israeli politics

I look in my closet and it’s all junk.  So I was happy to accompany my granddaughter in her quest for new clothes.  

But it’s all junk.  Maybe my closet has better-quality stuff because it’s old.  Yes, it’s glitzy and furry feeling.  But it’s junk.

There used to be such amazing quality in the stuff made in Israel – Aled, Ata, even Mausner.  That material lasts forever and never goes out of style.  

I know it’s a stupid thing to write about – but the empty shops in the newish TLV mall shocked me

There is nothing to desire.  

Then it hit me.  That’s wonderful.  There is nothing to desire!

I have it all! 

closet – nov 30, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

When I get really down about the way the government is forming and complain, Ezi and Smadar comfort me by noting that this government will give the Likkud many headaches. It’s a very small comfort because I’d rather have a solid government with the Likkud in charge than a crazy divided government making wild demands that are dangerous to the people and the environment.

 

 

small comfort – nov 29, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

The opening of a retrospective of Guy Ben Ner 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Ben-Ner

is the kind of experience that helps you forget the fact that Bibi is going to close down the only channel you enjoy watching on Israeli TV.  Tonight at the Tel Aviv Museum we bathed in his wonderful wise videos with their ability to entertain and enlighten. We first discovered his work at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art years ago, and have been following his work ever since.

As you should.

 

guy ben ner – nov 28, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

I feel like Bibi is doing everything to punish those who didn’t vote for him, creating a nightmare of a country that will soon be involved in a terrible war that can’t be won. I can’t see any way to a brighter future for anyone with this government.  And I don’t think it’s a mistake – I think it’s purposeful.  Something like Dr. Strangelove.

There, I’ve said it.  

i’m in a locked bus with a lot of quarrelsome people, and the driver is speeding down a cliff with a crazy smile on his face.

 

 

 

opinion – nov 28, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

Here’s my take on the news:  since I’m too old to change things, and can only intervene through hard-earned cash, I’m going to wait and see what happens with this government and the rest of the world before I leave.

The only thing I can’t bear being silent about is the World Cup in Qatar. 

I don’t like it. 

Even though I find it impossible to keep from watching.

Still, it’s something like the 1939 Olympics.

When Israel decided to join the soccer match, and a whole bunch of fans came along for the excitement, I was frightened.  And now that these fans are getting harassed, I’m just hoping they get home soon.  Qatar isn’t going to protect them against the Iranians or the Palestinians.  Qatar isn’t going to protect them against Azmi Bishara.

 

 

reserving judgement – Nov 27, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

My grandson travels every day from his flat to the Hebrew university by bus.  He missed the last explosion by five minutes.  Should he move closer and not have to ride the bus?  I cannot make decisions for him – not only because he wouldn’t listen but also because his considerations are not mine.  Me, I would hide away in my room.

safety considerations – Nov 26, 2022 Read Post »

israeli politics

As you know – if you’ve been reading these posts long enough – I have been researching the amazing actor and director Kurt Gerron for years and was amazed to discover him in a cartoon in which he is used as the icon of the Jew who would have to be demoted and deflated.  It was the piece of the puzzle that was missing for me.  I knew that Gerron is almost unknown today despite his star status in stage and film before the Nazis came to power.  I also knew that the last film he directed before the propaganda film he was forced to make in Theresienstadt was the German language version of Disney’s Snow White, in which he also did some of the voices, such as the magic mirror.  After that, he was edged out of the film industry in Amsterdam.  And here he is, in a cartoon in an exhibit on the Netherlands where his name is unknown, a symbol of the proposed morification of the Jews.

I tried to tell the woman at the information counter who he was, but she just directed me away to another exhibit and sent me off to write to their archives.  I will.

kurt Gerron – Nov 24, 2022 Read Post »