From Zionist to Human: Rabbi David awakens

Sheldon S., Shauna, Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly

"I had to rip off the mask I'd been wearing" | Rabbi David Mivasair

(Let the Quran Speak) Nov. 15, 2023: Rabbi David Mivasair was a progressive American Zionist Jew [with a dream of settler colonialism after the theft of Palestine from the Palestinians, many of them Muslims] for much of his life.

I'm a poster child for Oct. 7 used by the IDF.

More recently, he has committed himself to working towards the justice, equality, and freedom of the Palestinian people.

In this emotional and eye-opening conversation with Host Dr. Safiyyah Ally, the rabbi shares his journey with us, from his first time visiting the state of Israel as a 19-year-old American Jew and observing how Arabs were treated to his intensive engagement with Palestinians and support for people in Gaza, in the state of Palestine.

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We exchange you for ours? - Shalom.

He shares how difficult it was for him to make that cognitive shift and rip off his mask, so to speak, and how hurtful it is to be considered persona non grata in the mainstream [Ashkenazi] Jewish community.

He feels the dominant Jewish institutions are locked into a defensive position, and he believes many Jewish people think like he does but are reluctant to speak up.

He says much of what he does is informed by what he knows of the German Holocaust and his understanding of his Jewish faith.

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He laments the dehumanization of Palestinians and says there's a propaganda machine trying to push a narrative in the mainstream media with a campaign of misinformation and disinformation which people are increasingly starting to see through.

His message to Jewish leaders? "Put the ethic before the ethnic." [Karma (the power of actions) is more important than kismet (fatalism).]

• Jewish Voice for Peace
• If Not Now Movement
• U.S. Veterans for Peace
• Code Pink: Women for Peace

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Why a boring mask, why not a creepy one?

Thom Waite (dazeddigital.com/life-culture, 7/14/20); Ashley Wells, CC Liu, Wisdom Quarterly

Would you wear one of these custom-made selfie masks?

Making face masks fashionable (instagram)

A San Francisco company has designed the latest, uncanny addition to the range of masks you can wear to help reduce the spread of coronavirus

During this coronavirus pandemic wearing a facemask has pretty much become the new normal outside the house (because the CDC says masks can reduce the risk of infection).

But why go with the plain old hospital-issue variety? Many artists, designers, and celebrities have come up with their own designs to help slow the spread of boredom, including Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Blackpink, and The Weeknd.

Chinese artist Ai Weiwei has also raised over $1 million for charity with the sale of masks featuring his iconic works.

Anyone might find it pretty weird having a conversation when we can’t see the other person’s face, so one company has created another design that offers an “uncanny valley” solution.

Named Maskalike, the company -- founded in San Francisco by Danielle Baskin -- sells a range of facemasks, which can be customized with a person's own face, most notably a SELFIE. It is used to replace the lower half of a face with a picture of the lower half of our face.

The “selfie” masks have received a mixed reaction on social media, branded a work of genius, dystopian, and just plain creepy. (It’s hard to deny that they have an uncanny vibe about them).

• When I go outside I put on my second face. 👃👄 pic.twitter.com/ys5pisuY1A — Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) June 12, 2020

Masks can get creepy, very creepy. Halloween?

Besides selfies, the masks can also be designed to feature someone else’s face, with one pre-made (and already sold-out) version depicting the familiar mouth, moustache, and chin of the Hide The Pain Harold meme. It's no less creepy, obviously, but if it encourages people to wear a mask then there’ll be no complaints from us.

Custom face masks (digitalcameraworld.com)

View more of Maskalike’s designs below. Recently, another mask innovation came in the wake of coronavirus, with a Japanese startup developing the “c-mask,” which doubles as a way to translate conversations into nine different languages. More

• I’m either stoic and hardened. Nervous and sad. Surreal and serious. Or just my smiling self. pic.twitter.com/1RleMjl63c — Danielle Baskin (@djbaskin) July 13, 2020

What if it's not even caused by a "virus"?

