You would have thought that since he started his own blog, I might like him better.
You are wrong I still dislike the Iranian President, I think I have a good reason.
יום רביעי, אוגוסט 30, 2006
The weekly Poem -Agi Mishol
LITTLE PRAYER FOR SUNDAY*
Give me a break from flashing cops,
the HMO and the temples of social security,
from bookkeepers, the keepers of jargon,
and temp agency secretaries with helmet-like hair.
They’re been shooting here all morning;
the partridge hunters and the dogcatcher
roam my countryside.
Newspapers --
filled with black-fisted Orthodox men,
and high-strung poetry critics,
and openmouthed bulldozers --
fall like leaves upon my house.
Why is it such a big deal to yield
to a woman like me
who lets others cut her off on the roads.
I who lay me down to sleep with the hens
at the foot of the well-lit shopping malls --
Hear my prayer.
Please don’t add me to the culture package today.
I who am not exempt from anything --
Grant me permission
for one day off
from the army.
* Israel has a six-day work week. Sunday is a regular work day.
Give me a break from flashing cops,
the HMO and the temples of social security,
from bookkeepers, the keepers of jargon,
and temp agency secretaries with helmet-like hair.
They’re been shooting here all morning;
the partridge hunters and the dogcatcher
roam my countryside.
Newspapers --
filled with black-fisted Orthodox men,
and high-strung poetry critics,
and openmouthed bulldozers --
fall like leaves upon my house.
Why is it such a big deal to yield
to a woman like me
who lets others cut her off on the roads.
I who lay me down to sleep with the hens
at the foot of the well-lit shopping malls --
Hear my prayer.
Please don’t add me to the culture package today.
I who am not exempt from anything --
Grant me permission
for one day off
from the army.
* Israel has a six-day work week. Sunday is a regular work day.
יום שלישי, אוגוסט 29, 2006
Word into Art - at the British Muesum
Went with M to see this great exhibition, much recommended. The many similarities between Jewish and Arab calligraphy made me realize the potential we might have in building a peaceful discourse about the Middle east. Imagine artists of the middle east siting together and learning about different techniques, the role of scared texts and the conceptual challenges of art within a religious ad very suspiciose tradition regarding visual arts.
Few poems take part in the exhibition, I read this one by Said Farhan, found it very relevant.
Homes don`t travel
People hang on to their homes
like snails to their shells
When people have to leave their home,
there remains a scar at the very place
where people and walls met so closely.
Few poems take part in the exhibition, I read this one by Said Farhan, found it very relevant.
Homes don`t travel
People hang on to their homes
like snails to their shells
When people have to leave their home,
there remains a scar at the very place
where people and walls met so closely.
יום רביעי, אוגוסט 23, 2006
I am going to Limmudfest tommorow
so you will not hear from me till next Monday, have a great week.
I will be celebrating my birthday with 450 pweople, not too bad.
Happy new month!
I will be celebrating my birthday with 450 pweople, not too bad.
Happy new month!
יום שלישי, אוגוסט 22, 2006
I slept a whole night!!!!
You might think its not big news at all but it sure is.
After more than a month of having major difficulties to preform my favourite activity ie sleep, I slept for 8 hours without waking up!
I fell asleep very easily, I have to say. I even picked a book, which I didnt open at all, just putting my head on the pillow was enough. It might be thanks to a drink or two I had with J, or maybe just because now there is nothing to be stressed about the war is over, my stuff is packed, my flights are confirmed, so I can just breath.
So good to counting sheep, making lists, breathing exercise.
Welcome deep sweet sleep!
After more than a month of having major difficulties to preform my favourite activity ie sleep, I slept for 8 hours without waking up!
I fell asleep very easily, I have to say. I even picked a book, which I didnt open at all, just putting my head on the pillow was enough. It might be thanks to a drink or two I had with J, or maybe just because now there is nothing to be stressed about the war is over, my stuff is packed, my flights are confirmed, so I can just breath.
So good to counting sheep, making lists, breathing exercise.
Welcome deep sweet sleep!
I found what to wear!
