also a strong tradition of religious humanism – mitzvot that demand we love all our neighbors as ourselves. After all, one of the first – and most powerful – teachings in the Torah is that human beings are created B'tzelem Elohim – in the image of God. From the outset we learn that all human beings are equally worthy of respect, dignity and love – and, I would add, equally worthy of one another's allegiance and loyalty. Moreover, a key rabbinic concept, Kavod HaBriyot, demands that we ensure all people are treated with honor and dignity. In a famous verse from the classic rabbinic text Pirke Avot, Rabbi Ben Zoma teaches: "Who is honored? The one who honors all human beings."
All are created in God's image. Honor comes to the one who honors all people. To my mind, these are the strands of Judaism we must seek out and affirm in no uncertain terms. In this day and age, when the fates of all peoples are becoming so very deeply intertwined, I believe we must consider values such as B'tzelem Elohim and Kevod HaBriyot to be among the most sacred of our tradition.
Perhaps we can also take our cue from these values in order to affirm a new kind of tribalism. To forge "tribal" connections with others not simply because they happen to be Jews, but because they share our values of justice and equity. In other words, I believe our ultimate loyalties should lay with the powerless, the vulnerable, the marginalized – and all who fight on their behalf. Whether they happen to be Jewish or not – why shouldn't we consider these to be the members of our most cherished tribe?
Here's a personal example. As a rabbi, I do a great deal of work with clergy, both inside and outside the Jewish community. And over the years I've come to notice that the most meaningful and important community work I do is not necessarily exclusively with other rabbis. When it comes to the values I hold most sacred, values of social justice, human rights, community service, I find myself working and finding common cause with clergy of many different faiths. Some may be Jewish, some not, but it in the end it doesn't really matter. These are the ones I consider to be my primary faith colleagues – my primary clergy community.
In one sense, then, perhaps our most sacred religious values actually compel us to look past the feelings of tribal loyalty. Needless to say, if we are going to do this on a communal scale, it's going to take a radical shift in consciousness. We're going to have to step out from behind the walls we've built and understand many of our real sisters and brothers have been there all along. And we will have to recognize that in the end, their hopes, their dreams and their suffering are irrevocably connected to ours.
I have no illusions that it would be a simple matter for the Jewish community to heed such a call. Having only recently emerged from the ghetto, still living with a collective memory of antisemitism, still reeling from the trauma of the Holocaust, it is no small matter to go beyond our own fears and feel the pain of the other as our pain as well.
To do this, I believe, we'll have to construct a distinctly 21st century Torah – one that reflects a world in which the Jewish community has become inter-dependent with other peoples in profound and unprecedented ways. One that lets go of old tribal assumptions and widens the boundaries of our tent in new and creative ways.
Perhaps we can start here: with a reconsideration of the Jewish value Ahavat Yisrael – Love of the Jewish People. What do we really mean when we use this term? Certainly it might mean an abstract sense of connection and kinship with other Jews throughout history and around the world. And it's true – we do feel a special connection to Jews we meet in unlikely places throughout the world. It is also quite powerful to know that the words we pray and study are the same words have Jews prayed and studied for centuries. But beyond this, what do we mean by Ahavat Yisrael? What does it mean to love a culturally constructed community that includes people with whom we may or may not share basic, fundamental values?
In truth, the definition of who is a Jew has always been disputed – and what we call "the Jewish community" is more diverse and dynamic today than ever before. It is also being increasingly enriched by the participation of many non-Jews who are marrying into the community. So what do we mean when we talk about "Love of the Jewish People" when the very truth of our "peoplehood" is so complex and ever–changing?
I'd like to suggest that a deeper understanding of this value shouldn't stop at love for just fellow Jews. After all, while the word "Yisrael" does refer to the Jewish People, it also literally means "Wrestles With God." Seen thus, we might render "Ahavat Yisrael" as "Love for All Who Struggle." To love all who fight, as we have, for freedom and justice and tolerance in the world. To stand in solidarity with those who struggle against tyranny and are beaten, imprisoned, tortured or killed for doing so. To throw our allegiance to those who wrestle deeply for meaning in their lives; who seek to tear down the limits of religious dogma or ideological coercion. These are the members of our tribe – perhaps our most sacred tribe. And whenever we reach out to them and celebrate our inherent connection with one another here, around the world, or throughout history – that is truly when we fulfill the mitzvah of Ahavat Yisrael.
I realize that this new understanding might seem like radical change to many. But in truth, the Jewish world is changing, as it has from time immemorial. The only question before us is: will we have the courage to recognize these changes – and to see in them as a precious opportunity rather than as a threat to be fought at all costs.
