Tag Archives: Rabbi Stephen Wise

repackaging the old

Posted on October 20, 2012 by Dave

This is a re-pack theme article, worthy of the Wailing Wall beseech-me and lamentation category of hand-wringing and naval gazing that is a regular feature of the Israel press. A staple of subtle invidious comparison and its presentation as a … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Alex de Toqueville, American Jewish Committee, Barack Obama 2012, Charles Paul Landon, Greek Icarus, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Mark Twain, Mitt Romney 2012, Pieter Bruegel, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Reform Judaism America | Leave a comment

throw someone under the bus, not just anyone

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Dave

“Harold dear, (Sir Harold MacMichael) there’s a nice looking man at the door wanting to see you. presentable. he says he knows Lord Moyne, …and by the way, he’s holding a gun. A rather large one. Imagine, in our neighborhood,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Anwar Sadat, Avraham Stern, Edward Said, Folke Bernadotte, Folke Bernadotte assassination, Harold Macmillan, Lord Moyne assassination, Martin Buber, max dimont, Moses Mendelssohn, Rabbi Stephen Wise, Sir Harold MacMichael, Stern Gang, Theodor Herzl, Yitzhak Shamir | Leave a comment

MASKED SAINT ON A WILD HORSE

Posted on November 12, 2010 by Dave

Are there virtues to an ambiguous past? She was masked and anonymous. Her fidelity was to the plurality of self and she was as much a puzzle at the end of her life, and such an omnipresent figure that the … Continue reading →