Many of you may be familiar with the supposedly old Chinese curse: “May you live in interesting times“. To many, the curse is puzzling. This is because our Western mind loves ‘interesting’. Is addicted to ‘interesting’. Since when ‘uninteresting’ is something positive to long for? Living in Israel I start to grasp more and more [...]
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May we live in uninteresting times
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ashkelon, israel, Jews, kefiah, opinion, politic, Politics of Israel, pope, West Bank on 22/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Ahmadinejad, Ashkenazi Jews, change, immigrants, israel, Kabbalah, law, legislation, name, prejudice on 08/03/2010 | Leave a Comment »
Growing up with a family name like “Chiesa” wasn’t always easy. “Chiesa“, besides being hard to pronounce in every possible language (in Italian the sound is Kiesa, but I heard it mangled to the horrible English Cheesa, or the equally horrible French Schieza), it also carries a not-so-neutral meaning: “Church”. It is easy to imagine [...]
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