Tag Archives: Giulio Meotti

settlements: obstacle or necessary to peace

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dave

It seems like an inverted sense of logic, but to a not insignificant number, the most immediate step to solving the problem is to settle the entire land. That is, wherever there is an open space in Judea, Samaria, Gaza, … Continue reading →

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displacement and rashi: thanks for keeping the seat warm

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Dave

The Biblical argument is that for two thousand years,during which Jews wandered from country to country, Israel has remained the national home. From the beginning of the exile to this day, no matter how farflung his current host country might … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged balfour declaration, Benjamin Netanyahu, Giulio Meotti, Guy Inbar civil administration, Israel Peace Process, Israel Six Day War, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, nicholas poussin, Oz Tzion outpost cleared, Pillar of Defense IDF, Rashi, Ray Padilla Arizona | Leave a comment

very dark: obscure pure bees

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dave

Equal right to die…. Hannah Arendt termed it an “overpowering reality” that seems to be inherent in totalitarian systems in which the problem of evil could be analyzed but would remain elusive, a fugitive that escaped the most ardent manhunt … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged August Macke, Camille Pissarro, Claude Monet, Dottor Rantisi, Gershom Scholem, Giulio Meotti, Hannah Arendt, Hassan Nasrallah, Jamila Shanti, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maurice Denis painter, Milgram experiment, Mosab Hassan Yousef, Mursi Egypt, Reuven Feuerstein, Theodor Adorno, Varlam Salamov, Zimbardo Stanford experiment | Leave a comment

friends of evolution

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Dave

It’s genius. Or is it ingenious? Or is necessity the mother of invention? Laughable in the Israeli/Palestinian dispute to read rantings of the Jewish far left and anarchist/Marxist stripe and variety having common recourse, without any qualms whatsover, of citing … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Amos Oz, Charles Darwin, Chuck Norris The Expendables 2, Darwin Award, Giulio Meotti, John Phillips photography, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marwan Barghouti, Meir Porush, Michael Moshonov, Od Yosef Chai Yeshiva, Rabbi Moshe Kotlarsky, Rabbi Yaakov Yosef, Rabbi Yithak Ginzburg, Rabbi Yitzhak Shapiro, Sheikh Jabari Hebron, Steven Plaut, Tal Exemption Law, Uri Dan, Yaakov Teitel | Leave a comment

beyond here lies nothin’

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Dave

Get a piece of the Rock? Flash mob anybody? Block party. Get to know the neighbors. In a hurry. A good pretext for a riot. It is the most contentious piece of real-estate in The Holy Land. The Temple Mount … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged 1929 Shaw Commission, 1967 Oral Law Conference, Alec Garrard, Bill Mosienko, Bob Dylan, Bob Dylan Beyond Here Lies Nothin', Chaim Richman, Chief Rabbi Avraham Shapiro, Chief Rabbi Kook, Chief Rabbi Yosef, Elaine May, Elaine May and Mike Nichols, Ezra Hedaya judge, Gerry Cheevers, Giulio Meotti, Maynard G. Krebs, Mike Nichols, more, Paul Kossoff, Primo Levi, Rabbi Chaim Richman, Rabbi Getz, Rabbi Levi Yitzhak, Rabbi Lior Kiryat Arba, Shlomo Goren, Ted Lindsay Detroit Red Wings, Temple Institute Jerusalem, The Lifta Band, Yehuda Glick Temple Institute | Leave a comment

long winding road: cordoba to teheran

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Dave

What Maimonides penned in the Medieval period still has coherence today. It is not by wiping out our neighbors, ostensibly and tangibly hostile nations that we attain peace and freedom. To Maimonides is was by conquering ourselves that the peace … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Boyko Metodiev Borisov, Giulio Meotti, Hatikva6, Iranian Revolution, Israel Bulgaria bombing, Jacob Bender, James Cameron, Maimonides, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Out of Cordoba Jacob Bender, Queers Against Israeli Apartheid, Reza Deghati, Slavoj Zizek, UNESCO Maimonides | Leave a comment

united we stand: complications of moral inversions

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Dave

Its been a bit dicey ever since Maimonides ( Rambam) pronounced perhaps hat many had thought, but lacked the intestinal fortitude to say: Muhammad was false prophet and an insane man.Even criminally insane. The scathing remarks also included the assertion … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Catherine Ashton, Donald Kuspit, ethiopian jews, EU Arab formula, European Union Israel, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Gamal Abdel Nasser KGB, Giulio Meotti, Joseph Stalin, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Maimonides, Maimonides guide for the perplexed, Marcel Duchamp, matisyahu, Matisyahu Bal Shem Tov, Mughrabi Bridge, Rambam and Islam, Shabbetai Tzvi, The Euro crisis, UNESCO Israel | Leave a comment

sixty-four

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Dave

Sixty-four. The number of squares on a chessboard. The age of the modern state of Israel. An auspicious sign being as it is intrinsically linked to the Golden Mean and the divine proportion. Chess is an ancient game combining skill … Continue reading →