Since I am no longer working a congregational rabbi, I am more mindful than ever that JVP is now my primary Jewish community. It is, truly, an unprecedented form of Jewish community: one that is based on the universal ethics of justice and liberation for all, not on the tired tribal boundaries of the past. If we are members of any tribe, it is the one that extends to include those who seek a better and more just world and are willing to work together to make it a reality.
This past summer, like so many of you, I was in deep anguish over the carnage Israel was inflicting on the people of Gaza. My anguish was all the deeper as I realized I was self-censoring my public voice due to the turmoil in my congregation. But if there was one redemptive Jewish moment for me last summer, it was thanks to JVP, when I participated in a Chicago chapter action that disrupted a Jewish Federation fundraiser in support of Israel's war effort. Similar JVP actions were occurring around the country: which for so many represented critical Jewish voices of conscience during that dark, dark time.
While I did not participate in the actual disruptions, I was present in the hotel ballroom to give my fellow protesters support, to film the action taking place and tweet pictures of the disruptions as they unfolded. I will say that attending this event was beyond painful – to witness firsthand an organization that purported to represent my community cheering on Israel's sickening violence as it was still ongoing. But when my friends finally stood up, pointed their fingers at Rahm Emanuel and Michael Oren and shouted, "We are Jews – Shame on You!" – at those moments, I truly felt that my Jewish soul had been given back to me.
I submit it is moments like these – and so many more – that demonstrate why we are all so proud to be part of this movement. I am so very proud to be standing here with you all. Now let us go together from strength to strength.
JVP Statement: UCLA Resolution on Anti-Semitism Creates Dangerous PrecedentPosted: March 11, 2015 Filed under: American Jewish Community, Anti-Semitism, Israel, Jewish Community, Palestine, Politics, Racism 11 Comments
Please read this important statement just released by Jewish Voice for Peace. I strongly second its conclusion that "addressing anti-Semitism must go hand in hand with addressing all forms of racism."
Jewish Voice for Peace welcomes the commitment of the UCLA Undergraduate Student Association Council (USAC) to addressing issues of anti-Semitism on campus. We recognize that a recent series of troubling incidents, including anti-Semitic graffiti and inappropriate questioning of a Jewish student, have raised concerns about rising anti-Semitism on campus, which we condemn in the strongest terms. However, we are also deeply concerned that the resolution passed by the USAC on March 10, 2015 further enshrines long-standing political efforts to silence legitimate criticism of the state of Israel by codifying its inclusion in the definition of anti-Semitism.
The resolution draws on the "State Department Definition of Anti-Semitism," (sometimes referred to as the "3 D's"). However, this definition has no legal standing in the US and was actually removed as a working definition by the European body where it originated. The '3Ds' included in this definition ("demonization, delegitimization and applying a double-standard" to the state of Israel) are so vague that they could be, and have been, construed to silence any criticism of Israeli policies. This 'working definition' is in fact the product of long-term lobbying efforts by Israel advocacy groups who seek to codify criticism of the State of Israel as anti-Semitic. This is a deeply dangerous assertion that conflates Israel with Jewish people around the world.
"Classifying criticism of the state of Israel as 'anti-Semitic' curtails freedom of speech and dilutes the power of the term, which should be reserved for hatred, violence, intimidation or discrimination targeting Jews because of their ethnic and religious identity," stated Rabbi Alissa Wise, Director of Organizing, Jewish Voice for Peace. "This resolution therefore dangerously silences legitimate criticism of Israel's human rights abuses and violations of international law that urgently need to be addressed and remedied." The United States Department of Education's (DOE) Office for Civil Rights has emphatically affirmed that criticism of the state of Israel is protected speech on campus.
"The enforcement of this definition of anti-Semitism is part of long-term efforts on the part of Israel advocates to silence and intimidate supporters of Palestinian human rights," stated Jacob Manheim, JVP-UCLA organizer. "The resolution, which states that only the self-appointed "organized Jewish community' can define anti-Semitism, marginalizes the growing number of Jews like me who support nonviolent efforts to hold Israel accountable for human rights violations. We are frequently excluded from Jewish institutions, including UCLA Hillel, who barred our chapter from inclusion as a Hillel organization last spring."
Efforts by Israel lobby groups to expand the definition of anti-Semitism to include criticism of Israeli policies have had the adverse impact of weakening the meaning of the term when actual cases of anti-Jewish hate are reported. For example, the much-cited recent Brandeis Center survey on the rise of anti-Semitism on campuses was methodologically flawed in that it left the definition of anti-Semitism to the respondents. Simultaneously, while there has been a media attention given to reports of a rise in anti-Semitism, there has been nearly no attention given to rising Islamophobia on campuses. For example, in recent weeks there was an Islamophobic smear campaign against Palestinian rights activists at UCLA and prominent US campuses promoted by the right-wing David Horowitz Freedom Center.
