Falafel and Better Jewish-Muslim Relations

Letter to the Boston Globe Editor:
Erasing memory of Palestinians (Nakba as Holoexaleipsis)

Dear Editor,

Did the spirit of better Jewish-Muslim relations ("With holidays, a vow for better Jewish, Muslim relations," Boston Globe, Sept. 12, 2007, p. B1, http://tinyurl.com/2b628y) inspire Lisa Zwirn to write the article "Having a ball, getting on a falafel tour of the Boston Area." (Boston Globe, Sept. 12, p. E7, http://tinyurl.com/ys3csm). 

Zwirn's negation of Palestinians is so complete that she cannot bring herself to mention that Palestinians lived and ate falafel in Palestine long before Central and Eastern European colonists ethnically cleansed the country in order to create Israel. 

She appears to disdain Palestinians so much that she could not even bring herself to visit Cambridge or Watertown to dine at either of the Palestinian-owned Sepal restaurants, which according to the October 2004 Bulletin (http://tinyurl.com/2gwz4m, p. 11 under the Brotherhood News) of Tempel Beth El of Belmont has "the best falafel in the area."

Shanah tovah!

Joachim Martillo (ThorsProvoni@aol.com)
Boston, MA 02126-2813

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