How the Holocaust tripped up Kerry’s peace process
The shadow of the Holocaust, falling on Israelis of all political affiliations, is the key complicating factor tripping up John Kerry’s attempts to bring peace. Continue Reading →
Month: April 2014
Hannibal Lecter – Psychopath or Devil?
Is Hannibal Lecter an embodiment of the Judeo-Christian devil? Continue Reading →
Arc de Triomphe: Israel and the Holocaust Trauma
What do young Israelis feel when they are in Auschwitz? Continue Reading →
The Devil, the Saints and the Church: Reading Hochhuth’s ‘The Deputy’ (New York: Peter Lang Publishing House, 2004). (Book review at Literature and Theology, December 2004; vol. 18, p, 495-496, in Newsletter of the Association of Contemporary Church Historians, November 2004, Vol. X, no 11 and in Implicit Religion, Vol 8 No. 3 (2005), p. 321-323). The Nazi Devil:Mann’s Mephisto and Hochhuth’s The Deputy (Hebrew), (Jerusalem: The Hebrew University Magnes Press, 2010). (Book review at: http://www.bookwatch.022.co.il/BRPortal/br/P102.jsp?arc=149943) Academic Translations (from English into Hebrew) E. R. Dodds, The Greeks and the Irrational, (Jerusalem: Bialik Institute (in print)). E. E. Evans-Prichard, Theories of … Continue Reading →
The Mona Lisa: female body image
Female self-perception has changed in the Modern age. Compare modern models to the Mona Lisa, who seems to fully accept herself. Continue Reading →
To Infinity and Beyond – our time perception
Time perception and life in Israel Continue Reading →