The Lion’s Den. Even though I was there once in the early seventies, I don’t remember it being any more dangerous than any other casbah, like in Algiers. The danger was developed by us over the course of years. And even though most of the people killed there yesterday were clearly planning to kill us, we have to find a way to negotiate, to organize a separation,
nablus, the casbah – feb 23, 2023 Read Post »
Yes, it is exhausting! And I am constantly tempted just to turn off the news and forget the whole nightmare. But even Lech Walesa urges that protests must continue, that Poland and Hungary, unused to democracy, gave up when it disappeared.
I really don’t care all that much that my bags will be inspected for hametz in the hospital on Passover, or that we’re paying more than we should for food and mortgages and everything else. I don’t even care all that much that criminals are running the country. But I care that the courts are not independent. And the protest must go on.
We fought very hard for our freedom and we deserve to keep it. We are also committed to work for equality for all its citizens.
But I am taking a break this week to go to see my ganddaughter and I may be lax in my reports for a few days.
Keep protesting – feb 23, 2023 Read Post »
it’s still not too late to register for our talk with Jonathan Wilson tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. jerusalem time
escape – Feb 22, 2023 Read Post »
I’ve probably forgotten that I’ve seen this launch from last year, but it was so wonderful to revisit all my friends. Look – some of you are here!
a discovery in yiddish – feb 21, 2023 Read Post »
If only we had managed to complete a constitution, this would never have happened. In the Declaration of Independence, we promised equality for all, but now the proposed laws promise inequality in almost all aspects of life. How can we not protest?
Today I met a guy who wasn’t protesting. He said, we got what we deserved, we leftists. I of course said it isn’t a question of left and right – it’s democracy. “The hell with democracy!” he exclaimed “The US screws up democracy every chance they get. Look what they did to the supreme court! Look what the police do every time they think the cameras aren’t on them! Democracy is fine on the books, but it doesn’t work.” I was so flabbergasted I didn’t respond, but this issue needs to be addressed. Here’s my answer: We screw up all the time, and looking back, I can see we’ve made terrible decisions. But this doesn’t make democracy something we can give up on.
why protest – feb 20, 2023 Read Post »
Jonathan Wilson’s book, the Red Balcony, will be available on Amazon on the 21st. It’s on Kindle and Audible and worth reading.
to register, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdM7fAUVWo-vxt6UiioGQ2SksFRQxmoFOHEM0ujC23LofaGaw/viewform?fbclid=IwAR2kPyQpgHRWinMXJBXOHOhi6j90M5qh8xKaT2IuSHI4dhkghx4IzfQqRws
Jonathan will read and talk about the whole idea of writing about the period of the Mandate in Palestine and how it is relevant today.
wednesday with Jonathan Wilson Read Post »
Today is the day of big demonstrations – lots of people from all over the country marching. Of course, the transportation system is not accommodating the people and it is beginning to appear that the situation is out of control.
Instead of the demonstrations changing minds, however, or bringing the government to negotiations, they seem to be having the opposite effect – a greater, more stubborn division, Just lie in biblical times….
big demonstration – feb 20, 2023 Read Post »
Vilde Frang saved my day today. Her performance of Edward Elgar’s Violin Concerto in B minor, Opus 61 made me remember that art is integral to life, and that the tragedy that seems to be thundering toward us cannot overtake everything. And all day I’ve been feeling politics
Even as we were going into the concert hall our friend whispered, “Who knows? Maybe at the next concert we’ll have to sit separately from the men….” And I whispered back, “that is the least of my worries.”
And then there was Vilde Frang, who played with her whole body and soul and helped us rise beyond all thoughts of politics.
She reminded me that yes, this transcendence is worth fighting for. This freedom is worth fighting for.
vilde frang – feb 19, 2023 Read Post »
