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*MARTIN D-18, 1944, Scalloped bracing, Ebony
board, newer drip-in-saddle bridge, a couple of
small reapired top cracks, Grover tuners added, a few side and back
repaired cracks, perfect new fret job, a fine guitar, vgc, hsc..$21,000
*MARTIN D-18SS, 2012, a D-18 with a short 24.9" scale, Ebony board
and bridge, Spruce top, Mahogany back & sides, K&K pickup,
exc, ohsc...$1895
*MARTIN 00-18, 1956, plays and sounds great, had a professional scalloping
job done, and has newer tuners, vgc++, hsc.....$
*MARTIN 000-28 '37 Authentic, Custom Shop, 2021, mint, ohsc..$4500
*WASHBURN Timeless Collection Parlor Guitar, Solid Spruce top,
Mahogany back & sides, 13 1/2" across lower bout, 24 3/4'
scale, ebony board, arm guard added, 4 1/4" deep, exc,ohsc..$495
*GIBSON L-4CES, 2020, Burgundy, 2 Humbuckers, Gold hardware,
sharp cutaway, carved Spruce top, curly Maple back and sides,
a few dings and dents but generally excellent condition,
ohsc....
*NATIONAL Debonaire, 1959, Model 1107, cutaway archtop, brown sunburst, National's Wide Range pickup, with Volume and Tone controls, body by HArmony, exc, original ssc....$850
*WEBER Sweet Pea Mandolin, a wee mandolin for travel, exc, gigbag...
*HOFNER Beatle Bass, ca 1970, sunburst, blade pickups,
straight neck with low action, all original, exc-, ohsc...$2695
*ALVAREZ Baritone Acoustic guitar, ABT-60, tuned down leaving
out the high E, so from high to low B-F#-D-A-E-B,
exc, gigbag....$395
*GIBSON J-45, 1964, Cherry Sunburst, all original with
adj bridge with original ceramic saddle, 1 11/16" at the nut,
no repairs touchups or changes, exc, hsc..$4750
*FENDER Precision Bass, 1975, Body has a pro refinish in
Lake Placid Blue, Maple fingerboard, exc, hsc....$1895
*MONTELEONE Grand Artist Mandolin, 1993, Natural blonde, Oval
sound hole, carved Spruce top, figured Maple back and sides,
radiused Ebony fretboard, exc+, ohsc...$24,500
*EPIPHONE Zephyr Deluxe Regent, 1951, Blonde Cutaway, 17 1/4" across
lower bout, 1 3/4" at the nut, 25 1/2" scale length, 2 Epi
"New Yorker" pickups, 2 octagonal knobs and a 3 way blade switch,
Pearl rectangular inlays with Abalone triangles cut in the middle,
Floral inlays in peghead, added metal plate where input jack had a
problem on the side, some small binding repair, vgc, ohsc...$7495
*IBANEZ Artist,model 2617, 1976, natural Ash body with faux pearl trim,
double cutaway, 2 double white humbuckers, Ebony board with block
pearl and Abalone inlays, Gold hardware, exc, ohsc...$1950
*FISHMAN Loudbox Mini Charge, NEW, acoustic amp w/ rechargeable battery for
use anywhere! 60-watt, battery-powered acoustic amplifier featuring
Bluetooth connectivity, 18-hour battery life (at low volume),
dedicated instrument/mic channels, 21 lbs, digital reverb &
chorus.....Sold...more on the way
*SANDBERG California Lefty Bass, recent, cream, single coil middle position
double coil at bridge, coil tap toggle, Rosewood board w/ pearloid
block inlays, near mint, original gigbag.....$1650
*GIBSON K-4 Mandocello, 1921, reddish sunburst, quite
a beautiful instrument in great playing condition
with a fresh re-fret and restoration by Dom Ramos
all original parts, original case....on hold
*STEINBERGER GL-4T, c 1986, Black, Original
style, Humbucker and 2 Single coil pickups, Trans-trem, exc,
original gigbag...$4900
*FENDER Jazzmaster, 1960, body is refinished in white, slab board, neck original with a good refret, all else original, nice original yellow lined brown case, vgc+...$9900
*FENDER Baja Telecaster, ca 2018, Mexico, Gold sparkle, Maple
neck, 4 way switch with S-1 push switch for many sounds,
near mint, ohsc...$1395
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*TOM ANDERSON Hollow Cobra, 2000, Deep Ocean blue, Mahogany neck
