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Blogs
March 22, 2012
Biola University to Hold Conference on Nuclear War, and How to Get Jews and Muslims Saved
Nothing gets believers excited like the end of the world. To that end, Biola University this weekend will host a conference titled "Israel, the Church and the Middle East Crisis", featuring Calvary Chapel favorite Joel Rosenberg, a doom-and-gloomer in the Hal Lindsey mold, and author of "The G ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2012
The OCeeker: Calvary Chapel, the Mothership, and the Chuck Smith Death Watch
Chuck Smith is dying. While this is good news for Smith (for to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord!), it's terrible news for those at Calvary Chapel who have pinned their blessed hope on being raptured away with an icon of American evangelicalism and the chief cornerstone ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Promised Land Sees Israel Through the Eyes of Surfers
A film about surfers of different faiths coming together in Israel, of all places, makes its U.S. premiere at a sold-out screening in Dana Point this evening.Promised Land, which was directed by Todd Morehead and produced by Morehead and Carlsbad Christian nonprofit Walking on Water, screens at 6 ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Rick Warren: Patron Saint of Humblebraggadocio
Pound for pound, preachers are the best humblebraggers around because they can rattle off a list of professional accomplishments while giving God the glory for "working through them." It's a nifty trick that can be pulled off only by those who make a living chatting with the Lord and sharing his ... More >>
Blogs
January 24, 2012
Aziz Duwaik, Palestinian Leader Who Secretly Met with UC Irvine Students, Held by Israel
Speaker of the Palestinian parliament Aziz Duwaik, whose secret meeting with UC Irvine students and faculty visiting Israel in 2009 raised cackles in some corners, was ordered to be held without trial for six months, his lawyer said today. The senior Hamas official, whose name is alternately s ... More >>
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August 15, 2011
[UPDATED with Delay:] "Irvine 11" (-1) Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, AUG. 15, 2:33 P.M.: The "Irvine 11" trial (now with one fewer defendant) was scheduled to begin today in Santa Ana.That didn't happen.Trial has been rescheduled to Aug. 29, which is when jury selection is scheduled to begin.
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June 21, 2011
[UPDATED with Defense Motion Denied:] "Irvine 11" Case Heads for Trial
UPDATE, JUNE 21, 11:51 A.M.: An Orange County judge last week denied a defense motion claiming 11 college students cannot be prosecuted criminally for disrupting an Israeli ambassador's speech at UC Irvine.Attorneys for the so-called "Irvine 11," who are enrolled at UCI and UC Riverside, argued t ... More >>
Blogs
June 2, 2011
UC Irvine's Controversial Muslim Student Union Wins Anteater Award
Disrupting a speech on campus by an Israeli government official. The suspension, probation and criminal prosecution that followed the incident. The annual teach-ins on the Israel-Palestine issue some have dubbed "Hate Week."Yep, headlines involving the Muslim Student Union at UC Irvine have been ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2011
UCI Muslim Student Union Event's Name was Less Threatening, But Critics Charge It Was Still Extreme
Perhaps it was the UC Irvine-imposed suspension or the negative publicity over the disruption of Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Michael Oren's February 2010 speech on campus or just plain old growing up, but the embattled Muslim Student Union just presented a kinder- and gentler-sounding program ... More >>
Film
March 24, 2011
'Miral' Shows Off Its Muddle-East Politics
Style, but little substance in Julian Schnabel's Palestine plea
Blogs
March 17, 2011
Nuclear Meltdown Might Cause Sushi Shortage
ynetnews.comWith as many sushi restaurants as we have in Orange County, the possibility of a sushi shortage after the tsunami disaster hadn't crossed my mind until this story in Israel's Ynet Business News. It's true that nearly all the hamachi sold is farm-raised and most likely routed through J ... More >>
Blogs
February 15, 2011
Free Ticket Tuesday: We're Giving Away Four Pairs of Tickets to See Infected Mushroom
Originally formed as a duo by Erez Eisen and Amit Duvdevani in northern Israel, Infected Mushroom's trippy/psychedelic music has influenced electronic-music fiends and stoned groovers alike. They met in Goa, India, in 1996 through a mutual DJ friend and started making music for fun. In 1998, they ... More >>
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February 9, 2011
Local Record Review: Barrett Johnson
Myspace.comBarrett JohnsonNew Jerusalem(www.barrettjohnsonmusic.com) It's always been acknowledged, sometimes off-handedly, that the continuing impact of sensitive pop/rock by solo male musicians is something that not merely survives, but also thrives. That may seem obvious, but the con ... More >>
Blogs
January 21, 2011
Macy Gray Ignores Calls to Boycott Israel
Marc PaganiFor soul singer Macy Gray, it started out as a simple Facebook status update inviting discussion concerning upcoming concerts. "I'm booked for 2 shows in Tel Aviv. I'm getting alot of letters from activists urging/begging me to boycott by NOT performing in protest of Apartheid agai ... More >>
Film
January 6, 2011
Elia Suleiman's Arab-Israeli War Within
The director's lifelong identity battle is played out onscreen
Blogs
October 21, 2010
Rashomon Reports From Israeli Defense Forces Visit to Cal State Fullerton
Move over, UC Irvine: Cal State Fullerton has entered the ranting-against-visiting-Israelis sweepstakes.Or has it?Pro-Palestinian students say they recently confronted two Israeli Defense Forces soldiers on campus, according to a Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) report.
