29 de março de 2018

Páscoa


Moses and the Israelites crossing the Red Sea (from the Nuremberg Bible) 

27 de março de 2018

Vel d’Hiv


 
Buses waiting at the entrance to the Vélodrome d'Hiver, where almost 13,000 Jews were assembled 
before being transported to Drancy and other French transit camps. Paris, France (July 16 and 17, 1942)

Vida


Frizzle Chabo (Japanese chicken)

Israel



"On Israeli Leadership", with Daniel Gordis, Anita Shapira & Itamar Rabinovich

25 de março de 2018


Which is the right path that you should choose for yourself?
One that is admirable in your eyes,
And admirable in the eyes of others.

Avot 2:1A

Moshe Halbertal



"The Limits of Civil Discourse", Moshe Halbertal & Jeffrey Goldberg

Vida


Great Tit

20 de março de 2018

Vida


Dalmatian pelicans, Greece


In a place where there is no person to make a difference, strive to be that person.

Avot 2:6B



The House of the Body. An allegorical design comparing the organs of the body to the divisions of a house. 
From Cohn's Ma'aseh Toviyyah (1707)

19 de março de 2018

Samuel Pallache


 
"Man in Oriental Costume" (thought to be Samuel Pallache), Rembrandt, (1634)

Bob Dylan


"When You Gonna Wake Up" (1981)


"God don’t make no promises that He don’t keep
You got some big dreams, baby, but in order to dream you gotta still be asleep

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Counterfeit philosophies have polluted all of your thoughts
Karl Marx has got ya by the throat, Henry Kissinger’s got you tied up in knots

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got innocent men in jail, your insane asylums are filled
You got unrighteous doctors dealing drugs that’ll never cure your ills

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You got men who can’t hold their peace and women who can’t control their tongues
The rich seduce the poor and the old are seduced by the young

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Adulterers in churches and pornography in the schools
You got gangsters in power and lawbreakers making rules

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Spiritual advisors and gurus to guide your every move
Instant inner peace and every step you take has got to be approved

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

Do you ever wonder just what God requires?
You think He’s just an errand boy to satisfy your wandering desires

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

You can’t take it with you and you know that it’s too worthless to be sold
They tell you, “Time is money,” as if your life was worth its weight in gold

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?

There’s a Man up on a cross and He’s been crucified
Do you have any idea why or for who He died?

When you gonna wake up, when you gonna wake up
When you gonna wake up and strengthen the things that remain?"
 

Marrocos


 
El Mellah Street in the Jewish Quarter of Tetuan, Spanish Morocco (1920s)

13 de março de 2018

Moisés


 "Moses and the Brass Snake", Anthony van Dyck (1620)

Música




00:00:00 Sidney Bechet - Si tu vois ma mère 00:03:15 Dave Brubeck - Take Five 00:08:42 Glenn Miller Orchestra - In the Mood 00:12:17 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Sing, Sing, Sing 00:21:00 Benny Goodman and His Orchestra - Take the 'A' Train 00:24:00 Duke Ellington and His Orchestra - I'll See You in My Dreams 00:26:32 Django Reinhardt - Sunrise Serenade 00:29:55 Fred Astaire - Cheek to Cheek 00:33:16 Erroll Garner - Penthouse Serenade (When We're Alone) 00:36:40 Count Basie - Flight of the Foo Birds 00:40:04 Harry James and His Orchestra, Helen Forrest - I've Heard That Song Before 00:43:07 Joséphine Baker - La Conga Blicoti 00:45:34 Carmen Miranda - South American Way 00:48:26 Django Reinhardt, Stéphane Grappelli - Out of Nowhere 00:51:45 Glenn Miller Orchestra - Moonlight Serenade 00:55:10 Dooley Wilson - As Time Goes By 00:57:56 Tommy Dorsey and His Orchestra - Keepin' Out of Mischief Now 01:00:43 The Ink Spot - If I Didn't Care 01:03:51 The Benny Goodman Swing Quintet - Whispering 01:06:31 Artie Shaw and His Orchestra - Moonglow

Vida


Toco toucan

4 de março de 2018


Be the first to greet every person;
And be a tail to lions, not a head to jackals.

Pirkei Avot 4:20

Aleppo Codex


Matti Friedman

Bob Dylan


"Making a Liar Out of Me" (1980)


"I tell people, you just going through changes
And that you're acquainted both with night and day
That your money's good and you just being courageous
On them burning bridges knowing your feet are made of clay
Well I say you won't be destroyed by your inventions
That you brought it all under captivity
And that you really do have all the best intentions
But you're making a liar out of me

Well I say that you just young and self-tormented
But that deep down you understand
The hopes and fears and dreams of the discontented
That threaten now to overtake your promised land
Well I say you'd not sow discord among brothers
Nor drain a man of his integrity
That you remember the cries of orphans and their mothers
But you're making a liar out of me
But you're making a liar out of me

Well I say that, that ain't flesh and blood you're drinking
In the wounded empire of your fool's paradise
With a light above your head forever blinking
Turning virgins into merchandise
That you must have been beautiful when you were living
You remind me of some old-time used-to-be
I say you can be trusted with the power you been given
But you're making a liar out of me

So many things so hard to say as you stumble
To take refuge in your offices of shame
As the earth beneath my feet begins to rumble
And your young men die for nothin', not even fame
I say that someday you'll begin to trust us
And that your conscience not been slain by conformity
That you stand up unafraid to believe in justice
But you're making a liar out of me
You're making a liar out of me

Well I can hear the sound of distant thunder
From an open window at the end of every hall
Now that you're gone I got to wonder
If you ever were here at all
I say you never sacrificed my children
To some false god of infidelity
And that it's not the Tower of Babel that you're building
But you're making a liar out of me
You're making a liar out of me
Well you're making a liar out of me"