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shapes of things to come: right angles
The shape of the Menorah that is used as the symbol of the nation of Israel? It is commonly thought to be curved, and a representative copy of what was to be found in the Second Temple before its destruction. … Continue reading
ray charles: hava nagila beep bop baru-cha
The Bal Shem Tov wrote, back in the eighteenth century, ” my soul morns deeply…here I am, alone in exile, my soul mired in impurity…Why is my lot so bitter? Do I deserve to suffer so? ….the miraculous shortening of … Continue reading
garcon, there’s a yid in my coffee
The argument, to many, is not Land for Peace, but Land is Peace. Although the nature of warfare has changed, strategic depth is still critical. That is, the final determinant is what happens on the ground. Hence, maintaining possession of … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Benny Torati, Caroline Glick, David Ben Gurion, Eliyahu Israel composer, Israel Six Day War, Israel-Arab peace process, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Oslo accords, The Ballad of the Weeping Spring movie, The Matchmaker Israel movie
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stuck in the in-between space
Clearly, the kind of virulent Arab anti-Semitism, or rather anti-Israel easily spilling, absurdly, into a kind of biological racism is not endemic to the Arab world in the same way that characterized the Jewish experience in Europe from east to … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham "Bren" Adan, Andy Williams, Ariel Sharon, David Ben Gurion, Gen. Giora Eiland, Hannah Arendy, Jodi Rudoren, Judith Butler, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Operation Pillar of Defense, Raden Saleh, Richard Silverstein, Theodor Adorno, Yishai Fleisher, Yitzhak Shamir
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who cares what other people think…
Some things never change. Way back when David Ben Gurion said something to the effect…”What matters is not what the goyim say, but what the Jews do.” So it was then, and so, to a great degree, it is today. … Continue reading
forced shrinkage
That they tend to be narrow-minded, petty, self-righteous, sexist and parasitical is a notwithstanding issue. The point is the Haredim as they are called, the ultra-orthodox tend to be sprouting lie like proverbial tomatoes at the end of summer, falling … Continue reading
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Tagged Amir Peleg, chaim weizmann, David Ben Gurion, Felix Frankfurter, Hedjaz Delegation, Jeff Halper ICAHD, Lawrence of Arabia, Lee Kotzel, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Martin Gilbert, meir margalit, Meir Margalit Meretz party, Patricia O'Toole, Tal law exemption, Yaron London, Yossi Sarid, Yuda Braun artist
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sometimes he feels so uninspired
The post-Zionist era. Every dog of an idea has its day and as pioneer Zionism sees its last flame with religious-nationalist youth erecting cookie cutter shanty-town quality lodging on vacant hilltops on the Judean and Samarian ridgeline, the academic experts … Continue reading
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Tagged Adar Cohen, Akiva Eldar, Anat Kam, Dalit Shtauber, David Ben Gurion, Madame Pickwick, Makor Rishon, michael ben yair, Neve Gordon Ben Gurion Uinversity, Rabbi Shalom Dov Wolpo, Shmuel Cooper, Shyne rapper, Steven Plaut, Uri Blau Haaretz, Uri Zohar, Yaron London, Yitzhak Shapira, Yossi Sarid
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normal: what them worry?
Stiff necked? For sure. The perils of Pauline in the desert is clear evidence of that, an unruly nature not easily buying into the coach’s plans for victory and redemption,perhaps setting the seeds for the later exile. But today is … Continue reading
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Tagged Benny Gantz, Christopher Hitchens, daphni leef, David Ben Gurion, G.K. Chesterton, Gilles Deleuze, Harold Bloom, Joel Schalit, Marcel Duchamp, MK Michael Ben Ari, MK Regev, Slavoj Zizek, Theodor Herzl, tony judt, Udi Aloni, Yassam special forces, Zionism
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none was too many
They really didn’t want them. In terms of “positive and useful human material” they were wanting. They were a remnant of a remant, one with frayed fibers, holes and separating at the seams. The dregs of the dregs. Israel really … Continue reading
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