with Rosewood board, Quilted Maple bound top on Mahogany body,
1 11/16" at the nut, non-trem fixed bridge, 2 P-90 type pickups,
Buzz Feiten tuning, exc, ohsc...on hold
*DEARMOND 1100 Floating Pickup, chrome, adj. pole pieces,
wired up with volume,tone module with 1/8" input, exc...$900
*AMATI Strats, NEW, Red, Orange and Light Blue in stock,
Maple ...$189
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*PRS Hollowbody II, Piezo, 2011, 10 gtop, Root beer finish,
HBII on trussrod cover, 2 ƒ holes, arched flamed maple top
and back, Piezo pickup built into bridge, 2 humbuckers-
57/08TMs, Bird inlays, near mint, papers, ohsc..$6500
*PRS Hollowbody II McCarty, 2002, cherry Sunburst, Arched Flamed
Maple top with 2 ƒ holes, arched flamed Maple back,
wraparound syop tailpiece, 2 "Archtop" humbuckers,
Wide Fat neck with Abalone/pearl dot inlays, Ebony
tuner buttons, near mint, papers, ohsc....$3350
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*TAYLOR 717e Builders Edition, recent, Spruce top, Walnut back & sides, Mahogany binding top and back, Ebony bridge and board, Taylor pickup, exc+, ohsc..$2195
*GIBSON Les Paul Goldtop Deluxe, c 1973, mini humbuckers, new tuners, 3 -piece neck and body, 9.34 lbs, vgc+, ohsc....$5900
*GIBSON L4A-EC,2008, Sunburst, a cutaway j-185 body, with a Spruce top, Rosewood back & sides, moustache bridge, Abalone rosette, 24.5" scale, 1 11/16" at the nut, Fishman Classic 4 pickup with controls mounted in side, exc, hsc..$1850
*MARSHALL JMP MK II 50 Watt head, 1976, this is the 4 input model but only the bottom 2 inputs work as it's been converted to the "2-Input" version with minor mods by Matt Wells, has a Master Volume and you can get all sorts of great and loud sounds out of this amp, also the power input now has a regular American plug, exc...$2900
*FENDER Stratocaster, 1965, sunburst, Hard Tail- no trem, green guard, Nov '64 Neck date, early '65 pots, Pickups all dated May '65, transition logo, refret by Ian Davlin, vgc, newer brown case...$19,900
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*DOBRO, ca 1932, Round Neck, dark brown, 2 screen holes and 3 open small holes between, vgc+, hsc...$1900
*GIBSON Les Paul '58 Re-issue Plain Top (but not that plain), 8.8 lbs, darker sunburst, papers, near mint, ohsc.....$3950
*FENDER Custom Shop '51 Nocaster, 2023, Butterscotch Black Guard, Maple neck with wear, Josephina Hand-wound pickups, 6.32 lbs, neck thicknesses are .81" and .94", WildWood 10 series, exc, papers, ohsc...$3500
*AMPLIFIED NATION Dumble style Wonderland Overdrive, recent, custom 22 watt combo with Warehouse ET65 12" Speaker, 1/2 power switch on back, foot-switch included, Avocado green suede tolex, exc, cover........$3750 GBL
*GIBSON Flying V "Jimi Hendrix' HALL of FAME Limited Edition 117 of 400, 1991, Black with gold hardware, set up is like a '67 with triangle pot set up but with the earlier pointed peghead, bound Rosewood fingerboard with mother-of-pearl Split Diamond inlays, large sixties style pickguard with embossed Gold Hendrix Signature, 2 humbuckers, near mint, ohsc....
*GIBSON Hummingbird, c 1973, refinished black with a factory quality finish, Spruce top, Mahogany back and sides, vgc+, ohsc.....$2000
*FENDER Stratocaster, ca 2023, Made in Mexico, cherry sunburst over a flamed Maple top, Rosewood board, exc+, hsc...$575
*A PAIR of vintage Ibanez Humbuckers....$120
*TEAC 3340S REEL-REEL Tape Recorder, '70s, vgc+....$695
*GIBSON FIREBIRD V, (maybe a I) 1966, sunburst, original sunburst with no cracks or repairs, Deluxe tailpiece replaced with a short Bigsby so the anchor stud holes are filled, the slider switch was replaced with regular toggle, new pickguard, locking Gotoh tuners (original tuners in case) ..
