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BRUMSPEAK: December 2011
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Sunday, December 25, 2011. Balancing Very Real External Threats with the Equally Real- and Destructive- Internal Threats: Daniel Gordis and the JPost on 'Gender Insanity' and Haredi Fanaticism. It's been said that the parts of the Arab/Persian world that wish for our destruction might do better to sip their tea and let us do the heavy lifting. Below, two pieces that point that to our own overly developed internecine tendencies.
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BRUMSPEAK: Ambassador Michael Oren: Why Jews Boycotting Israeli Settlements Is Wrong (and Counterproductive)
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Saturday, June 9, 2012. Ambassador Michael Oren: Why Jews Boycotting Israeli Settlements Is Wrong (and Counterproductive). Ambassador Michael Oren is perhaps Israel's most eloquent spokesperson. A historian of the first order, he authored the definitive work on Israel's 1967 War;. Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern Middle East. Met with the Seattle Times. Ambassador Michael Oren. [Archive]. The divide separat...
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BRUMSPEAK: November 2011
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Thursday, November 10, 2011. Yossi Klein Halevi on the Challenge of Delegitimization and Tal Becker on Rabin's Legacy and the Trouble with "Peace". Most worthy of listening to the full 50 minutes. The perfect can be the enemy of the good, but also because the good can be the enemy of the simply preferable. Read his insightful essay below. Yossi Klein Halevi at the David Project. Click Here to Read More. Posted by David Brumer.
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BRUMSPEAK: Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon: A Realist's Perspective
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Thursday, June 28, 2012. Moshe "Bogie" Ya'alon: A Realist's Perspective. Fascinating interview by Ari Shavit with a man of great integrity and a quiet wisdom, Moshe Ya'alon. His words may shock some, yet his perspective is measured and deliberate. We in the West want to always fix things, and right away. What if a "solution" is not possible in the near future? Do we act now for the sake of "doing something? Exactly seven years ag...
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Perry J Greenbaum: Novels In Progress
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8220;It all comes down to human dignity”. Here are excerpts from three novels in progress:. Dateline 2032: The Life of JAC03225. A science-fiction story set in the year 2032. A novel, which is essentially a coming of age story set in Montreal and New York starting in the 1960s, a turbulent period of transformation. A novel about the relationship between autonomy and conformity to community expectations for a middle-aged man raising a family. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Popular Posts: The Last Week. Yiddi...
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Perry J Greenbaum: Berlin Philharmonic: Humperdinck's 'Hansel and Gretel'
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8220;It all comes down to human dignity”. Wednesday, December 28, 2011. Berlin Philharmonic: Humperdinck's 'Hansel and Gretel'. Ngelbert Humperdinck composed Hansel and Gretel. In Frankfurt, Germany, and completed the opera in 1892. The story is based on the Brothers Grimm. Fairy-tale of the same name, a much-loved children's classic and a morality tale of good overcoming evil (The synopsis can be found here. This is an illustration of the children's encounter with a witch, from the well-known fairy-tale...
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Perry J Greenbaum: Submissions
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8220;It all comes down to human dignity”. Am looking to accept submissions from our readers. I will try to respond to all submissions, but can only publish those that fit within the general framework of this blog. Note that I cannot pay for any submissions, chiefly because I do not currently have the financial means to do so. Offer a perspective centered on the themes of freedom, humanity, compassion, imagination and individual dignity. Appeal to a broad audience of international readers. Include a brief...
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BRUMSPEAK: March 2012
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Monday, March 26, 2012. Peter Beinart’s False Prophecy: "The 'Crisis' of Zionism" Deconstructed. This is an important, cogent retort to Beinart's latest catastrophizing. Some excerpts below. Worth reading in its entirety. Hopefully, this will be read by the legions ready to get on Beinart's self-righteous, out-of-touch bandwagon. Peter Beinart’s False Prophecy. The Crisis of Zionism. So begins Peter Beinart’s new book. Who curren...
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BRUMSPEAK: August 2011
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Promoting a more Centrist point of view on Israel, America and World Jewry. Thursday, August 11, 2011. Two Interesting Takes on the Social Protests in Israel: Shlomo Avineri and Ari Shavit. Social protesters represent real Zionism. Theodor Herzl was not a socialist but he understood well that a revolutionary enterprise like Zionism could not succeed if it was to be solely based on the capitalist market model. It is no coincidence that Israel was the subject of admiration and emulation by so many people a...
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December 30: The Granada Massacre | Jewish Currents
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Notes from a Small Planet. JEWDAYO: A Daily Blast of Pride. December 30: The Granada Massacre. December 30: The Granada Massacre. December 29, 2012. A Muslim mob stormed the royal palace in Granada, Spain on this date in 1066, crucified Joseph ibn Naghrela, the Jewish vizier to the Berber king, and massacred more than a thousand Jewish families. According to the 1906. How can they have any pact when we are obscure and they are prominent? 8221; Abu Ishaq, poem, 1066. December 29, 2012 at 11:34 pm. Decembe...