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Defamation RATING: (POLITE APPLAUSE) Documentary. Directed by Yoav Shamir. (In English, and Hebrew with English subtitles. (Not rated. 93 minutes. At the Roxie.) Yoav Shamir's documentary "Defamation" takes on such an explosive...
Over the years, UMass Amherst has proven to be a reliable hotbed for political hypocrisy and squelching of free speech If free speech is what gives value to the campus "marketplace of ideas," UMass Amherst would long ago have...
Release Date: November 20, 2009 (NY, LA, SF) Studio: First Run Features Director: Yoav Shamir Screenwriter: Yoav Shamir Starring: Not Available Genre: Documentary MPAA Rating: Not Available Official Website:...
In the tradition of films such as Roger & Me and Sherman’s March, Shamir embarks on a provocative and irreverent quest to answer the question, “What is anti-Semitism today?” Is it an immediate threat on the verge of coalescing...
Abe Foxman, the head of the Anti-Defamation League and one of the world's most influential Jewish figures, distrusts Yoav Shamir. Norman Finkelstein, a well-known Jewish scholar who is Foxman's ideological opposite, also has...
A reader named Matt responds to my Omar Barghouti post of yesterday and raises the issues of one-state and the right of return. To be journalistic about it, these issues have often divided the Palestinian solidarity movement....
The BMJ reports that the World Medical Association (WMA) has spoken out about possible collusion by doctors with torture or other abuses of prisoners in Iran.1 I commend this action, which is what the WMA is for. But there...
My guest tonight is a Jewish American political scientist and author who Jewish supporters of Israel right or wrong love to hate. He is – Norman Finkelstein. Norman Finkelstein grew up in New York City where, before he obtained...
RADFEST 2004: MIDWEST SOCIAL FORUM FRIDAY, JUNE 44:00-5:15 REGISTRATION Education Center5:15-6:30 DINNER Dining Hall6:45-9:00 PLENARY PANEL Education "LATINOS/AS AND THE STRUGGLE FOR POLITICAL, SOCIAL, AND ECONOMIC ABC JUSTICE"...
First Run Features Reviewed for Arizona Reporter by Harvey Karten Grade: A- Directed by: Yoav Shamir Written By: Yoav Shamir Cast: Abraham Foxman, Norman Finkelstein, Stephen M. Walt, John J. Mearsheimer Screened at: Review 2,...
