Tag Archives: David Ben Gurion

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

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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

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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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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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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

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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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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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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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a long way from mount sinai

Transfer agreement with the enemy. Blood for goods. Such a strange and bottomless story with Zionism, its origins and its aims, that its almost impossible to untangle. When Hitler came to power in Germany, there was a controversy between left … Continue reading

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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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