It Gets Better?

PS: There is no other MidEastern country in which an Arab Muslim would be allowed to march in a gay pride but in Israel.

Let's punk

Israeli's punk stage is a reflection of the daily confrontations and differences of the society itself. Religious or secular, keen to enter the Army or oposing it, worring about the future or unsatisfied with the mentalities of their societies. The movie it is well documented and interesting, but I would regret the lack of connection between the current musical punk stage and the Israeli musical trends from the 60s-70s.

Jews and Baseball

A movie freshly released in America, but not yet available on the other side of the pond. I deeply hate this restrictive policies!

The fight for symbols

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A couple of personal observations regarding this controversy:Whose keffiyeh is this? This is another example of extreme ignorance, manipulation and despise for finding a common understanding and tolerance. Big words, isn't it?

- Even after the state of Israel was created, people who made Aliyah or Jewish people who didn't make aliyah were referring to the territory of the current state of Israel as: Palestine. And nobody ever was doubting that this is the state were Jews are living. This is an anecdotal aspect but good to have it in mind, mostly for those who didn't have the occasion to meet people from the generation surviving the war.

- Is Keffiyeh a national "Arab/Palestinian" symbol? Before being waved to various street meetings, when the flags of countries hosting those people are burned, this clothing element was having a strict practical use: covering the head - of human beings - against the hot sun. It was used by people living in this areas and nobody was disputing if it is Arab, Jewish or Korean or Laurence of Arabia. Abu Amar aka. Yassir Arafat relaunched this scarf as a national symbol. Nowadays, one of the main producer of this national symbols is China.

I deeply hope that the people from the Middle East can find real intellectual references for building their national and cultural identity than an outfit.

- I cannot but smile reading this idea of Pan-Arabic unity. I suppose nobody really takes it seriously, isn't it?.

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WWII mass grave of Jews found in Romania

The mass graves are probably from 1941. Reading the article and other media reports from the last two days I saw many "witnesses" quoted, giving abundant details about what happened then. Now, we are in 2010 and Romania recognized officially its share in the Shoah only in 2003. Where were all these people during this period? Where?

Elie Wiesel: "Because of indifference, one dies before one actually dies".

Related articles

• Holocaust-Era Mass Grave Found in Romania (foxnews.com)
• 16 skeletons found in Romanian mass grave (cnn.com)

Alice Dancing under the Gallows

A wonderful inspiring movie about the oldest Holocaust survivor in the world, Alice Herz-Somm, 106 year old pianist originary from Prague. Theresienstadt survivor, she is offering a wonderful lesson of hope and love for life. A wonderfully inspiring testimony.

Open way for civil marriages in Israel

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An interesting news via Ynet:

"The Knesset's Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee has approved the fee for civil marriages in Israel, effectively paving the way for the instatement of these marriages within the coming days. Once official guidelines are published, non-Jewish Israelis, or citizens defined by the State as lacking religious denomination, will be able to marry without the Chief Rabbinate".