Tag Archives: ephraim kishon

feeding the shark

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Dave

So long and thanks for all the fish. She claims the Shalit family was holding her story hostage for four years, and she deserves royalties. As Shalit was exchanged for prisoners, she should also figure into the exchange process. The … Continue reading →

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when my ship comes in

Posted on September 24, 2011 by Dave

Identity crisis. Crisis what Crisis? The debate inside Israel over these issues is passionate and ongoing, but perhaps not too profound. It stays in the comfort zone, preventing an articulation of a coherent definition of its own identity. If the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged asher ginsberg, balfour declaration, Baruch Spinoza, bialik poet, byron l. sherwin, caspar david freidrich, ephraim kishon, George Grosz, Gershom Scholem, haim naham bialik, Hieronymous Bosch, Honore de Balzac, Maimonides, noam chomsky middle east, nurit gertz, pieter bruegel parable of the blind, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rick Salutin, ronit lentit, Theodor Herzl | Leave a comment

greetings on this day

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Dave

A remnant people trying to tailor a fine suit out of rags. The solitary wanderer in his brand name estate. The concept of Judaism rests as an affirmation of the Diaspora and a rejection, in principle of Zionism, which can … Continue reading →