Addressing anti-Semitism must go hand in hand with addressing all forms of racism. We at Jewish Voice for Peace are committed to addressing anti-Semitism in the context of other systems of oppression, including, for example, racism and Islamophobia.
Why Should European Jews Move to Israel? Israel is Already EuropePosted: February 18, 2015 Filed under: Anti-Semitism, Current Events, Denmark, Europe, France, Israel, Palestine, Racism, Terrorism, Zionism 14 Comments
There has been a great deal of press devoted to the Israeli government's efforts to convince European Jewry to escape anti-semitism and flee for their lives to Israel. Leading the charge is Israeli Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, who commented thus following the attack on a Copenhagen synagogue this past weekend:
Jews were killed on European land just because they were Jewish. This wave of attacks will continue. I say to the Jews of Europe – Israel is your home.
I can't help but be struck a certain absurdity at the heart of Netanyahu's invitation. Why should European Jews move to Israel? After all, it could be compellingly argued that Israel is already a European nation.
Israel was, after all, born of a distinctly European ideology; indeed, the roots of political Zionism are buried firmly in the soil of 19th century European nationalism and colonialism. Zionist figures from Theodor Herzl (whose novel "Altnueland" imagined the Jewish state in Palestine à la 19th century Vienna) to former Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who infamously described Israel as "a villa in the jungle," have fancied the Israel as a European style nation-state outpost in an otherwise uncivil Middle East.
This socio-cultural legacy is manifest in a variety of ways. It's enormously telling, for instance, that Israel is the only Middle Eastern country that chooses to compete in the annual Eurovision Song Contest, as well as the European soccer and basketball championships. At the end of the day, though Israel and the EU may experience their fair share of political tensions, Israel is a European country at heart in so many tangible and intangible ways.
Israel has been also proving itself all-too European in a decidedly different way: through the the nationalist racism that plagues its civic life. To cite but one example, Israel has its own brand of European-style racist soccer hooligans who cheer on their teams by violently attacking minorities in the streets.
Hundreds of Beitar Jerusalem supporters assaulted Arab cleaning personnel at the capital's Malha shopping center on Monday, in what was said to be one of Jerusalem's biggest-ever ethnic clashes. "It was a mass lynching attempt," said Mohammed Yusuf, a team leader for Or-Orly cleaning services.
Despite CCTV footage of the events, no one was arrested. Jerusalem police said that is because no complaint was filed. Witnesses said that after a soccer game in the nearby Teddy Stadium, hundreds of mostly teenage supporters flooded into the shopping center, hurling racial abuse at Arab workers and customers and chanting anti-Arab slogans, and filled the food hall on the second floor.
Or witness this horrid incident from this past summer:
Earlier this week, Israeli authorities arrested six men in connection with the ghastly killing of Palestinian teen Mohammed Abu Khieder, who, according to reports, was forced into a car and then beaten and burned to death…
Initial reports suggested that some of the suspects in Abu Khieder's killing were connected to La Familia, a notorious wing of soccer fans connected to Beitar Jerusalem, one of Israel's more prominent soccer clubs. La Familia… has come to define the club to outside observers as a bastion of xenophobia and racism in Israel.
But it's not only soccer hooligans. Believe it or not, this is an actual report from Ha'aretz last summer:
Some of the right-wing protesters who beat leftist demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Saturday night wore T-shirts bearing a neo-Nazi symbol, photos and videos show.
As shown on journalist Tal Schneider's Hebrew-language blog, some of the right-wingers wore T-shirts bearing the slogan "Good night left side."
Neo-Nazis in Europe wear shirts with this phrase, which accompanies an image of a man attacking a left-wing activist, denoted by a star or anarchy symbol…The emblem and slogan are a response to the original left-wing counterpart: "Good night white pride."
While this kind of street racism is deeply disturbing, it is, of course, the legislated variety that is traditionally the most dangerous. As I wrote this past October in addressing the recent rise of European anti-semitism,
As troubling it is to read of shootings and firebombings, I believe we should be far more disturbed when we hear reports of far-right and even neo-Nazi candidates being elected into Parliaments throughout Europe.
So too we should be equally as troubled by the increasing numbers of high ranking racist Israeli politicians who incite violence against Israel's African immigrants, call for the transfer of Palestinian citizens of Israel out of the country, or introduce legislation that effectively force non-Jews out of its political life.
