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The very first German translation of my work has been published in the new edition of the Telegraph. Entitled “Actually Existing Israel,” the essay is a summary of one of Israel vs. Utopia‘s main points. This same article is also scheduled to appear in the Polish edition of Le Monde Diplomatique later this year. Download a PDF of the German version.
Palestinian police await a German parliamentarian, Bethlehem. Sidewalk cafe, Boxhagenerplatz.
Between entertaining guests from the US, work, and looking for an apartment, Jennifer and I have been busier than usual. Nonetheless, three weeks is about the longest break I’ve taken from blogging. Getting back to things this coming week. In the interim, yours truly, with Pixel. Boxhagener Platz, early May.
Even though the English could use some work, the irony is as welcome as the tolerance. April 10th, Berlin.
You don’t see Arab grocery stores around here like we did in Milan. However, the number of Middle Eastern restaurants and fast food places in this part of Berlin would be enough to make any Italian conservative’s head spin. In Boxhagenerplatz, the square in which we’re temporary ensconced, there are no less than four falafel places, and one doner shop.
The difference, between Friedrichshain and Piazzale Loreto, is an absence of Arabs. The pedestrians are largely European, speaking any number of languages. Though I have heard a higher incidence of Israeli-accented Hebrew, the emphasis is on German and English. One has to go next door, to Kreuzberg, to approximate the oriental vibe of our former home.
Being able to discover a Levantine continuum, this far into eastern Europe, and live within it, definitely has its advantages.
Operation Cast Lead, in German. Breakfast in Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin. January 8th.
Same war, twenty-seven years before. Looking for dinner in Kreuzberg, nine hours later.
America’s presidents wind up in the most unlikely of places. An anti-Bush sticker, affixed to a child-conscious pedestrian crossing sign in downtown Stuttgart, Germany.
Who better to talk to about American politics than a German periodical. Revisiting the discussion of purity in Jerusalem Calling, this interview, in the new edition of Pulse Berlin, just came out.
I haven’t spoken about such issues in years. It was a pleasure to think through them again. The renewed perspective that this side of the Bush era helps provide is really something else.
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