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ever since Abraham gave Ishmael the boot
There has been a couple of articles over the past several months in Haaretz, the Israeli secular left wing daily that try to confront the issue of co-existence with the Palestinians and of course the larger Islamic world from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Bostom, benjamin disraeli, Benny Morris Historian, Benzion Netanyahu, Cairo Geniza, doug saunders globe and mail, Fouad Ajami, Golden Age of Muslim Spain, Heinrich Graetz, Jane Gerber, Maimonides, Maimonides in Egypt, Marcel Duchamp, Martin Buber, meron benvenisti, Montesquieu, Moritz Steinschneider, Nicky Larkin director, Pierre Bayle, Piet Mondrian, Robert Wistrich, Shlomo Dov Goiten, Voltaire
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where’s that fire?
Going back over a thousand years ago, no less a figure than Maimonides remarked on the Jewish tendency to denial, a characteristic, he asserted that would only hasten their destruction. Although the context for Maimonides consternation was based on his … Continue reading
checkpoint
Taking the express train down into the tunnel known as apartheid. Certainly, a Hebrew state or a Jewbrew state held hostage by a minority that holds it over the majority is something not to shout, scream, kick and leap for … Continue reading
coke or pepsi?
Who is more dishonest, the Left or the Right? If Nate Silver was polling this scientifically, he would likely -19 times out of 20 with 5% deposit refundable on the empties- call it leaning with a qualified toss-up. It ultimately … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Weir, Arik Ascherman, Brian Wilson, Camille Pissarro, Dore Gold Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, ed koch, Edgar Degas, Ehud Yaari WINEP, Elad Association, Gideon Levy, glenn greenwald, ilan pappe, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marc Chagall, Marc Chagall hadassah Hospital windows, meron benvenisti, Nate Silver, Nate Silver pollster, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, The Carter Doctrine, thomas friedman new york times, Zalman Shoval
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bring em’ on: samson scenario
Zionism of Acreage. Zionisms of Quality. Radioactive Zionism. Its the Samson option. Thats what getting the bug for Delilah does. Israel’s ‘Samson Option’ is a mutant variant of the ‘Masada Complex, where national suicide is a political course of action; … Continue reading
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Tagged Ben-Ammi Carter, benny morris, Denis Goldberg South Africa, Dimona reactor Israel, Elliot Abrams, Elliott Abrams, Francois Alfred Delobbe, Kenneth Waltz, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, meron benvenisti, Sebastiano Ricci, Yehoshafat Harkabi
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what a wonderful world
A messianic redemption in a revived Israel? In A.M. Klein’s epilogue to the Second Scroll he wrote, “Where shall I find Thee?” It was a search that became more pressing during a time of God’s eclipse when absence dominated; the … Continue reading
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Tagged amedeo modigliani, arthur goldreich, david berlin, denis goldberg, dennis goldberg activist, dennis goldberg ANC, ehud olmert, john dugard, Marc Chagall, Margaret Atwood, Martin Buber, Martin Buber Institute for Dialogical Ecology, meir margalit, meron benvenisti, michael ben yair, Nina maria Kleivan, rayan al-shawaf, Rick Salutin, ronnie kasrils, the moral lives of israelis
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