The legislation I'm speaking of, by the way, was not introduced by a fringe Knesset minister – it Is advocated by none other than the Prime Minister of Israel himself, who is currently attempting to change Israel's Basic Laws to legally define Israel as "the national state of the Jewish people." As Netanyahu explained it, Israel "is the nation state of one people only – the Jewish people – and of no other people."
Statements like this make it clear that Israel is not merely a European-style nation – it is a nation that dances with some of the darkest aspects of European ethnic nationalism: i.e., a nation founded exclusively upon the identity of one group and that ipso facto treats its non-majority population as other.
In this regard, we might say that Israel's commitment to democracy measures up quite poorly against many Western European countries. Just compare Netanyahu's comments above to the recent statement by French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, that "A Jew who leaves France is a piece of France that is gone." Or to the remarks made by Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt this past Monday following the Copenhagen synagogue attack:
I want to make very clear that the Jewish community has been in this country for centuries… They belong in Denmark. They're part of the Danish community and we wouldn't be the same without the Jewish community.
Before we judge European countries to harshly for this recent rise in anti-semitism, consider this: could you possibly imagine Netanyahu – or any Israeli Prime Minister, for that matter – saying this following the immolation-murder of Palestinian teenager Mohammed Abu Khieder:
I want to make very clear that the Palestinian community has been in this country for centuries… They belong in Israel. They're part of the Israeli community and we wouldn't be the same without the Palestinian community.
Let's be clear. Those European Jews who do in fact pack up and move to Israel are not simply fleeing anti-semitism to find safe haven in the Jewish state. They are moving to a ethnocractic nation-state that is coaxing them to its shores because it needs them to stand down the non-Jewish "demographic threat."
And in so doing they are, in a very real way, opting into the power and privilege that comes with being the majority oppressor class in a different kind of European country.


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Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
I just purchased a Leadtek 6600GT AGP card. Unfortunately all is not well, both in Windows and Linux. I have tried the card in two different PCs, and have not managed to get it either stable or artifact-free.
The specs of the two PCs are as follows:
Main PC - AthlonXP 2400+, Asus A7N-266C, 350W Enermax Power Supply, SB Audigy, 2 hard drives, one DVD burner, Leadtek Video Capture Card.
Second PC Athlon 1200+, Asus A7V, 300W Power Supply (unsure of brand), Aureal Vortex 2 (yes, I have one and still use it!), 2 hard drives, a CD burner, a DVD rom.
The problems I've experienced are as follows:
Main PC running Windows XP
On both PCs after running a game, there were no artefacts once returning to the desktop.
Does it appear that the card is faulty, or that Ive just lucked out with incompatibilities?
Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
Look at the power supply sticker.
Tell us the specifications on the "rails".
The +3.3v +5v +12v (the negative ones too) and the AMPS for each rail.
Thank you.
Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
Power supplys need serious consideration when dealing with newer video cards of today, you will want a minimum of 420watts with at least 26a on the +12v rail to function correctly on a quality built unit. Another thing to remember is when connecting the molex power plug to the video card, make sure theres nothing else connected, it works best when its a totally deticated line. If your having similar problems with the same card in different systems, im thinking it a bum card, return it for another like it or try a different brand.
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OK, thanks for the replies so far. I've dug up the specs for the power supplies, listed below:
Main PC - Enermax EG365P-VE
Second PC - Hyena 300W (can't find model, but obviously it's more-or-less a 'no-name' in terms of quality)
From what you've said BigE4u, both of the power supplies are below spec for successful operation, although I do note that Nvidia only recommend 300W PSUs for the 6600GT AGP, I guess this is assuming much higher quality than what I have. The Enermax is probably 4 years old, and the Hyena maybe even 6 years old!
I did some experimentation as well on the main PC. I removed all the excess peripherals, leaving just the hard drives (needed both, can't boot off the spare hard drive - partition tables are apparently invalid), video card and sound card (not even DVD attached). Whilst I had marginally better success than before, I went a step further and down-clocked the CPU from 133MHz to 100 MHz FSB. The difference was pleasantly unexpected - no longer did I have issues getting to the desktop, it got there every time. I even managed to play some games (call of duty, SW:KoToR, Tenebrae) and run some demos. Whilst I still got crashing on occasion, overall stability was greatly improved.
This suggests that a better power supply is in order. Would it be an idea to stick with Enermax? They were amongst the most highly regarded from a few years ago weren't they? How about Antec?
