Friday, February 25, 2011

Aesthetics of Amplification

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It's that time of the semester, when upper-level students are starting to pull together the arguments they'll be making in their res...
Monday, February 21, 2011

The Written Word (Hamila Haketuva)

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Qumran cave 4 (of 11) When? When was the first written word? What was that moment like? Was there a thunderous quickening of realization?...
Sunday, February 20, 2011

Edges of Empire

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Ruins of port at Acre (Akko Are the edges of empire the weakest or most promising places to be?  Are they where is manifested the greates...
Sunday, February 6, 2011

7 Species of Deutoronomy (Shivat Hominim)

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For the Lord your God is bringing you into a good land - a land with brooks, streams, and deep springs gushing out into the valleys and hill...
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Saturday, February 5, 2011

Walls - Eretz Israel/Arde Falastin (Land of Israel/Land of Palestine)

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Ok, let's talk about the difficult stuff.  Somehow, as I thought about writing, I envisioned this post coming towards the end, after a l...
Tuesday, February 1, 2011

Founders and Firsts (Chalutzim and Sabras)

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We believe that salvation is to be found in wholesome work in a beloved land.  -- Theodor Herzl Where to start? In 1948 when Ben Gurion d...
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Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Force of Will (Koach Ratzon)

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"Stop and look, and you will realize you are in the midst of a miracle." -- Theodore Herzl Caesarea This phrase "forc...
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