Tag Archives: Baruch Marzel

voting for the divine spark

Posted on January 30, 2013 by Dave

Bending spoons in Judea and Samaria. Strange things happen when you mix politics and religion. The two keep colliding into each other even if pried apart with a crowbar. As to borrow the American phrase, Israel is not a Jewish … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baruch Marzel, Ichud HaLeumi, Itamar Ben Gvir, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, MK Aryeh Eldad, MK Michael Ben Ari, Otzma Yisrael Party, Prof. Aryeh Eldad, Rabbi Sholom Dov Wolpo, Uri Geller, Yair Lapid | Leave a comment

israel elections: fringe festival

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Dave

They had a basic message, but instead succumbed to the nationalism as inferiority complex syndrome and left true patriotism on the table. The extreme right was dusted off the electoral map and hopefully that kind of Kahanism and the demagoguery … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Amos Harel Haaretz, Baruch Marzel, Dr. Aryeh Eldad, kahanism, Madame Pickwick, madame picwick art blog, Michael Lerner Tikkun, MK Michael Ben Ari, Naftali Bennett Bayit Yehudi, Rabbi Meir Kahane, Tal Law, The Otzma Party, Yair Lapid | Leave a comment

world’s apart next door

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Dave

It is in the patriarchal period of ancient Jewish history that the beginnings of Hebrew religion and of a Hebrew identity are to be found. The movement to Egypt of the patriarchs’ descendents, their enslavement there and subsequent liberation by … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged A World Apart Next Door Exhibition, Babylonian Captivity, Baruch Marzel, Cyrus The great, Israel Shahak, Itamar Ben Gvir, James Snyder, James Snyder Hasidic Exhibition, Kosher Cruise Paddy Wivell, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Noa Rotman, Oslo Peace Accords, Paddy Wivell, Rabbi Asher Idan, Solomon First Temple, yitzhak rabin | Leave a comment

sheldon,enough already with the charity

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Dave

The house always wins. Thats the underlying credo in gambling. And if you own the house, you get to form the policies, structures and procedures that give you the natural bias to exceed the returns of the participants. Does the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baruch Marzel, Captain Richard Burton, Elie Weisel, Elie Wiesel, eric cantor, George Soros, George Soros Israel, George Soros Peace Now, Ida Nudel, Madame Pickwick, Mitt Romney Israel visit, Sheldon Adelson, sheldon Adelson Birthright Israel, thomas friedman new york times | Leave a comment

gas mask time: gimme shelter

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

Gas mask time? Or time to put the political leaders into quarantine? The problem, and this is endemic to all democracies is the politicization of the Armed services. The military becomes subordinate to political considerations such as elections, timing, public … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Ahmadinejad and Israel, Ami Horowitz, Andrew Goldberg, Baruch Marzel, efraim halevy, ehud barak, General Schwartzkopf, Goldstone report, Iron Dome defense, Iron Dome missile system, Jimmy Cliff, Kadima Tzipi Livni, Leon Panetta, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gays in Iran, Mayor Lahat Tel Aviv, Sam Veffer, thomas friedman, Tzipi Livni, Wind Jacket intercepts palestinian anti-tank missile, Yitzhak Shamir | Leave a comment

red necked or stiff necked

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Dave

Of course its idiotic. So over the top dog-gonned stupid that it makes no sense. But as P.T. Barnum said, never underestimate the intelligence of the ( Israeli) public. Good to rattle a few secular feathers. Maybe squeeze a feature … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Baruch Marzel, Ben Dror Yemini, Elizabeth Taylor Israel, Gideon Levy, Har Hamor Yeshiva, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Madonna in Israel, Martha Rosler, Moshe Katsav, Orson Welles, Orson Welles Simon Wiesenthal, Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, Rabbi Zvi Tau, Ron Myberg, Steven Plaut, Yossi Sarid | Leave a comment

migron: peace for land

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Dave

The former head of the Mossad, Meir Dagan, says religious jews are the main problem in Israel, the head of the Meretz party, Zahava Galon, uses the terminology “jew-boys” to describe religious supporters of the settler movement, and the head … Continue reading →