As an aside, one thing I will mention that wasn't improved at all which I suspect is a driver issue is image quality in Vampire Bloodlines and presumably other source engine games. I've attached a screenshot of how things look (ignore the black at the bottom quarter of the screen, for some reason the GIMP was playing up). This was with the 77.77 drivers, but I had exactly the same things before with the 81.98 drivers. Anyone else getting this?
Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
The main rig should be OK, 17 amps on +12 with an Athlon Xp 2400+ and 6600GT is within normal limits, especially with an Enermax PSU. I've built tons of systems with Athlons 64 754 and 6600GT AGP at work - with 350W Enermax, Antec and Chieftec PSU.
On another note I'm guessing there might be something wrong with the cooling sollution on the video card , maybe it's not making proper contact and the GPU is overheating.
In the end maybe you just have a bad card and should RMA it.
Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
Thanks for that andy. I've tried some more games whilst underclocking the CPU even further (since it seemed to be helpful), and Far Cry shows similar artefacts to Vampire and HL2. 3D Mark 2003 either won't start at all or won't get to the first test, so I've done my fair share of testing and will now send for an RMA.
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Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
i run an enermax 350p-ve (i think, i know its 350w) and a 6800 (non ultra) with no issues. also running a amd xp-mobile 2.3ghz, 1gb ram, etc
Re: Leadtek 6600GT AGP - Faulty or Incompatable?
OK, an update... Got the replacement card, and it works fine ..... in my second PC only. In the main PC, the stability issues have mostly cleared up, however the artefacts continue. I tried running dxdiag, and was surprised to find when running the D3D tests, that only the DX7 interface test displayed properly. The DX8 & DX9 tests showed missing polygons, or polygons stretching out where they shouldn't have been. This leaves me thinking that there may be a driver issue somewhere, but I'm not sure where.
Is anyone successfully running an nForce 1 (not 2, or later) with a GF6600GT? If so, what drivers for chipset etc do you have?
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Padres all alone in last now
He had allowed two runs in the first inning all year, but allowed two immediately to the Padres after Everth Cabrera opened the game with a groundout to second. Chris Denorfia and Chase Headley strung together a pair of singles, Carlos Quentin brought in the first run on a double into the left-field alley, and after an intentional walk to Jesus Guzman, Kyle Blanks followed with a bouncer to shortstop to score one more.
Just like that, the Padres were sitting on a 2-0 lead.
Only it didn't last, and the Padres were left to lament the inning ending with Logan Forsythe's liner to second before tacking on one more run once Bumgarner settled into a groove.
"You never know when a key inning is going to happen, but as this game played out and the way (Bumgarner) pitched, that was our best opportunity," Black said. "We were one big hit away from stretching that into a big lead, but we just didn't get the big hit."
After spotting the Padres the early lead, Bumgarner retired 15 in a row, 19 of 20 and didn't allow another runner past first base as Jason Marquis' command began to unravel in the sixth inning.
The first run that Marquis surrendered appeared to come on his pitch – a change-up down in the zone that Pablo Sandoval reached for and somehow yanked over the fence in right-center to open the fourth inning.
"I thought I executed the way I wanted to," Marquis said. "What can you say? Guy like him has hit some pitches he shouldn't hit."
The next crossed the plate after the Giants used a pair of walks – Marquis' first of the game – to load the bases in the sixth for Tanaka, who promptly lined a single to center to tie the game at 2-2 to chase the Padres' 34-year-old right-hander from the game.
Looking for his first win since June 15, Marquis allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks – his fewest since June 20 – over 5 1/3 innings of a no-decision.
Bumgarner (10-5) struck out six and finished with four hits allowed over seven innings before giving away to Sandy Rosario for a scoreless eighth and Sergio Romo for a perfect ninth.
"(Bumgarner) was putting that cutter down and away," Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera said. "The first two or three innings he missed a lot of fastballs, then he got the cutter working. He did really good."


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Striped Christmas Stocking
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Knit Christmas stocking patterns are perfect for the holidays. This Striped Christmas Stocking from Authentic Knitting Board will help create a festive atmosphere anywhere you place it - on the mantel, next to the tree or hanging outside on your front door.
- Yarn: 215 yards of DK weight yarn in MC and 45 yards of DK weight yarn in CC. Schuss-Plus yarn in Holly Green and White was used in the sample.