*FENDER Precision Bass, ca 1975, Sunburst, Tortoise guard, 8.6 lbs, Rosewood board on Birds-Eye Maple neck, vgc++ ohsc......$3450
*FENDER Precision Bass, 1976, Natural finish, Ash body, Maple neck, hardly any wear, 9.37 lbs with the covers, black pickguard, exc, hsc.......$3000
*FENDER P-Bass, 2023, USA, Blue burst, Rosewood board, exc, gb..$995
*LARRIVEE D-03R, 2007, non-cutaway Dreadnought with solid Spruce top, solid Rosewood back & sides, pickup w/ side controls, exc, ohsc.....$1350
*GIBSON Les Paul Tribute, 2012, sunburst, Gibson mini-humbucker in the neck position, 12 pole humbucking P-90 looking Duncan bridge pickup, vgc+, hsc....$895
*FENDER Cyclone, 2003, surf green w/ competition stripes, Mustang body with 3 Super-Snarlin' Jaguar single coil pickups, Strat trem system, wide Rosewood board, 24 3/4" scale, papers, mint, gigbag...$995
*GUILD F-312, 1968, smaller Jumbo 12-String, beautiful Brazilian Rosewood back & sides, Spruce top....in shop
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*GIBSON Les Paul Standard, 1969, Goldtop, 9.87 lbs, all original with 2 P-90s, Tunomatic bridge and stop tailpiece, 1-piece neck, no volute or 'Made in USA", 1-piece body, exc, ohsc...$15,900
*FENDER Squier Strat, recent, 2-tone sunburst, Rosewood board..$129
*HAMER Prototype, 1982, flip-flop pink/purple finish. humbucker and a single coil together in 1 pickup surround, vgc++, ohsc....$2900
*GUILD MANHATTAN X-175, 1961, Cutaway Archtop, sunburst, 2 white plastic covered single coil pickups, Harp tailpiece, Diamond stepped pearloid tuner buttons, Chesterfield peghead, pearloid block fingerboard inlays, all original, exc-, hsc..$3750
*GRECO GAS 135, ca 1981, made in Japan, ES-335 style, sunburst, figured Maple body, exc+, ohac....$1250
*HAGSTROM Bass I, ca '69, Black, 2 pickups, vgc, gigbag...$675
*BECKER Guitars Model 3, NEW, 15” Body, 25.4” Scale Length, 45mm Nut Width, 16” Radius, solid Sitka Spruce Top,solid East Indian Rosewood Back and Sides, Ebony Fretboard and Bridge,features include a Floating Fretboard Extension, Laskin / Everett style Arm-Bevel, Florentine Cutaway, Slotted Headstock with Rosewood Backstrap, bone nut, saddle and bridge pins, Chrome Waverly Tuning Machines. This model does away with the guitar’s sound hole and instead features a large side sound port meticulously sized and bound to deliver the proper low-end response for this size instrument. The neck features a Carbon Fiber Tapered D-Tube from Dragon Plate instead of a truss rod which makes for an incredibly stiff, light weight and resonant neck and a more balanced and comfortable playing experience. The instrument is French Polished with a traditional shellac / oil finish that enhances the figure of the wood without dampening the vibrating surfaces. Includes a flight ready hardshell case........$10,000 Neil Becker is New Jersey based luthier specializing in modern, high-performance, flat-top steel string guitars. He studied guitar making under Tom Bills and Robert O’Brien and builds his instruments entirely by hand, one-at-a-time producing only a handful of instruments each year.