Blogs
April 16, 2010
Article Asks: Is UCI Safe for Jews?
OCHillel.orgWelcome. (Or un-welcome?)Lisa Armony has an exhaustive piece in the April 13 Jewish Journal whose title tells it all: "Is UC Irvine Safe for Jews?"Her conclusion? Yes and no.UCI has made international headlines in recent years, dubbed by observers an unwelcome environment for Jewish ... More >>
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February 23, 2010
The "Irvine 11" Fights the Power
As they fill out their AARP membership cards, '60s burnouts can rejoice that a group of campus agitators has at last come along to rival the infamous Chicago Seven.Mamas and papas, introducing the "Irvine 11"! Something's happening here, and what it is ain't exactly kosher. The Irvine 11 are the ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
A Modest Proposal From Jarret Lovell in Light of UCI Muslim Protester Arrests
KUCI.eduCal State Fullerton professor and KUCI radio host Jarret Lovell.Jarret S. Lovell is a Cal State Fullerton professor of politics, UC Irvine graduate and radio show host and longtime Orange County progressive activist. Among the many causes he has taken up over the years is social justice f ... More >>
Blogs
February 18, 2010
ADL Opposes Jewish Boycott of UCI, Gently Admonishes Chancellor Drake
Not all organizations fighting anti-Semitism are the same. Take the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which announced opposition today to calls by "some in the Jewish community" to boycott UC Irvine over perceived anti-Israel activity on campus.Who would that "some" be? How about the Zionist Organiz ... More >>
Blogs
February 16, 2010
Facebook Free Speech Page Denies Free Speech
A Facebook page has been created "in light of the recent event at UC Irvine in which 11 members of the Muslim Student Union @ UCI were arrested for attempts to silence and censor a speaker whose views they disagreed with. Free speech is NOT negotiable!"Too bad the page does not practice what it p ... More >>
Blogs
July 6, 2009
McKinney Follows UC Irvine Speech With Israeli Detention [UPDATED, THE SEQUEL]
UPDATE: MCKINNEY IS ON HER WAY HOME, REPORTS ATLANTA-JOURNAL CONSTITUTION ...Former U.S. Congresswoman Cynthia McKinney (D-Georgia) is shown speaking at UC Irvine May 13 as part of the Muslim Student Union's controversial, three-week "Israel: The Politics of Genocide" teach-in. Here she makes the c ... More >>
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June 19, 2009
Like Anti-Israel Speakers ala UCI? Go to Israel
The anonymous contributor known as "the middle" on Jewlicious, which clings to the Muslim Student Union controversy at UC Irvine like the tight white t-shirt does to the shapely Jewlicious Apparel model on the "100 percent Kosher" site's home page, writes that the Irvine campus is getting a run for ... More >>
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June 4, 2009
Were Muslim Student Union Free Speech Rights Infringed Upon?