We're being bombarded with 5G (fifth generation) cell phone tower radiation (stop5G.net).

Dr. Thomas Cowan, MD: An American doctor in 2020 explains "COVID-19" novel corona "virus."

17th Earl of Oxford wrote Shakespeare (video)

Wikipedia (ft. article for 4-22-17); Dhr. Seven, Ashley Wells, Amber Larson, Wisdom Quarterly

Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, unknown artist, 1575, Nat'l Portrait Gallery, London

(RR/49 mins) Established people refuse to debate due to their vested interests and because they control education. See big-lies.org for more on the issue.

Portrait on right is of a mask.

The Shakespeare authorship question is the argument, first raised in the 19th century, that someone other than William Shakespeare of Stratford-upon-Avon wrote the works attributed to him. All but a few Shakespeare scholars and some literary historians consider it a fringe belief.

Anti-Stratfordians (pro-Oxfordians) believe that Shakespeare was a front to shield the identity of the real author or authors, who did not want or could not accept public credit (such as Edward de Vere, the Earl of Oxford).

This controversy has spawned a vast body of literature, and more than 80 authorship candidates have been proposed, the most popular being the 17th Earl of Oxford Edward de Vere, Francis Bacon, Christopher Marlowe, and William Stanley.

To the claim that the actor named Wm. Shakespeare lacked sufficient education, aristocratic knowledge, and the sensibility of royalty/nobility, or familiarity with the royal court for a writer of such eminence and genius, scholars reply that there is much documentary evidence supporting his authorship -- title pages, testimony by contemporary poets and historians, official records -- and none supporting any other candidate.

COMMENTARY

[Of course, what they fail to consider is that the real author was purposely attributing his work to the Stratford-upon-Avon actor and signing his name to plays and manuscripts by agreement. To say that there is no "official record" of the real author claiming his own name is only saying that he kept his agreement and did not renege. To be an earl dabbling in something so base as bawdy playwright and comic fop critical of other royals or nobles was unthinkable and would have led to his fall. But note how pro-war, pro-country, pro-royalty, pro-nobility, pro-status quo "Shakespeare" is. No ordinary, uneducated Englishman of the day would have sided so wholeheartedly and unquestioningly with the 1%. And the greatness of one author writing under his nom de plume  or pen name/pseudonym is explained that because there were no copyrights on plays, everyone cannibalized others. It was common practice to take the genius of another, embellish and potentially improve it and make it a timeless masterpiece. Edward de Vere the Earl of Oxford, and that is who we think was the true author, not only represents his genius and ingenuity but that of everyone around him and his many books, none of which the shabby actor had access to]. (Full article...)

FEAR: What to do about the Flu

I. Ronic (WQ Special Correspondent)

MEGALOPOLIS, Gaia -- Be afraid, very afraid. Fear, that's the most important thing! Fear prevents illness...at least it feels like it does. Okay, it causes illness. But fear makes you feel like you're doing something useful. So obey authorities, be fearful, and don't bother them with questions.

Instead, help out: Demand your local government purchase flu vaccines and allopathic drugs from large pharmaceutical cor-porations. Especially if Rumsfeld is on their board. Price should be no object. Do it for the kids. Big Pharma is your friend, and we're here for you. I mean, they're here for us. A drug is not a drug if it's used as medicine.

Who's to say the price is to high anyway? "Price goug-ing" helps the economy. And you do want to help the economy, don't you?? Gouging is in the eye of the gouger.

Discourage foreign travel. (Sorry, no refunds). So don't bother the attendant at the ticket counter. We might have to call security. Just be glad you didn't go. Stay home. Avoid other people. Watch more TV. Shop the Web.

We have a great special on surgical masks. Nothing sells like fear. We can hardly keep them in stock. So get yours now, be the first on your block, show those Jones who's who. And remember, be afraid, very afraid ...no, even more afraid than that.

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PHOTOS: Rumsfeld at the Pentagon; foreign tourists wearing surgical masks in Mexico