“I decide who is a Palestinian.”
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“I decide who is a Palestinian.”

Sound familiar? Close. Right? Actually, Trump said about Senator Schumer on March 18th from the White House, “As far as I’m concerned, he’s become a Palestinian. He used to be Jewish. He’s not Jewish any more. He’s a Palestinian.” The reason why I misquote Trump and, to this extent, fictionalize this statement by him is to point out its similarity to another statement.

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Leaning In
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Leaning In

At a major cultural institution in New York City, I once served on a committee that had been tasked with making recommendations as to what kind of seating should be installed in new screening rooms they were planning to build. I and the other members..

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Bad Timing
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Bad Timing

As many of you know, we have been having a hard time getting V13 into a top festival. Our historical fiction film recounts the origins in Vienna before WW1 of what would become the Nazi Weltanschauung. One esteemed source in the industry told us that..

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