*TAYLOR 355, Jumbo 12 string, Spruce top, Mahogany back & sides, exc+, ohsc.....$1500
*LOWDEN Ed Sheeran Model SO3, recent, 14 3/4" across lower bout, 24 3/4" scale, solid Cedar top with Cutaway, Walnut back and sides, LR BAggs factory pickup, made in Ireland, light play wear, Ebony board with 1 11/16" nut, exc, heavy duty gig-bag.....$795
*GIANNINI Classical Guitar, made in Brazil, large top crack, as-is...$49
*EASTMAN MDA 815 F-Style Mandola, 2011, natural, flamed Maple back and sides, radiused Ebony board, gold plated tuners w/ 'pearl' buttons, Ebony adjustable bridge, 16" scale, 1 9/32" at the nut, this model is not available new, exc, ohsc...$1995
*CONCERTONE Banjo-Mandolin, '20s, possibly made by Slingerland for Montgomery Ward, 11" head, 14" scale, strung like a Mandolin, has a metal tone ring, a high quality instrument, exc, ohsc...$295
*VALLEY MADE Tenor Ukulele, all figured Koa, exc, hsc..$550
*FENDER Deluxe Reverb, early 1969, Silver Panel with Drip Edge, 1-12" speaker, Reverb and Tremolo, 100% original inside and out, vgc++.....$2750
*AMPEG Jet J-12 combo, ca 196, blue square tolex, ...$550
*VOX RACKMOUNT V941 Buffer, '90s, Blue, exc...$225
*MXR Graphic EQ....$110
*MXR Line Boost, w/ boc..$75
*CASIO CT-keyboard....$89
*LOBUE Doubleneck, A beautiful, one-of-a-kind masterpiece from early 1970’s, This electric double neck guitar was created for jazz great Steve Khan built by master luthier Charles LoBue in his Thompson Street, NYC workshop, LoBue was the go-to builder of unique electric guitars and was frequented by many notable guitarists of the era. LoBue was assisted by several apprentices while building this guitar who later became quite notable including Woody Pfifer and Larry DiMarzio, The body is carved from a single piece of birch and has two mahogany necks both with ebony fingerboards, mother of pearl fret markers and Double mother of pearl fret markers at 12th and 21st frets, pickups were hand wound by Larry DiMarzio and complete a rich and broad tonal palette, 1.75” at the 12 string nut, 1.625” oat the 6 string nut, 4 one-of-a-kind hand wound pickups by Larry DiMarzio German Schaller tuners, Kluson style tune-o-matic chrome bridge and tail piece, Jumbo frets, very low and playable action, Brass strap knobs Three 3-way toggle switches Top – 12 string neck pickup selector Middle – Neck selector, north/ south orientation Up – 12 string neck on Middle – both necks on Bottom – 6 string neck on Bottom – 6 string neck pickup selector 2 pairs of chrome single volume and tone knobs for each neck. 3-way mini toggle switch for coil splitting/ in-out of phase for the 6 string bridge pickup. Weight – 13.2 lbs. LOBUE logo and mother of pearl flaming vase inlay on each headstock. fitted Epiphone hard case, exc+.....$12,500, reduced....$9950
*MARTIN CEO-7, New, sunburst, sloped shoulder 00 body style, Adirondack top and Mahogany back & sides, modified "V" profile neck, 1 3/4" at the bone nut, compensated Bone saddle, 16" radius, 2 5/16" string spacing, 24.9" scale..........$3699
*MARTIN 0M-28 Modern Deluxe, 2026, NEW, light two-way titanium truss rod (64 percent lighter than steel), bridge pins made from Liquidmetal Technologies a unique alloy that increases volume about 3db, a composite carbon-fiber bridge plate made of a layer of Adirondack spruce between two layers of carbon fiber - designed to increase volume, Vintage Tone System (VTS) Sitka spruce top, Rosewood back & sides, Adirondack spruce scalloped X-bracing, protein glue, with the Fishman Aura VT pickup system hidden inside, near mint, ohsc...$4599
*MARTIN D-18, 2026, NEW, Newest version, ebony board and bridge, scalloped braces, butterbean tuners, beveled tortoise-like pickguard, drop-in saddle....$2999
