Dr. Melissa Weininger
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Dr. Melissa Weininger
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Professor, author of Beyond the Land: Diaspora Israeli Culture in the 21st Century. Co-writer, with Shayna Weiss, of the newsletter It's No Ibiza.
https://www.wsupress.wayne.edu/books/detail/beyond-land
https://noibiza.substack.com
And you would SIT ON THE BED while being interviewed.
November 17, 2025 at 12:56 AM
What if you are the opposite? 😂 (I still have no idea how to pronounce Ghislaine but I’ve never had an issue with Mamdani.)
November 16, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Same! I often promise myself I will change that before next Yom Kippur but I guess that’s why we’re released from our vows 😂
October 1, 2025 at 11:43 PM
My music teacher tried to make us sing the national anthem when Reagan invaded Panama. I refused and she started CRYING. Haven’t thought of that story in a while.
September 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
After having two new classes dumped in my lap yesterday, this is the only thing that’s made me laugh!
August 20, 2025 at 3:05 PM
This is a very niche joke but I want you to know I got it.
August 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
As clear as the fact that the Bible is history!
July 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
This reminds me of an article review I received once about a piece that discussed literature that described human rights abuses by the IDF in which the reviewer wrote something like, “the article should make clear that the Israeli army is the most moral army in the world.” 🙄🙄🙄
July 28, 2025 at 4:05 PM
And one more wrinkle here that I think challenges this point - Sayed Kashua lives in the US but he still produces Israeli culture. He had a new TV show (a very interesting one!) debut on the Kan kids channel about 2 years ago. As far as I know he still works as a script doctor on other shows as well
June 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I also don’t think this is entirely accurate and there are several examples to the contrary I named above.
June 16, 2025 at 7:48 PM
And politically, the rise and fall of the Joint List is a case in point.
June 16, 2025 at 4:02 PM
To name just a few, who you can easily follow on social media if you would like to know more: Tamer Nafar, Lucy Aharish, Valerie Hamaty, Nasrin Qadri.
June 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
They have not all emigrated! This population, like all groups, is diverse and complicated. There are many prominent Palestinian citizens of Israel who represent wildly different ways of belonging (and not belonging) to Israeli society.
June 16, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I find I often have this problem at the beginning of the summer. I usually give myself some space and rest for a few days and my focus returns.
May 25, 2025 at 1:51 AM
Amen.
April 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I was just wondering the same thing.
April 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Diaspora Alliance is working on this (as are faculty at many institutions with their help 🙋🏻‍♀️). diasporaalliance.co
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March 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
You might want to check out the work of Anna Elena Torres.
February 23, 2025 at 11:14 PM