28 de fevereiro de 2015


“People don’t believe in ideas, they believe in people who believe in ideas".

Zeev Mankowitz

Mar da Galileia



James Kugel


"The Dead Sea Scrolls and Ancient Bible Interpretation"

Bandeira


Herzl's proposed flag, as sketched in his diaries. 
(Although he drew a Star of David, he did not describe it as such)

"We have no flag, and we need one. If we desire to lead many men, we must raise a symbol above their heads. I would suggest a white flag, with seven golden stars. The white field symbolizes our pure new life; the stars are the seven golden hours of our working-day. For we shall march into the Promised Land carrying the badge of honor."

Der Judenstaat, 1896

The Beastie Boys


 
"Intergalactic"

Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue


The Torah Ark
 

26 de fevereiro de 2015


"Jews tell the best jokes because they know that life isn’t funny".

 Howard Jacobson

Estrela de David


Star of David in the Ari Ashkenazi Synagogue, Safed

Vida



Jesus da Nazaré



Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air; they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. And can any of you by worrying add a single hour to your span of life? And why do you worry about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which is alive today and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you - you of little faith? Therefore do not worry, saying, 'What will we eat?' or 'What will we drink?' or 'What will we wear?' For it is the Gentiles who strive for all these things; and indeed your Heavenly Father knows that you need all these things. But strive first for the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries of its own. Today's trouble is enough for today.

Matthew, 6: 25-34

Michael Wyschogrod



Laranjas


(Circa 1930)

25 de fevereiro de 2015

Martin Luther King Jr.



Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Medo



Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness
That most frightens us.

We ask ourselves
Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be?
You are a child of God.

Your playing small
Does not serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking
So that other people won't feel insecure around you.

We are all meant to shine,
As children do.
We were born to make manifest
The glory of God that is within us.

It's not just in some of us;
It's in everyone.

And as we let our own light shine,
We unconsciously give other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
Our presence automatically liberates others.


"Our Deepest Fear", Marianne Williamson

Refugiados


Syrian Refugees, Northern Iraq

Dar



"The Labour of Gratitude" (Terumah), Rabbi Jonathan Sacks

Morte



Porto de Jaffa


View of the port by Félix Bonfils (1867-1870)

17 de fevereiro de 2015

Vida


 
Snoring Hummingbird

Sabbath



"Observe the sabbath day and keep it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; you shall not do any work - you, your son or your daughter, your male or female slave, your ox or your ass, or any of your cattle, or the stranger in your settlements, so that your male and female slave may rest as you do. Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt and the LORD your God freed you from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD your God has commanded you to observe the sabbath day."

Deuteronomy, 5: 12-15
(JPS)

Ismar Elbogen



Paris


"10 Hours of Walking in Paris as a Jew"

Samarkand


Shah-i Zinda Tuman Aqa Complex

Hasidic New Wave


"Satmer Hafakos #6"

16 de fevereiro de 2015

Ídolos



"Their idols are silver and gold,
 the work of men's hands.
 They have mouths, but cannot speak,
 eyes, but cannot see;
 they have ears, but cannot hear,
 noses, but cannot smell;
 they have hands, but cannot touch,
 feet, but cannot walk;
 they can make no sound in their throats.
 Those who fashion them,
 all who trust in them,
 shall become like them".

Psalm 115: 4-8
 

Mahler


(Data desconhecida)

Vida


(Antarctica)

Aleppo


Aleppo, Syria - The Citadel of Aleppo (May 26, 2013)

10 de fevereiro de 2015

Atenas



Silver tetradrachm coin at the Museum of Fine Arts of Lyon depicting the owl of Athena (circa 480–420 BC). 
The inscription "ΑΘΕ" is an abbreviation of ΑΘΗΝΑΙΟΝ, which may be translated as "of the Athenians". In daily use the Athenian drachmas were called glaukes (γλαῦκες, owls).

Benny Morris



"The 1948 War reconsidered" 

Martin Gilbert



Tabernáculo



"The Israelites Encamped About the Tabernacle Erected in the Wilderness", Dom Augustin Calmet

Vida