*Martin 000-28, 2026, NEW, ebony board and bridge, rosewood b&s, scalloped braces, butterbean tuners, beveled tortoise-like pickguard, drop-in saddle, ohsc...$3599
*Martin D-X2E Brazilian 12-String, NEW, 14-fret drednought, Spruce top, Brazilian Rosewood HPL b&s, w/gb...$799
*MANUEL DELA CHICA Flamenco Classical Guitar, 1964, signed label, exc, hsc...$6900 MORE (mostly) Vintage TUBES- 7 Philips JAN 12AX7 $ 75 each 8 Svetlana eL-34 $ 35 each 8 Telefunken 12AX7. $ 75 each 4 Mullard CV4004 KQDD/K $150 each 2 Mullard 5AR4 $250 each 1 RCA 5U4 gb $ 75 1 Visseaux 6V6 $120 4 RCA 5881 $125 each 4 Phillips Jan 6V6 $50 each
* a BOB DYLAN Hohner Marine Band Harmonica, Key of D Hohner Harmonica in the key of D, with approximately a 1” square of textured opaque white tape in the middle of the top of the harmonica with the Key inked on in magic marker formerly owned by Bob Dylan. This is how Bob had his harps marked so that he could readily see the key he needed while on stage, or in the studio as Hohner identifies the key of each harp with only a tiny 1/8” impression of the key into the end of the harp, extremely difficult to see in normal circumstances let alone during a session or a concert. This one was purchased by me from a friend, who was given it as a gift by one of Dylan's techs both of whom I know personally. A similar one written in the same hand, on the exact same textured tape and was sold at auction for $4886 including the buyer’s premium: https://www.rrauction.com/auctions/lot-detail/343653105965280 The harmonica is in excellent condition, with case......$4500
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*Palm Trees, Senoritas... and Rocket Ships" - the illustrated History of National, Dobro, Supro, Valco and OMI Guitars A 423 page tour-de-force that explores the fascinating design world of the musical instruments produced by the Dopyera Brothers from 1923 to 1993. Famous for their 'National' guitars, they went on to pioneer electric pickups, fiberglass construction, amplifiers etc, and influenced the sound of Country Music, Bluegrass, Blues and Hawaiian music through most of the 20th Century. Entirely and lavishly illustrated with over 1100 musical instruments and amplifiers and more than 100 artists who used them - this is THE DEFINITIVE COLLECTION of all the various developments, designs, colours and engraving patterns of everything produced by the Dopyera Brothers in their various companies throughout the 20th century - National, Dobro, Supro, Valco, Mosrite, Regal and OMI. It has them ALL! It also features lap steels, amplifiers and various National and Valco manufactured items for other Trade houses. The book is concluded with an updated list of the serial numbers of known and re-discovered instruments - now in excess of 4200. A MUST HAVE for anyone interested in these guitars. Leaves other books on the subject in the dust....$140 In the 1/24/13 Bergen Record, nice article- http://snipurl.com/26aujli*STORE PANORAMIC VIEW- OF SORTS ______________________________ To see Lark Street Music's Wall click here Duke Levine w/ the Roy Sludge Trio in the store the day between the Bowery and the Bell House gigs in NY last week - click here for a clip. Also check out ______________________________________________________________________
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We often get asked "where do these guitars come from" ??? or "who buys these things" ??
So here's an interesting picture of the quite rare White ES-345 (that we had for sale for about a year) with both it's original ( c. 1964), and current (April'06) owners.
