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MY FRIEND I LOST IN THE SIXTH DAY WAR

by Zeev Galili TRANSLATED BY Ada Geller My Six-Day war is the war in which I lost a friend who, more than anyone else, left his indelible imprint on mine and my family’s lives. The existential anxiety that preceded the … Continue reading

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An Israeli Poet, a Holocaust Survivor, Responds to the Poem in which Guenther Grass Writes that Israel is a Threat to World Peace

The Israeli poet, Itamar Jaoz-Kest, a Holocaust survivor who as a child was incarcerated in the Bergen-Belsen Extermination Camp, writes a poem in response to the poem written by German author, Guenther Grass, in which he says: “Israel’s nuclear power … Continue reading

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By Zeev Galili Translated by Leah Keshet For years, I have been walking in the footsteps of my grandfather who was killed in the disaster at Meron one hundred years ago* I interviewed tens of family members and historians of … Continue reading

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THE DESIRE FOR GENOCIDE LIVES ON

By Asher Torren “I am inciting you to confront, using all means possible, anyone who speaks out against the resistance, any means possible.” Thus ends a speech by a Kuwaiti University professor aired on Al-Jazeera TV on February 2, 2009. … Continue reading

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Barack Obama – Narcissist or Merely Narcissistic?

Sam Vaknin, Ph.D. – 8/13/2008 Barack Obama appears to be a narcissist. Granted, only a qualified mental health diagnostician can determine whether someone suffers from Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD) and this, following lengthy tests and personal interviews. But, in the … Continue reading

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Benny Peled as “Canaanite"”

“The Jews attempted, to establish a State”. Br. Gen.Benny Peled After the death of Aluf [Br. Gen.] Benny Peled, who was the commander of the Israeli airforce during the Yom Kippur War, many praises were said in his memory. About … Continue reading

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DARKNESS AT NOON

    sir winston churchill 1939   It was Arthur Koestler, the Jewish author, who coined the phrase “Darkness at Noon” in a book bearing that title published in 1940. Throughout the book Koestler analyzed the political and psychological processes … Continue reading

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The Amazing Tale of the Rabbi who had a YESHIVE in Nazi Germany

 HEBREW VRSION    the commander of the Eastern Front was  General Paul von Hindenburg   This story sounds like a Hassidic wonder tale, but it is completely true. The beginning of the story took place during World War I. The … Continue reading

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The Rabbi says Kaddish for an Apostate Jew

HEBREW VERSION http://www.zeevgalili.com/?p=1556 Helen Fremont This week I participated in a prayer service at a family celebration. One of the family members said the Mourner’s Prayer [Kaddish] in spite of my assumption that he had no such familial obligation. At … Continue reading

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A View from the Target Zone

Haim Harari January 2009 Haim Harari was born in Jerusalem in 1940 into a family that had lived in the region for five generations.. After completing his Ph.D, he became the youngest Professor ever at the Weizmann Institute in 1967. … Continue reading

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