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Mar 30, 2023

Yesterday, I posted this. It is about the recent events in Israel, and I think that it has a wider reach. A one-line description: Keep the lines of communication open.

A Pisgah Site of Palestine

The Western Kingdom of Tel Aviv and the Eastern Kingdom of Jerusalem

Nothing is trivial in Israel. In the latest national election, the right-wing parties were able to form a government, and one of the first things they did was to do battle with what they considered a too-powerful Supreme Court. They claimed that since the Supreme Court anointed itself the final arbiter of every legal procedure in Parliament, it has usur…

a year ago · 4 likes · 7 comments · Ehud Neor

Last week I posted this memoir that reflects upon two different ways that Zionists see their country. It is a kind of lead-in to yesterday’s post.

A Pisgah Site of Palestine

The Thirty-Five and The Thirty-Six

One of the things I loved about basic training in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) was that every now and then we would receive lectures, some about the military history of the IDF and some about more cultural matters, usually meaning Jewish matters. Th…

a year ago · 5 likes · Ehud Neor

On March 5, I posted the first in a series about James Joyce’s Ulysses.

A Pisgah Site of Palestine

Leopold Bloom, Jew or Not

A google search on “Is Leopold Bloom Jewish?” returns a substantial number of links to essays discussing this question. All of them fall into three categories: Bloom is a Jew, Bloom is not a Jew, or Bloom is somewhat of a Jew. Since Bloom is the main character of the greatest work of fiction in the English language, this determin…

2 years ago · 3 likes · 12 comments · Ehud Neor

On Feb 15, I posted my most recent piece about events that took place on Martha’s Vineyard, the playground of my youth.

A Pisgah Site of Palestine

A Tribute to Brooks Kerr

My most remarkable remembrance of Brooks Kerr was as I was walking alone to summer camp on Martha’s Vineyard, camp Aquinnah on West Chop in Vineyard Haven. I was on Tashmoo Avenue approaching Main Street. Then he rode down the hill in front of me on Main, passing from right to left by himself on a tandem bicycle, looking straight ahead. My e…

2 years ago · 2 likes · 1 comment · Ehud Neor

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