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An answer from my brother Rick-
By default, Internet Explorer will shrink pictures to fit onto one screen. That's probably what people are complaining about. Usually, if they hold the cursor over the picture for a few seconds, a button will appear and they can click it to restore the pic to full size. I hate the feature, so I just turn it off and always see the photos full-size:
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For you who don't know, we do all manner of guitar repair and restoration. We do most of it here but also give some work to Dom Ramos -repairing and building since working in Dan Armstrong's shop in the '60s. We've also been a Martin Warrantee Center since 1985 before Martin closed down all 5 NJ Centers because of a tax dispute between NJ and Martin Political sentiments Turn back before it's too late!\\ UPDATED JULY 16 https://www.facebook.com/reel/685997670609240 AND THIS TOO- https://www.facebook.com/reel/1440054026935399 and this- https://www.facebook.com/reel/3623986564575308 by David Horovitz, Editor of Times of Israel 2/11/26 It’s not remotely surprising that President Isaac Herzog’s visit to Australia is being met with protests by “pro-Palestinian” activists falsely alleging Israeli genocide in Gaza. After all, “pro-Palestinian” activists in Australia, and pretty much everywhere else on the planet, have been demonstrating against Israel’s resort to war from almost immediately after Hamas invaded southern Israel from a Jew-free Gaza Strip, massacred some 1,200 people amid unspeakable brutality, abducted 251 to Gaza, and vowed to keep on killing Israelis until the world’s only Jewish-majority state is destroyed. These are not demonstrations regarding Israel’s prosecution of the war, or focused on the pro-annexation policies of a hawkish Israeli government, by activists genuinely concerned for the well-being of non-terrorist Palestinians and noncombatants in any and all conflict zones. Rather, these are concerted protests transparently designed to demonize and delegitimize Israel and Israel alone, in its entirety and its essence — to render Israel a pariah state with which no decent country should interact in any field, to deny it not only the right to defend itself but the weaponry and practical capacity to defend itself, and thus to aid Hamas, Hezbollah and the Iranian regime in their declared mission to wipe us out. So the demonstrations against Herzog’s visit are anything but surprising. But they are particularly revealing, horrifying and despicable. Anti-Israel protesters gather in front of a police station in Surry Hills in Sydney on February 10, 2026. (Saeed KHAN / AFP) Twenty-seven months of orchestrated global activism have relentlessly spread a narrative in which the Jewish state, uniquely, can do no right, and calculatedly created a bedrock of empathy and support for regimes, terrorist groups, and individuals who seek to murder and maim Israelis and Jews wherever we are found. And in that deliberately created climate of murderous hostility, in Sydney, Australia, on December 14, 2025, father and son Islamic extremists Sajid and Naveed Akram massacred 15 people at a Hanukkah party on Bondi Beach. This was not a case of direct cause and effect. Naveed had links to a pro-Islamic State network in Australia dating back to 2019. But you might have wanted to believe that the deadly and terribly predictable turn of events in Australia would have given the country’s “pro-Palestinian” activists pause. The victims of the December 14, 2025, Sydney Hanukkah terror shooting: top row (left to right) – Reuven Morrison, Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, Dan Elkayam, Alex Kleytman, Rabbi Eli Schlanger; middle row (left to right) – Edith Brutman, Peter Meagher, Tibor Weitzen, Marika Pogany, Matilda [last name withheld]; bottom row (left to right) – Tania Tretiak, Boris Tetleroyd, Adam Smyth, Sofia and Boris Gurman. (Composite: Times of Israel; Images: Courtesy/social media, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law) Fellow Australians were gunned down on the beach for being Jewish. Now, the president of the nation-state of the Jewish people is visiting to try to bring the devastated Jewish community a little solace and comfort. And the protests are targeting him? You might have wanted to hope that, if there were to be demonstrations to coincide with Herzog’s visit, they would have been held to demand that the Australian government take more effective measures to protect the Australian Jewish community, that it take more effective measures to tackle the ongoing stream of antisemitic attacks, that it take more effective measures to prevent the dissemination of hate materials online. Israel’s President Isaac Herzog, right, and his wife Michal Herzog, second right, visit Bondi Beach, where two Islamic terrorists killed 15 people at a Hanukkah event on December 14, 2025, in Sydney on February 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft) In truth, you would not have expected anything of the kind. We all know better than to be so naive. But that’s what should have been happening on Herzog’s visit. For that matter, those “pro-Palestinian” activists who purport to care for innocent lives, in the Middle East and beyond, should also have been out on the streets demonstrating on behalf of the people of Iran, who have been risking their lives — and losing them in the thousands if not the tens of thousands — to try to bring down their repressive, misogynistic, warmongering Islamic death cult leadership. These were innocent people ruthlessly massacred by their own oppressive government, to widespread international indifference. Anti-Israel protesters gather in front of a police station in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia, on February 10, 2026. (Saeed KHAN / AFP) But, of course, in Australia as pretty much everywhere else on the planet, the “pro-Palestinian” activists are not actually “pro” freedom for Palestinians, or Iranians or anybody else, nor “pro” the right to live peaceably, in safety, under humane leadership. They claim to be opposing ostensible genocide by the Jewish state. In fact, they are seeking to enable the destruction of the Jewish state, and championing the mass murder of Jews — even, if not especially, because it has been unfolding in their own country. 