I couldn’t take any pictures, cameras being forbidden at this special exhibit at the Royal Ontario Museum. I went to see the scrolls a week ago Wednesday with an old friend of mine, AB. (And as an aside, haven’t posted most of this week because of being under the weather due to side effects of [...]
Archive for the ‘Jewish History & Culture’ Category
*Dead Sea Scrolls
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, My Life, Nature & Science, tagged dead sea scrolls, friendship on November 12, 2009 | 10 Comments »
*Flying Rabbis Drive off Swine Flu
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, Politics & Economy, tagged driving away swine flu, mystical plague remedies on August 12, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Apparently a plane load of (naturally) male orthodox (of the extreme) variety, with good heart, went up in a plane to fly over Israel and through prayers and chanting and blowing of shofars (rams’ horns) drive away swine flu for the good of the world. (Video here so you can see for yourself).
However I am [...]
*Poets Write News
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, Literature, Politics & Economy, tagged journalistic imagination on June 12, 2009 | 4 Comments »
For Israel’s Hebrew Book Week, one of its newspapers, Ha-Aretz, handed over the edition of June 10th to the nation’s best poets and novelists, the regular journalists having the day off.
Avri Herling’s stock market report went like this:
Everything’s okay. Everything’s like usual. Yesterday trading ended. Everything’s okay. The economists went to their homes, the laundry [...]
*Passover
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, My Life, tagged freedom, homelessness, passover, slavery, spring festivals on April 9, 2009 | 6 Comments »
First of all, you have to know I don’t do plagues. I don’t approve of them, and I never bought those awful little frogs, boils and so on that little kids squeal over. My God does not send lice or cancer to punish anyone or persuade them to let people go. Nope, letting people go [...]
Israeli War Resisters
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, tagged Gaza, Israeli Soldiers, protest in Israel, Refuseniks on January 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Just following orders…or not. The courage and integrity of these young men and women brought tears to my eyes. I also realize that they’re able to say their piece because they have the right to do so, even when it goes against their government. That speaks volumes.
The Moral of the Story
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, tagged humor, israel-palestine, political cartoons on January 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Courtesy of Barry Deutsch–it’s dated Oct/08. Is that foresight or what? Please check out his website, it’s awesome.
Gaza
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, tagged Gaza, Olive Branch, Samson and Delilah on January 2, 2009 | 9 Comments »
I am not wise enough to speak to this. And yet everywhere I turn there are opinions, strongly expressed. When I try to write of something else, my mind goes blank. Because I am Jewish, there are expectations that I would hold a certain position. Because politically I am progressive, there are opposite expectations. The [...]
Melting Pot or Stew?
Posted in Jewish History & Culture, Politics & Economy, tagged Acculturation, Assimilation, Children of the Ghetto, Israel Zangwill, Melting Pot on December 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Food is a good metaphor for social culture. We all relate to it. We all have a lifetime of
eating behind us. More to the point, we’ve gathered around food to celebrate, to mourn, to hang out.
The term melting pot for American society was coined by Israel Zangwill who wasn’t American at all, but a British-Jewish [...]
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