- Knitting Loom: AKB Sock Loom
- Notions: Tapestry Needle, Knitting tool, Crochet hook (size I), Two pieces of scrap yarn in a contrasting color (optional)
Gauge: Not important
Abbreviations: FS-Flat Stitch, CO-Cast On, BOBind
Off, MC-Main Color, CC-Contrast Color
Pattern Notes:
The FS was used on this stocking. It is important to make sure that you do not pull the yarn too tightly. If you do, the stitches will be very difficult to pick over. To help make the FS looser, after picking over the stitch, pull the stitch away from the pin slightly. If you have too much trouble with tight stitches, use the knit stitch instead of the FS. When creating the short rows in the heel and toe, lift the wraps over before you lift the stitch over on the wrapped pins. This will give the sock a nicer look. The toe of the sock can be closed in a couple of different ways. You may close as directed in the DVD, by binding the sock off and then sewing the opening closed. An alternative method is to slip the first half of the stitches on to
a contrasting piece of sock yarn. Slip the second half of the stitches onto another piece of sock yarn. Cut the working yarn, leaving a long tail. Thread the yarn tail onto a yarn needle. Starting with the first stitch (the side closest to the toe) take
the needle through the stitch from right to left, being careful not to catch the waste yarn. Now, take the needle over to the other piece of scrap yarn and through the first stitch on the second side, going from left to right. Continue weaving from one side to the other until all the stitches have been woven. Remove the scrap yarn, gently pull on working yarn to tighten the toe stitches and weave in loose end. I prefer the second method as it makes a less bulky seam. If desired, the Kitchner Stitch (used in hand knitting) could also be used, but is a bit more complicated. There are many online tutorials on this method if you are interested in trying it.
- CO entire loom with MC(green) (60 pins), using the Cable CO.
- Attach CC(white) by knotting it loosely with the MC and leaving a tail to weave in later. You will be removing this knot, so just make it firm enough so that the yarn won't pull loose on the first couple of rows. After that, you can remove the knot.
- Using the FS and the CC, wrap and hook over every other pin, starting with Pin #1. Take the yarn behind the pegs that are not being wrapped. Now, using the FS and the MC, wrap and hook over every other pin, starting with Pin #2. Take the yarn behind the pegs that are not being wrapped. When picking up the MC, remember to bring it under and then over the CC. This will twist the yarns and keep a hole from forming. Remember to wrap loosely. Repeat until 2.5" have been knitted from the edge.
- Cut CC, leaving a tail for weaving in, and knit in FS with the MC until stocking measures 12" from beginning.
- Attach CC, but do NOT cut MC. Turn heel using short row shaping and the CC as described in the DVD or in the link in the Pattern Notes section. You will have 10 unwrapped stitches when finishing the decreasing.
- Cut the CC, leaving a tail for weaving in, twist MC and CC, and then knit in FS with the MC until foot measures 7". Cut MC, leaving a tail for weaving in.
- Attach CC and knit 1 row, then repeat the heel instructions to form the toe.
- Close toe as described in the Pattern Notes section.
- Using a size I crochet hook and 4 strand of MC, crochet a chain 4" long.
- Attach to stocking at center back.
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Pipann 7931193
Jul 08, 2013
This must be the worse pattern I've come across .No idea what you are talking about ,and I've been knitting for yrs.Do not not have any pattern just for plain knitters.
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It is fairly clear but I don't know how to do the FS (flat stitch) Can I just knit 2 purl two in alternate colours to get the stripe effect ?
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Greece striker Angelos Charisteas toasted another significant chapter in Greek football after Otto Rehhagel's team claimed a place at the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa™ at the expense of Ukraine.
Greece defeated Alexei Mikhailichenko's men 1-0 at the Donbass Arena in Donetsk courtesy of Dimitris Salpingidis' composed first-half finish, the only goal of the tie following Saturday's 0-0 draw in Athens. The 2004 European champions then weathered the storm as Ukraine fought back, with goalkeeper Alexandros Tzorvas particularly impressive for Rehhagel's side.
It is only the second time ever that Greece have qualified for a world finals, coming 16 years after their first appearance in the United States in 1994 - when they lost all three group matches without scoring "This is a very important moment for Greek football. It's simply fantastic," said Charisteas, the man who scored the winner in the final against Portugal at UEFA EURO 2004.
We had to defend well in the second half but we were determined and we are going to the World Cup.
"We played very well throughout the game, especially in the first half. We got the lead thanks to a beautiful goal from Dimitris Salpingidis and then we held them comfortably, I thought," he added. "We had to defend well in the second half but we were determined and we are going to the World Cup."
"It's a massive success for us," added goal hero Salpingidis, who showed great composure to slot the ball past Alexei Piatov after being played in by Celtic frontman Giorgos Samaras' sublime through-ball. "It's a day of celebration for Greeks all over the world. All those people who have made negative comments during these past few days now have their answer from what we have done on the pitch. We have answered our critics."
