More in ‘Barbara Mendes’

Sundown: Zionism and the Black Experience

Plus fear vs. hate, hippie art, and a rock 'n' roll error
By Hadara Graubart | 5:02 PM Nov 30, 2009

• An op-ed in the Jerusalem Post posits that President Barack Obama is “oblivious to African and African-American debts to the Zionist movement.” In case you are too, the paper lays them out in detail. [JPost]
• Commenting on Switzerland’s decision to ban the construction of minarets, a blogger points out that “though Islamophobia is driven ...

Family

Mommy, What’s a Spliff?

How to keep your kids from hopping onto the magic bus
By Marjorie Ingall | 7:00 AM Aug 10, 2009

Was the world crying out for a self-published children’s book about the Woodstock Festival, minus any mention of drugs or sex, written by two married Orthodox Jews and illustrated by a visionary painter who is a ba’alat t’shuvah? Probably not. Yet the book, Max Said Yes! The Woodstock Story (Change the World Press, 2009), ...