10/16/25 From "The Tablet" What are the cool kids chanting these days, what with “ceasefire now” being, like, so three days ago? We hardly expected a “Thank you, president Trump!” or a “good job there, Bibi.” We’re not crazy. But it’s the fall, and the leaves are turning colors, and everyone is enjoying pumpkin-spice-everything and dreaming about the holidays, so we hoped that maybe we’d get just a few days of basic human decency focused on sentiments like “let’s rebuild!” or “time to heal!” or “gee, it’s sure good to see the hostages back home with their loved ones.” Forget it, Jack—this is Palestine, and the cool kids have a new war cry: “Death to all collaborators.” That chant ain’t theoretical: it’s praising the very real murders of very real Palestinians, executed in the streets of Gaza by panicky Hamas terrorists in the aftermath of Trump’s deal. Just who’s doing the chanting? That would be our pals over at Students for Justice in Palestine, or SJP, America’s premiere “pro-Palestine” organization. You know SJP, right? Zohran Mamdani sure does: He founded the hate group’s local chapter at his alma mater, Bowdoin College. We know what you’re thinking: Don’t be mean! Just because someone supported something in college doesn’t mean he supports it still! I mean, it’s college, and people do stupid things in college, like grab that eighth beer, or hit on their TA, or pledge allegiance to a genocidal group dedicated to getting Jews thrown off campus, the Jewish state destroyed, and the American “empire” eradicated, by any means necessary. You know, exuberant, youthful stuff! But hard as Mamdani may try, he just can’t quit hatin’ on the Jews. This week, his own wife, the artist Rama Duwaji, took a break from her constant stream of anti-Israel screeds to post a mournful note bemoaning the death of Sale al-Jafarawi, killed this week by Palestinians in Gaza. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, perhaps you know al-Jafarawi by his nom de bullshit, Mr. Fafo: As Liel Leibovitz wrote in Tablet two years ago, al-Jafarawi emerged as perhaps Hamas’s most effective propaganda artist. He died on camera several times only to be miraculously reborn the very next moment, sired a (plastic) baby and lost it in (fake) Israeli air raids, posed as a doctor and a patient and a foreign correspondent and a combatant, always grinning widely because the grotesque, obvious lying was precisely the point. “Why do we love him so?” Leibovitz asked. “Why has he become the subject of so much attention, on social media and in the press?” The answer, he argued, was as simple as it was searing: Because he is the pure embodiment of a greater truth: We live in an age that has progressed beyond rational argument. It should be obvious by now that so many of the creeps who purport to weep for Palestine don’t really care about Palestinians, dead or alive, or about Israelis, or about the historical and moral intricacies of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. What they want is an excuse to indulge in something deeper, more libidinal, ancient, and indeed erotic—hating Jews. They cheer for #MrFAFO not despite the fact that he’s so obviously faking it but precisely because of it. His performances promise liberation from the annoyances of a fact-based reality whose contradictions are inherently troubling, and instead affirm that old motto coined by Hasan-i Sabbah, the 12th-century founder of the Hashashin, or the Order of the Assassins—nothing is true, everything is permitted. That this is the person the very likely next first lady of New York City mourns as her “beloved” is troubling. Just ask the young New Yorkers who opened their hearts to TV writer Yoni Weinberg this week, telling stories of how former friends and fellow progressives turned on them the moment they dared supporting Israel, and wondering whether it was time to get out of Dodge. “When I saw Mamdani win, it was really difficult,” one film director told Weinberg. “I spent time in Paris growing up and experienced hardcore antisemitism there, so I know what it looks like outside America. To see that kind of hatred reach the one place that, in my mind, was safe from it is too much to bear. It breaks my heart.” Is your heart breaking, too, when you see the largest Jewish community outside Israel littered with vile anti-Semitic slogans and about to be seized by a Third World blowhard terror enthusiast? We have the perfect prescription: Pack your bags and run right up to the Magic Mountain. As David Mikics writes in Tablet today, Thomas Mann’s classic, itself now the subject of a brilliant new book-length study, is modernism’s most humane novel, a masterwork that has a thing or two to teach anyone wondering why seemingly normal people become engrossed by absolutely crazy ideas.(All prices subject to change, up or down!)
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