JERUSALEM — Every nation and country has its historical memory — the lens through which it remembers the past, interprets the present, and hopes for the future: Historical data is objective; historical memory is subjective. This video entitled “I am Israel” does a pretty good job of showcasing Israel’s historical memory (whether accurate or […]
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Birthright Israel: Life Amid Violence
June 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Anti-Semitism, Anti-Zionism, Bible, Civil Liberties, Culture, Education, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Jihad, Judaism, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, Torah, War, War on Terror, terrorism
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Birthright Israel: Footage of (Pre-State) Israel
May 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Boston, Britain, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Israel, Journalism, Judaism, Massachusetts, Media, Palestine, Politics, Religion, The Middle East, War
Every wonder what Israel and the region of Palestine looked like before the Jewish state declared independence in 1948? Here is some recently-unearthed footage — in color! — from that time. (Hebrew with English subtitles.) I am completely amazed at how much the country as changed — especially Tel Aviv and the Center region. The […]
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Globalization and Sports
April 18th, 2010 · 9 Comments · Baseball, Boston, Britain, Culture, Egypt, Europe, Globalization, Immigration, Israel, Massachusetts, Personal, Red Sox, Sports, The Middle East, Traveling
JERUSALEM — Joe Queenan seemingly dislikes foreign fans of sports teams (those who who are not from the cities of those teams): I do not object to Yankees fans in principle, so long as they are homegrown, preferably natives of the Bronx or Yonkers. (Yankees fans born in Queens or Brooklyn, it goes without saying, […]
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Only in Israel
April 13th, 2010 · No Comments · Culture, Humor, Immigration, Israel, Language, Russia, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — The sign at the bottom contains the two official languages of Israel and the two that might as well be added. When I first came to Israel on a Birthright Israel trip in 2006 before moving to Israel, I was surprised to see that nearly everyone spoke English. I did not know until later […]
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Replace Religion With… What?
April 9th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Britain, Civil Liberties, Conservative Pundits, Culture, Globalization, Immigration, Islam, Jihad, Politics, Religion, Sex, terrorism
“Theology is a device for helping agnostics to stay within the Church of England.” — the British television show “Yes, (Prime) Minister” In most science-fiction television shows and movies ranging from “Star Trek” to “Doctor Who” to “Firefly,” religion is shown in the future as non-existent at best or as an outdated relic of primitive […]
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New Economics Post
March 4th, 2010 · No Comments · Business, Culture, Economics, Europe, Finance, Globalization, Immigration, Law, Politics
I’ve published a new post at the Return of the Great Depression blog on how the growing economic crisis in the European Union may fracture the nascent sense of continental unity… Continue reading
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Divided Jerusalem
February 22nd, 2010 · 9 Comments · Boston, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Culture, Europe, Immigration, Islam, Israel, Judaism, Law, Massachusetts, Palestine, Personal, Politics, Religion, The Middle East
JERUSALEM — An city government official recently made an announcement that is realistically true in terms of Middle East peace: Yakir Segev, who holds the East Jerusalem portfolio in the Jerusalem municipality, made an uncharacteristic remark on Friday, declaring that the Palestinian neighborhood east of the separation fence were “no longer part of the city.” Some […]
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Olympic Figure-Skaters
February 15th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Anti-Semitism, Civil Liberties, Culture, Immigration, Israel, Judaism, Politics, Russia, Sports
JERUSALEM — Israel is not quite a “Cool Runnings.” But the country does have a noteworthy pair of figure-skaters — who, perhaps appropriately, immigrated from Russia when they were children: The Olympic Committee of Israel announced yesterday that the sibling ice dancing pair of Roman and Alexandra Zaretsky would represent the country at next month’s […]
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