Sitting in the Bridgehampton Starbucks on a busy summer morning, Janis Spindel cranes her neck and props herself up over the table as a tall, thin blonde slips quickly through... more
Thank you for featuring the work of East End for Peace & Justice [“On Sag Harbor’s Wharf, Weekly Vigils Reflect Global Strife and Local Anguish,” 27east.com, August 21]. The immense loss of life due to Israeli airstrikes, bombings of journalists and universities, and the rhetoric used by the Israeli government is genocidal. Eighty-three percent of people killed in Gaza by Israel are civilians (source: +972 Magazine). The Gaza death toll could exceed 186,000 due to the spread of disease and food shortages (source: The Lancet). In August 2025 alone, Israel has killed over five journalists. All universities in Gaza have ...
by Staff Writer
After 30 years of growing, a large limb breaks. Without cause, it shears off in the still evening air. Diners, nearby but inside, hear it. The host pauses mid-sentence; his guests, too, wait for some follow-up noise. Hearing none, they cautiously return to their wine, re-admiring its taste, not knowing that the old Spanish vineyard has burned. Another limb falls without warning midday. This one was seen by many, because it was a Saturday in August. People were walking and running, people were towing or pushing their children in strollers or on bikes, sometimes both. There were people shopping at ...
by Marilee Foster
Over the last month, I’ve been bemused at the hysterical reactions of some of the Shinnecock apologists, as it relates to criticism of the tribe’s aggressive wielding of its so-called “sovereignty.” By attempting to bypass the laws of the town and state, predictably, the Shinnecock have caused Southampton Town to push back via litigation. The salient issue: The tribe seems to think that just because it acquires additional land in a modern-day real estate transaction, it magically transforms that land into the equivalent of aboriginal, “reservation land,” because such additional land was once part of its historical territory 375 years ...
by Staff Writer
Our society is mired in painful division and unrest. While the noise is all around politics, a major, or possibly the major, underlying problem is economics. The divide between those with money and thus with power has accelerated to unsustainable levels. Debt has become the foundation of our entire economy. Answers that would fundamentally change this equation exist in a surprising place: Sharia-Muslim law. Readers will have to look up the entire description. The basic premise is that “riba” — charging interest and usury — is exploitative and unjust, and therefore a major sin. There are a variety of alternatives ...
by Staff Writer
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27east on Sep 8, 2009