-In Israel 1965-1967 from Planck's Constant Archives

Posted on August 5, 2010 09:13 PM

In 1962 Israeli artist Ezra Orien took the town dump and turned it into a tourist attraction. The sculpture park was built in two stages. In 1963 Oren invited artists from all over the world to Mitzpe Ramon giving them carte blanche to create whatever suited their fancy. 20 years later Israeli sculptors were invited to add works that would fit in with the landscape.

Read the Rest: The Makhtesh of the Israeli Negev Desert

Posted on February 25, 2010 03:50 PM

Blogger David Zincavage has the right advice for Republicans: that they could count on more Hispanic votes if only they would stop with the ridiculous anti-immigration rhetoric.

Read the Rest: Hispanics Can Be Republicans

Posted on November 19, 2007 08:38 PM

Farmers will tell you that music can make hens lay better eggs or cows to give more milk; It's called The Moozart Effect and I'm not Joking.

Read the Rest: Bollywood Fashion and Music Awards

Posted on June 8, 2007 10:41 PM

In 1446 BC in the Sinai, the Israelites had among their tribes people like Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton and John Murtha.

Read the Rest: 40 years now 40 years in the desert then

Posted on February 18, 2007 06:52 PM

Islamic clerics have to be certified by local Chinese authorities that their political beliefs are not in conflict with Chinese culture, sermons are chosen that do not encourage Jihad, and even which version of the Quran is used is also strictly controlled. And as we know, for good reason. In effect, the Chinese force all Muslims to practise a very narrow, cleaned-up, state-controlled version of Islam.

Read the Rest: The Year of the Pig

Posted on February 16, 2007 12:54 PM

I was living in a dorm in the Place Pigalle, the notorious Red Light district of Paris. When I wasn't in school, I would sit in cafes and absorb local color, browse through book stores or museums or catch a movie at the cinema. These usually turned out to be American flicks dubbed in French with English sub-titles.

Read the Rest: Dinner, Tuxedos, and the Eiffel Tower

Posted on February 15, 2007 11:15 PM

Her hair, unlike many Israelis, was jet black. Her eyebrows, eyelashes, all equally pitched black. Eyes so deep a dark blue as to make even coal look pale. Her skin was of a dazzling cream complexion. I have met only one woman (who I married) since then who was a more stunning example of female beauty. Yerushalamit lived only a few blocks from...

Read the Rest: My Yemenite Girlfriend

Posted on February 11, 2007 06:53 PM

I was 21 and waiting to board a bus headed toward the only un-drownable lake on earth, the Dead Sea. When I got on, the Arab driver had the radio tuned to station 677 Jordanian Radio transmitting from Ramallah. A woman was singing this most beautiful song in Arabic.

Read the Rest: Arabic Music

Posted on February 1, 2007 06:43 PM

French smokers say c’est la vie to ban, PARIS - A ban on smoking in public spaces came into effect Thursday, a change that may alter the image of a country defined in part by its smoky cafes and cigarette-puffing intellectuals.

Read the Rest: Paris may be Burning but it ain`t Smoking

Posted on January 15, 2007 11:25 PM

During Summer Break in 1966 from the Hebrew Universtiy in Jerusalem, I took a job working construction at the Timna Copper Mine in the Eilat Desert, fabled site of King Solomon's Mines.