by Matthew Friedman | Mar 4, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I spent most of the week thinking about Aaron Bushnell. His death last Sunday came as a shock; so much so that I was at a loss for words. I am at a loss for words now. Bushnell could well have been one of my students; full of promise, ideals, and pain – both for the...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 25, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
A myth beloved of the Baby Boom generation is “we ended Vietnam War.” By this, they mean that it was the vast mobilization of the entire youth generation that convinced the US government to withdraw from Vietnam in 1973. Make no mistake: popular opinion certainly...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 18, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was interviewed for my hometown newspaper, the Montreal Gazette, about being both Jewish and pro-Palestinian. It is an honor to be included with these other shvesterkind from my hometown. I don’t know them all yet, but I will. I hope that they will accept my...
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 11, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
My parents visited the State of Israel in 1973 and came back with all sorts of knick-knacks and souvenirs, ranging from a camel carved from a piece of olive wood, to keffiyehs for my brother and me, to a couple of bottles of Sabra liqueur from the Tel Aviv duty free....
by Matthew Friedman | Feb 4, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I didn’t comment on allegations made by Israeli intelligence that employees of the UNRWA (the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) were involved in the 7 October Hamas attack on the State of Israel for a few days. I wanted to...
by Matthew Friedman | Jan 28, 2024 | Commentary, Gaza Journal
I was reading Ruth Marcus’s Op-ed in the Washington Post on Friday, and I could not keep from laughing. It wasn’t a particularly cheery laugh, more of a rueful, emotionally bereft, ironic snigger. There was nothing terribly surprising in the column; if you have...
