More on Bronzino…
http://www.thesmartset.com/article/article02031001.aspx
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Yuri Kruman
J.D., 2009
Cardozo School of Law
Yuri Kruman
J.D., 2009
Cardozo School of Law
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On Religion – An Offensive Tackle Named Shlomo – NYTimes.com. Pretty amazing and remarkable story – a Jewish NFL player who won a Super Bowl ring with the Cowboys in 1992 and subsequently became a Chabadnik! Pretty inspiring, I’d say!
Clash of the titans – Steamboats Are Ruining Everything. What the “nuclear” battle between Amazon and Macmillan may mean for authors, publishers and content deliverymen in the coming years. The comments are also insightful.
NYRblog – Aio! – The New York Review of Books. A story of how Roman politicians (both patricians and tribunes) have dealt with threat of bodily risk over the millenia, with a look at Fanfani (Fanfarone!), Berlusconi and Il Papa Presente, Benedetto XVI. Apparently, the roots of this plebeian assault on their leaders is basically sacrosanct, going back to the times of the Gracchi brothers.
Arab society’s crunch points, by Brian Whitaker. An interesting account of Whitaker’s book. The Arab family is the focus, and the relationship extends up to tribe, state, and Allah over his flock. Whitaker is right to start at the bottom in his analysis, instead of at the most generalized level. The cultural problems are inherent in the family structure and extend to every other aspect of society – the repression of women, the repression of independent thought, lack of freedom to associate and to express one’s opinion. At least the premise is refreshing – that the problem isn’t external to Arab society, but quite inherent. For once, Israel isn’t mentioned as the “rightful justification” for Arab dictators to keep repressing their own people. The question remains when a new generation will begin the march toward liberalization of society and changing the psychology from the level of family on up, to release the people from their vassal status. Whitaker doesn’t offer solutions, unlike Sharansky on the same subject a few years back. I, for one, think that “freedom” isn’t in elections or diversity of interests, but in a fundamental psychology that must change. How to change it is a matter left to history and chance, as much as the force of personality.
Capitalism and the Jews :: The Future of Capitalism. Examining the nasty old, anti-Semitic correlation between Jews and usury, in the context of the rise of capitalism in the West. Muller makes a few ill-supported conclusions that border on rationalization of anti-Semitism, such as that the rise of anti-Semitism in post-1914 Germany was due to the leadership of Communist Russia being over-represented by Jews (German anti-Semitism has been around since time immemorial there, for reasons ranging from Catholic dogma, blood libels, the Plague, and then, the whole Capitalist shtick -> bottom line: anti-Semitism is a completely irrational phenomenon that attaches itself to anything and everything that can be used to make Jews look bad – most recently, the demonization of Israel in the Western, liberal media). All the same, Muller’s analysis of how sentiments toward capitalism can normally be correlated with sentiments toward Jews bears a look.
Something to look out for – opens today in NY. For once, no politics or sentimentality, and no group therapy. Unsparing narrative of life in Arab Yafo. Enjoy.
Fascinating read combining the best of investigative science journalism, the worst of medical ethics, and one of the more interesting (and yes, tragic) chapters of American history. If you’ve ever heard of the famous HeLa “immortal” cancer cells, this is the story behind Henrietta Lacks, the woman who unwittingly gave of herself a wellspring for biomedicine in the 20thcentury, unlike any other…
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Column One: The NIF and the next war
Column One: The NIF and the next war.
How Israel’s enemies and (two) fifth columns (the far left and Israeli Arabs) area gearing up for the next regional war. The bad news is that it doesn’t seem far off, and will be a serious tactical challenge, as Iran’s proxies in Southern Lebanon and Gaza will be activated in that war, along with rockets also coming from Syria and likely Iran, as well. Netanyahu is exactly right, along with Lieberman and the rest of the governing coalition, to focus on the strategic political threats like the Goldstone report and the NIF and its offshoots, as equally important to military threat, as above noted.