by Marilyn Garson | Mar 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
Alternative Jewish Voices joins the Palestine Solidarity Network, Cardinal Dew, Bishop Richardson, the Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand and others in sending this letter to Jacinda Ardern. Palestinians deserve and urgently need equitable access to medical...
by Marilyn Garson | Feb 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dominion Post / Stuff, Feb 25, 2020 Mayor Foster, don’t do this. If you follow the issue of racism or the protest against Israel’s occupation of Palestine, you will know the International Holocaust Memorial Alliance (IHRA) working definition of anti-Semitism. It has...
by Marilyn Garson | Dec 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
(published in the New Zealand International Journal, December 2019) I lived and worked in the Gaza Strip 2011 – 2015, as the economic director of Mercy Corps and then as a business and livelihoods consultant to the office of UNRWA’s Gaza Director. Four years is...
by Marilyn Garson | Jul 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
Jewish Yes, Zionist No. Defence Minister Ron Mark met Israel’s Prime Minister last week. Netanyahu is quoted as asking New Zealand to change its definition of anti-Semitism, so that it includes political opposition to Zionism: “[T]he new form of antisemitism is...
by Marilyn Garson | Dec 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
Make 2018 Your Year Of Primary Sources Dear Fellow Progressive / Reform Jews, I am sorry to hear that the setbacks of 2017 have disappointed you. Well, ok, not so much. Your previous comfort was troubling, and I am relieved for anything that loosens its grip. You may...
