Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. FOREWORD xiii
4. EDITOR’S INTRODUCTION xv
5. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xix
6. PROLOGUE: THE VISIT OF THE THREE MAGI TO THE HOLY LAND
7. Slavoj Žižek in Ramallah 3
8. Alain Badiou in Haifa 6
9. Judith Butler in Sheikh-Jarrah 8
10. 1 THEOLOGY “SPECTERS OF BINATIONALISM”
11. A Manifesto for the Jewish-Palestinian Arabic-Hebrew State 13
12. Why We Support Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions 19
13. The Star of Redemption with a Split א 22
14. 2 BODY
15. Samson the Non-European 35
16. Pnay El (Face of God) 53
17. Jocasta’s Dream 61
18. 3 PLACE
19. The Specters of a Borrowed Village 75
20. The Fish Who Became a Shahid 85
21. Jenin and Homeopathy 91
22. A Murder Is a Murder Is a Murder 98
23. 4 POLITICS
24. Trust Your Dreams 105
25. Thus Spoke the Left 109
26. The Betrayal of the Peace Camp 118
27. From Now on Say I Am a Palestinian Jew 121
28. And Who Shall I Say Is Calling? 125
29. Come Out of Your Political Closets 130
30. This Time It’s Not Funny! 133
31. Elementary, My Dear Schnabel 137
32. What Do You Mean When You Say “Left”? 141
33. 5 ART
34. An Angel Under Siege 147
35. Local Angel 148
36. Holy Language, Holy Place 150
37. Forgiveness 152
38. An Angel I Borrowed 153
39. Stabat Mater 154
40. 6 LANGUAGE
41. “The Jew Is Within You, But You, You Are in the Jew” 159
42. What Does a Jew Want? On the Film Local Angel 173
43. “I will tremble the underground” 179
44. Angel for a New Place 184
45. The Four Dimensions of Art 188
46. Existence on the Boundary 194
47. There are some muffins there if you want. . . . 204
48. EPILOGUE
49. Oh, Weakness; or, Shylock with a Split S 231
50. Jenin in Wonderland 242
51. MY VERY SHORT BIBLIOGRAPHY
52. Pledge to Our Language 247
53. We Lacked a Present 249
54. An Opening for an Interview 252
55. Who Is a Terrorist? 253
56. A Man Goes 255