Born in Chicago in 1938, author, artist, feminist, and commentator Sara Dowse speaks in-depth about her Jewish family history and how it is intertwined with the history of Zionism and specifically the dissenting voices within it who disagreed with the establishment of the state of Israel at the expense of Palestinians – those such as Asher Hirsch Ginsberg who wrote under the pen name Ahad Ha’am ("man of the people"). You can read Sara's columns for John Menadue's Pearls and Irritations on Israel's silencing of its critics: https://johnmenadue.com/what-good-comes-from-israel-silencing-criticism/ as well as The Sabra transformed: https://johnmenadue.com/the-sabra-transformed/ Sara's book about her Great-Aunt is called, As the Lonely Fly: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Dmv9DwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Broadcast on 6 February 2024.

Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

Amy Mullins

Interview with Sara Dowse, The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza

MAR 11, 202451 MIN
Uncommon Sense – Triple R FM

Interview with Sara Dowse, The History Surrounding Israel's War On Gaza

MAR 11, 202451 MIN

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Born in Chicago in 1938, author, artist, feminist, and commentator Sara Dowse speaks in-depth about her Jewish family history and how it is intertwined with the history of Zionism and specifically the dissenting voices within it who disagreed with the establishment of the state of Israel at the expense of Palestinians – those such as Asher Hirsch Ginsberg who wrote under the pen name Ahad Ha’am ("man of the people"). You can read Sara's columns for John Menadue's Pearls and Irritations on Israel's silencing of its critics: https://johnmenadue.com/what-good-comes-from-israel-silencing-criticism/ as well as The Sabra transformed: https://johnmenadue.com/the-sabra-transformed/ Sara's book about her Great-Aunt is called, As the Lonely Fly: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Dmv9DwAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PP1&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false Broadcast on 6 February 2024.