Happy to have received funding for my project on “AI-Assisted Academic Dishonesty, Anomie, and Strain: An Examination of Institutional Policies”, ASPIRE-AI grant from USC Research. sc.edu/about/offices_…

In the Islamic Republic of Iran, the law is a cancer, as I explain in my analysis of the Iranian anti-Israel law of 2020. Only a modernization of Iranian culture can alter these conditions, without or with intervention. deflem.blogspot.com/2023/02/iran-a…

The National Education Association handbook, which erases the Final Solution of the genocide of 6 million Jews from the Holocaust, is available online -> vinnews.com/wp-content/upl…

Now in print: “Becoming a Mental Health Activist: The Learning of Naomi Osaka.”@NaomiOsaka Journal for Cultural Research. tandfonline.com/eprint/2GQBNHS…

I will soon travel to Israel, from October 2 to 8, and provide daily updates here on X. Following up on my visit from last year, I will attend commemorations of 10/7 and related events.

October 7: Documentation of Crimes Against Humanity (graphic warning) saturday-october-seven.com

Sad to read, on the day I leave for Israel, of another antisemitic terrorist attack, on Yom Kippur in Manchester. My support for the Jewish people and the nation of Israel remains.

I landed safe and sound in Israel. The airport was much busier than this time last year, which I hope is a good sign. The city of Tel Aviv remains as dynamic as ever.

Hostage Square Tel Aviv. Hope remains to bring all the hostages home.

The rally last night at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv was especially meaningful as hope grows that the hostages will return home and the war in Gaza will end.

Today I visited the Western Wall in Jerusalem, Israel.

I enjoyed my day visiting Haifa for the first time. Much culture and beauty to behold.

Today in Israel the Hamas terrorist attacks of October 7, 2023 in which 1,200 were murdered and 251 abducted are remembered.

Today on Sukkot in Tel Aviv October 7 we remember, never to forget, and keep our hope for peace. Bring them all home, now. #Oct7 #October7 #BringThemHomeNow

Rewarding and fulfilling to have visited Israel again this year, though I hope, of course, the sad circumstances will change. Until we meet again. #BringThemHomeNow

Published in Japanese, also available in English translation: "Law and Popular Culture in the United States and Japan: Foundations for a Comparative-Transnational Perspective." 法と社会研究 (Japanese Law & Society Review), 2025. deflem.blogspot.com/2025/05/popcul… - deflem.blogspot.com/2025/05/popula…