Andrew Mark Bennett

@acandidworld

lawyer / doctoral candidate, , . (jewish) (critical) theory of law and armed conflict. cyclist. married to .

berlin-jerusalem-dc/baltimore
Joined January 2010

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    30 Dec 2018

    Does anyone know of any reference to the 'veil of sovereignty' prior to the post-WWII metaphor of 'piercing the veil of sovereignty'? Or did the veil only become apparent after having been pierced? (📷 Ashley Oubré, The Veil, 2018)

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  2. Jan 4

    "The Lord said to Moses and to Aaron, 'Take yourselves handfuls of furnace soot, and Moses shall cast it heavenward before Pharaoh's eyes. And it will become dust upon the entire land of Egypt…'" Ex. 9:8–9. (📷 Nina Katchadourian, Dust in the Air, 2016)

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  3. Jan 4

    These are profoundly uncomfortable and unpleasant questions to wrestle with, not a source of giddy self-righteousness.

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  4. Jan 4

    Would there even be such a thing as a ‘Palestinian’? Or Hamas? Would Palestinians today have a higher or lower standard of living?

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  5. Jan 4

    Counterfactual history (as critique of international law?): If Israel had forced out as many as half of the 1 million residents of the West Bank & Gaza in 1967, would Israel today face more or less international condemnation for its actions against Palestinians?

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  6. Jan 4

    excellent post on the current state of religious freedom law in europe

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  7. Jan 3

    I read an entire Derrida book today, Ask Me Anything (except for what it means).

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  8. Jan 3

    National & homeland security officials across many government agencies are on furlough, or not being paid for their work. Make no mistake, the president has made the nation less safe by holding it hostage to a demand for unreasonable "wall" funds. He chose politics over security.

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  9. Jan 3

    My friend Elias Dray is the rabbi of this town. Nazi party members are “patrolling” the streets.

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  10. Jan 3

    Inside the Justice Department: To the right, the sign says “National Security Division.” To the left, the sign says “On Furlough.”

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  11. Jan 3

    "the extremists get the most views and clicks and shares on social media. It honestly looks like the whole world is angry. In reality they are just the loudest, while moderate people like me and you keep silent.” -Nas Yassin I'm a loud moderate.

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  13. Jan 3

    the concept of "perpetuating the law through its transgressions" is the center of the theory of the Jewish prodigal sons. [this is their Yom Kippur. -] Susan A. Handelman, THE SLAYERS OF MOSES 166 ( 2012)

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  14. Jan 3

    My friend Elias Dray is the rabbi of this town. Nazi party members are “patrolling” the streets.

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  15. Jan 2

    The Prophet Isaiah? Very much in favor of walls.

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  16. Jan 2

    (Trump’s Wall is bad. And stupid.)

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  17. Jan 2

    for a Democrat: border walls are not inherently bad.

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  19. Jan 2

    Gallup poll, November 24–25, 1938 (2 weeks after Kristallnacht): “Should we allow a larger number of Jewish exiles from Germany to come to the United States to live?” 72% responded “No.”

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  20. Jan 2

    The 1947 partition of India displaced 15 million people and left more than one million dead. (📷 F.E. Chaudhry, Refugees Boarding A Train In Lahore, )

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