UC Irvine administrators drew widespread criticism for allowing--or not damning vehemently enough--the Muslim Student Union's May 5-21 wrath-a-thon "Israel: The Politics of Genocide." But fourth year psychology major Alaa Alomar accuses the same university officials of denying the same free speech r ... More >>
Film
May 14, 2009
[Special Screenings] 'Under the Bombs,' 'Border Café,' 'The Big Lebowski,' More
UC Irvine administrators drew widespread criticism for allowing--or not damning vehemently enough--the Muslim Student Union's May 5-21 wrath-a-thon "Israel: The Politics of Genocide." But fourth year psychology major Alaa Alomar accuses the same university officials of denying the same free speech r ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
Pros and Cons to Muslim Student Union Event at UCI
The debate over the appropriateness of the UC Irvine Muslim Student Union's "Israel: The Politics of Genocide" event we told you about Friday (and which continues through May 21) has spilled into the page of the student newspaper New University.Specifically, it turns up in the opinion section, where ... More >>
Blogs
May 8, 2009
UCI Muslim Student Union Event Draws Ire of Local Jews
As this promotional video shows, UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union is at it again, presenting 18 days of events this month under the banner "Israel: the Politics of Genocide." Among those coming to the campus through May 21 are: George Galloway, the British member of Parliament who speaks against th ... More >>
Film
February 12, 2009
[Special Screenings] Local Showings of 'Strangers,' 'Sid and Nancy,' More
As this promotional video shows, UC Irvine's Muslim Student Union is at it again, presenting 18 days of events this month under the banner "Israel: the Politics of Genocide." Among those coming to the campus through May 21 are: George Galloway, the British member of Parliament who speaks against th ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
Want to Get Away, Really Get Away? Come to Israel
According to Travel Mole, "the online community for the travel and tourism industry," visiting Israel is at an all-time high amid the bombs raining down courtesy of the Hamas theme park: Despite the Strife, Tourism in Israel is at an all Time High Perhaps it's the ... More >>
Blogs
December 29, 2008
Little Gaza Protest: the More Things Don't Change
Here is a photo from the protest at the "Little Gaza" area of Brookhurst Street over Israel's violent actions against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.But here's the twist: photographer S. Twair did not snap the shot during Sunday's demonstration, which drew about 200 people over four hours pro ... More >>
Columns
November 13, 2008
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Kicking Aztlán
Here is a photo from the protest at the "Little Gaza" area of Brookhurst Street over Israel's violent actions against Palestinians living in the Gaza Strip.But here's the twist: photographer S. Twair did not snap the shot during Sunday's demonstration, which drew about 200 people over four hours pro ... More >>
Blogs
January 28, 2008
You can't protest us; we're already protesting you!
On Saturday, OC Weekly staff writer Luke Y. Thompson and myself took to the streets to see what was going on in Anaheim as a left-wing group known as the A.N.S.W.E.R. coalition and put together a fairly huge "Anti-Zionism" protest with only a few days notice. Fairly predictably, a smaller scale "Pr ... More >>
Features
October 18, 2007
Against the Wall
Praying, eating and bowling with the most hated student group at UC Irvine
Film
January 25, 2007
Ace Up His Sleeve
Joe Carnahans overly slick, heavily edited dark comedy works despite itself
Blogs
July 30, 2006
Baby Killer Redux
Orange County's diaspora of ethnicities is finally coming together against a common foe: whitey. On Saturday, Anaheim's Little Gaza played host to a protest against the ongoing Israeli destruction of Lebanon, as well as US support for Israel's efforts. Some went so far as call the Israelis baby-kill ... More >>
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July 19, 2006
American Women and Children First
There were an estimated 25,000 Americans in Lebanon, and an estimated 30,000 Canadians. But when the cruise ship Orient Queen departed the port of Beirut towards the safety of the island of Cyprus it was U.S.A. all the way. Anywhere from 1,100 to 1,800 Canadians, all told to assemble for evacuation ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2006
DeVore Cries Havoc
"Look at it burning." -Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hezbollah leader, speaking as his group's rockets struck a US-made Israeli warship Well, we're in for it now. Israel, Lebanon and Palestine are at each others' throats. Amr Moussa, General-Secretary of the Arab League, has declared the Middle East pea ... More >>
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July 2, 2006
Terrorists Attack US Power Plant
Israeli terrorists have caused significant damage to a power plant in Palestine, insured by the U.S. government for up to $48 million dollars. READ THE STORY ON ALJAZEERA.COM Tony Snow, White House Chief of Verbal Diarrhea, previously described Israel's current assault on the Palestinians as legi ... More >>
Blogs
June 23, 2006
What's Good for the Goose ain't for the Zealot
So some young, misdirected, religious zealots who authorities conceive were too impoverished and unsophisticated to carry out plots to blow up an FBI building and the Sears Tower in Chicago are arrested in Miami. By the way, the kids are black. Meanwhile, older, misdirected zealots who reportedly ha ... More >>
News
February 23, 2006
Jesus Kills
The end of the world is coming, and some OC Christians cant wait
Film
March 17, 2005
Theory of Flight
An unwilling guardian angel tends to a harried Haifa clan in Broken Wings
Film
August 7, 2003
Rough Road, Messy Map
The all-too-human comedy of The Holy Land
Columns
May 29, 2003
Letters
The all-too-human comedy of The Holy Land
Columns
May 15, 2003
Weaponless Warrior
Newport Beachs Radhika Sainaths War on Terrorism
Features
March 6, 2003
War College
67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop
Columns
May 30, 2002
Diary of a mad county
67 things you might want to know before the bombs drop
Film
May 16, 2002
Human Rights and Wrongs
UC Irvine fest exposes worldwide injustice
Columns
May 16, 2002
The Little Engine Who Took His Place in the Underclass
And other new-millennium stories for American kids
Columns
April 25, 2002
Couched in Ignorance
Your TV and the Middle East
News
April 18, 2002
Oy, No! We Won't Go!
Your TV and the Middle East
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