http://antonyloewenstein.com Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:28:35 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en After reading in one day the wonderfully moving memoir by New York Times writer and author David Rieff about his dead mother Susan Sontag - Swimming in a Sea of Death aims to articulate the struggles of a child coping with a parent who simply can't face the reality of ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/07/watching-her-fade-away/ Gideon Levy, Haaretz, July 7: So what is the "great plan"? As things look now, this is the way Israel is planning its future: Every time some Middle Eastern country tries to obtain nuclear weapons, Israel will bomb it. Bomb - and bombard. Beyond the problematic assumption that we are allowed ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/07/israels-faulty-plan/ Inspiring is the only word: Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous PresidencyShare This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/06/oh-baby-what-a-legacy/ Thoughts about creativity by one of the world's finest and most provocative film-makers, David Lynch: Share This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/06/where-do-ideas-come-from/ Portugal experiences its first ever blocked blog. This doesn't just happen in repressive regimes, anymore.Share This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/06/the-censors-are-coming-for-us-all/ Jewish architect Daniel Libeskind, world famous designer of the Jewish museum in Berlin and San Francisco, is asked by Heeb magazine how Judaism affects his work: I wanted to emphasize that Jewish culture is deeply rooted in the past but has always had an incredible horizon of freedom into the future. ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/06/what-does-being-jewish-mean-to-you/ Will Facebook succumb to the Chinese internet censor?Share This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/05/curtailing-social-networking/ Something to remind us of the emotional power of the web to bring people together from across the globe (read this first): Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.Share This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/05/putting-a-smile-to-your-face/ A portrait of the film-maker as a young man in Castro's Cuba.Share This http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/05/navigating-the-red-lines/ Shahid Malik, British minister in the Department for International Development: I think most people would agree that if you ask Muslims today what do they feel like, they feel like the Jews of Europe. I don't mean to equate that with the Holocaust but in the way that it was legitimate ... http://antonyloewenstein.com/blog/2008/07/04/target-islam/