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How else to sweeten days? A poem-post
The Hebrew word “shir” means both poem and song, an indication that in ancient time, the two were one. Poetry was not written but recited, it was a musical art. We recite a lot these days, rhyming, chiming, putting words to a rhythm. We chant at protests and outside coutrooms. The result rarely sounds artistic…
By Yuval Ben-Ami January 2, 2011
Marlene Dietrich in Blue Angel, a renowned Weimar-era film.
Does Israel’s cultural life offer hope for its democracy?
Over at the Project Democracy blog, which I am writing for ACRI‘s democracy initiative, I responded to a post Mati Shemeolof wrote last week for +972 Magazine. Shemeolof describes his fellow bloggers’ gloom regarding the future of Israel’s democracy by putting forward the theory that the situation is not really all that bad. In his…
By Lisa Goldman November 10, 2010
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Culture flourishes in a declining democracy (Mati Shemoelof)
Last week I was at a dinner with the North American management of Rabbis for Human Rights. They met with some of the +972 Magazine bloggers. The conversation was mainly about the decline of Israeli democracy.  Yossi Gurvitz, Dimi Reider and others were very pessimistic about the survival of the Israeli democracy. They gave reports…
By +972 Magazine November 7, 2010
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