Mikhailichenko was understandably despondent after his side's defeat. "I feel very disappointed and sad that we lost," he said. "There are no excuses. The boys did everything they could to try and get the win but they didn't succeed. We were a little out of luck. I can't say that my team played badly. I believe that the team which deserved to go to the World Cup has won."


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I did a fun photo shoot for Jamie Forsyth, an amazing guy and incredibly talented composer, a little while back. I'm just now getting to put a few shots up here due to the site working again.
It was a real fun time with Paul Mocey-Hanton assisting me both on the shoot and taking the lead on the compositing of the images.
If you don't know much about architectural photography you can do it one of two ways. In camera or in post.
If you do it in camera, the old school film way usually did it like this, you have to gel all the lights and/or windows to get the color casts correct. You need to bring a whole ton of different lights to get the space lit the way you want it to be. You do a whole bunch of time consuming work before you even take a photo.
If you do it in post, you are focusing on just one piece of the space at a time and you take a different photo for each piece. Then, in photoshop (or whatever) you create a composite image of all the photos stacked together into a single image. This is much faster to do during the shooting portion of things and requires much fewer lights because you can just light one area at a time and not everything at once. You end up spending more time afterwards though. But, it's the way to do things if you don't have a huge budget and lots of assistants and equipment.
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Osyrus III: The Search for Osyrus II
Posted 15 May 2012 - 07:52 PM
Our server reached EOL (end of life) in March. What that means is the server's hardware is outdated, and the company no longer provides support (meaning, its broke, they don't fix it). The plan was to move Osyrus over to a new server. I looked at various companies and found more problems than solutions. Our database was way out of control, almost 2 gb worth of data. No company will import or allow an IPB database that large (most require under 500mb). This is somewhat my fault, as I never archived old threads, removed closed threads, or split large threads. That type of cleanup is what keeps databases in line, whereas we were just growing with no means of control in site. We also had converted the database several times to new formats due to updates in IPS software and php releases, overtime that corrupts entries and is why we saw issues like login fails, and various weirdness with accounts. The last conversion being the worst of it. I also found most hosts to be unreliable with IPS boards based on user reviews. My conclusion was to move to IPS hosting, it is super stable, the same company that makes the boards software, relatively cheap (30-50 per month depending on traffic), and would allow the growth of larger databases.
My plan was to move to IPS hosting at the end of this current billing cycle, which is May 26th. Sadly, Sunday night, our primary hard drive died, and the server went into a safety mode, switching to backup. It also decided that it would revert to an older build of Apache and PHP. Well that fucked me. We were on php 5.5 and without it, our database was totally inaccessible. I couldn't even get into it with command line shell access. I was finally able to rebuild the servers base software, and access the database, what I extracted is partial, and even a full dump with mysqldump produces a corrupt database that doesn't pass the various safety checks needed to import into the new site. The other issue is that databases size in the first place. While IPS will allow sites to grow on their servers, they don't help importing sites from other servers, nor do they allow large SQL imports. In the end, no matter what we were going to lose a good amount of post data. Even if I had the intact database, it would probably break the new site given the differences in a converted database and one that was fresh (as this one is).
There are some good things to come from this. We are now on IPS hosting, they make our software, so being hosted by them is ideal as the support is much better, the database will always remain, and there is no longer any server admin work. Even updates are applied automatically, if a SQL error comes up they will fix it before I even have time to report it. By far the best way of hosting an IPS site for longterm growth and stability. They also index better with Google, and are more searchable so we may see increased traffic from basic searches like "Phish discussion". It's cheaper, based on traffic. Right now I'm paying $30 a month, which gets you up to 30 active users at one time (we usually average 15-25). You can also increase your active users based on traffic, so if we started seeing 50 active at once, we would be bumped up to the $50 a month plan (they don't throttle users, or cut people off from login). The most we ever had active at once on Osyrus was 45. It's also a rolling average, which takes spikes into account (so if one day we see 70, that doesn't bump us up to $70 a month).
I apologize for what was, in my mind, inevitable. I couldn't continue to pay for our old hosting at the rate they wanted for a new server, and I had moved my business site to other hosting that falls in line with photo industry standards. My cost had been $160 per month and would have gone up to $200. The database had been worked over through the years, and was at a point where a clean wipe is the only way to ensure it doesn't fail in the future. Now we are in a more permanent location, at a substantially reduced cost, with overall better performance and long term stability.
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Thanks for all your hard work, D.... sounds super annoying.
Out with the old >>> in with the new!
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Big D - you're the man! It sounds like you could have easily just let the OoO die. This is a much better solution. I kind of like the clean slate every few years. It's like an enema for our community.
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Levon Helm: Near Memphis, cotton country, rice country, the most interesting thing is probably the music... That's kind of the middle of the country back there. So bluegrass or country music, you know, if it comes down to that area and if it mixes there with rhythm, and if it dances, then you've got a combination of all those different kinds of music. Country, bluegrass, blues music. Show music.
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agree with knownrider. you gotta do a reboot every now and then. Thanks for being awesome, Damon.
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I did not know that.
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Holy shit, you were feelagroove?!
I did not know that.
Ha! I didn't know that either.
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Silly monkeys give them thumbs,
They make a club,
And beat their brother, down.
How they survive so misguided is a mystery.
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Damon, happy to hear that costs have come down, even if headaches continue to ensue. Your diligence and persistence with making us a home is always deeply appreciated.
Long Live 3.0!!
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There was a woman in my training class yesterday who looked like Steven Tyler. It was disturbing.
Dude does indeed look like a lady.
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Posted 16 May 2012 - 08:14 PM
Wow, I have zero warning points? There's a first time for everything in life I suppose....
Not that you ever had warnings, but all warnings that were in the system are gone. That's a good clean slate for everyone I think, we also have no ban's in place (nor am I rebanning old members that might come back). Everyone still needs to remember this is a moderated community, and no changes to the rules have been made. So yes, some are getting a second chance, but that also means they have much less rope if a problem does arise.
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If the site disappears on you that's the DNS updating. The site is fine, but it can take up to 72 hours for DNS to resolve across all servers, which can make the site intermittent depending on your location.
Yeah, I couldn't get it all day at work. But if finally kicked in. Huzzah!
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Colombia's FARC Rebels Say Group Will Stop Kidnapping
Brodzinsky, Silla, The Christian Science Monitor
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) said Sunday it will free remaining hostages and stop kidnapping civilians in a bid to restart peace talks with the government.
Colombia's largest rebel group, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), announced Sunday it would abandon the practice of kidnapping - a tactic that has long defined the FARC.
The group's declaration is a clear sign that the guerrillas are angling to restart peace talks with the government. However, analysts say negotiations to end the nearly five-decade-long conflict in Colombia are still far off.
In a communique posted on the rebels' website and signed by the ruling secretariat, the FARC announced it would "forbid the practice" of kidnapping "as part of our revolutionary actions." The FARC also said it would release its 10 remaining "prisoners of war," members of Colombia's security forces, some of whom have been held for as long as 14 years. There was no word as to when the releases would take place, or how many civilian hostages remained.
But with the announced liberation of the last remaining "swappable" hostages - policemen and soldiers - the FARC are giving up on one of their most long-held demands: an exchange of military and political hostages in return for jailed rebels.
Luis Eduardo Celis, an analyst with Nuevo Arco Iris, a conflict research center, says the recent decision by the FARC was aimed at creating conditions for peace talks. The FARC's new leader Rodrigo Londono, known as Timoleon Jimenez or Timochenko, sees himself as "the man who will take the FARC out of the conflict," says Mr. Celis. Timochenko took over in November 2011 after former FARC leader Alfonso Cano died in a raid on his camp.
"It's a game where each side is taking positions. President Santos offers the victims [a] land restitution process. The FARC offer an end to kidnapping," Celis says, referring to a law that went into effect in January providing damage payments to victims of the Colombian conflict and giving back land to those driven from their homes by the violence.
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However, President Juan Manuel Santos declared the FARC's announcement an "important though insufficient step in the right direction." In addition to ending kidnapping, the government also demands that the FARC end forced recruitment, ban the use of landmines and leave civilians out of the conflict.
In the 1980s and '90s, at the height of the Colombian conflict, the FARC used ransom payments to fund their fight against the state, and used political hostages to put pressure on the government. Many rightwing paramilitary groups began to emerge in reaction the FARC's widespread practice of kidnapping, and Colombia became known as the kidnapping capital of the world.
In the mid 1990s Colombia witnessed more than 2500 abductions a year, most of which were attributed to the FARC. …


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It is common knowledge that lupus runs in families. In fact, primary relatives (siblings, parents, children) of a person with the condition have a three- to five-fold increased risk of developing the disease compared with the average person on the street. But until just the last decade, we haven't known how increased risk of lupus could be inherited.
Figuring out how lupus runs in families has been complicated. Lupus is not like some genetic diseases carrying a high profile in the popular press. The phrase "genetic disease" might bring to mind hemophilia among the royal families of Europe, or the "boy in the bubble" with immune deficiency, or cystic fibrosis. In each of these cases, mutation of one or a few genes is the illness driver.
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