I cannot tell you cause I want it to be a surprise. I managed hopefully to combine am 1980`s look with one of my very fashionable dresses plus some accesories.
you will have to be there to understand!
you will have to be there to understand!
יום שני, אוגוסט 21, 2006
I am moving out today. The moving company is here. Putting in big boxes my belongings. They are very quick, They wrap it, put it away not realizing what meaning the CD`s, books or linens carry.
I will meet belongings again in Israel, hopefully they wil lall come in one piece, nothing missing.
Hopefully I will be fresh after Fest, Holland and New York. I might even have a job waiting.
I will still need to sort aacomadation, decide if I am a Tel Aviv Girl, or a Jeruslamite one.
Au revoir books, coofee cups, and towels. You will be an anchor of stability, you see, being possesive can be a good thing!
I will meet belongings again in Israel, hopefully they wil lall come in one piece, nothing missing.
Hopefully I will be fresh after Fest, Holland and New York. I might even have a job waiting.
I will still need to sort aacomadation, decide if I am a Tel Aviv Girl, or a Jeruslamite one.
Au revoir books, coofee cups, and towels. You will be an anchor of stability, you see, being possesive can be a good thing!
יום ראשון, אוגוסט 20, 2006
Getting Through To The Other Side
Our new book is out now. Its very exciting. It`s cover is bright pink with lots of zebras around. And its good. From poetry to fiction to cartoons to parcitical stuff, its a heart warmimg book. Well done to Sam for all the editing, great work! We will have areading soonm so keep September 19th free, sometime in the evening, somewhere in London. email me for more details.
And you can buy it from me for £8.99!
And you can buy it from me for £8.99!
Yoma
Yoma Tractate deals with all the laws of Yom Kippor - Day of Attonement. It holds some descreptions of the cloths of the high priest, the way they choose the priests. Its one of my favourites,I studied it in depth few years ago and I still feel awe towards that piece of Jewish law.
How surprised I was when I saw this in Brighton last week!
Last week in the engagement party, this guy is trying to chat me up. To be fair to him, he has a point. Not me being that great, more about the setting: its an engagement party, the very much in love couple show us all its possible.
So I am queing, waiting near the buffet. this guy is staring at me. I notice that. I try ti ignore his stare but its getting really uncomfortable. The buffet includes load of bread, cheese and vegtables which I am happy to see. The guy is still staring at me, and then he says: So, do you like cheese?
honestly, the answer is really long and complicated. I like some kinds of cheese, mostly goat cheese as I try to avoid cow`s milk but sometime I will have ricotta cheese, and I dislike soy cheese and I like Hallumi cheese grilled, not fried.
but that was not the question. the question was wether or not I am willing to start a conversation, or maybe more than just one conversation. I am usually very happy to have loads of conversations. But not this one. This guy met me a couple years ago, and he got my phone number and called me few times, untill I told him I will be very very busy in the coming year and I have no time to socialize at all.
Did he forget the whole thing? Was he overwhelmed by my pressence that he decided to have another go?
Or maybe he just had a simple question.
We will never know. Would we?
So I am queing, waiting near the buffet. this guy is staring at me. I notice that. I try ti ignore his stare but its getting really uncomfortable. The buffet includes load of bread, cheese and vegtables which I am happy to see. The guy is still staring at me, and then he says: So, do you like cheese?
honestly, the answer is really long and complicated. I like some kinds of cheese, mostly goat cheese as I try to avoid cow`s milk but sometime I will have ricotta cheese, and I dislike soy cheese and I like Hallumi cheese grilled, not fried.
but that was not the question. the question was wether or not I am willing to start a conversation, or maybe more than just one conversation. I am usually very happy to have loads of conversations. But not this one. This guy met me a couple years ago, and he got my phone number and called me few times, untill I told him I will be very very busy in the coming year and I have no time to socialize at all.
Did he forget the whole thing? Was he overwhelmed by my pressence that he decided to have another go?
Or maybe he just had a simple question.
We will never know. Would we?
Bar Mitzva Disco Party
So next Sunday at Limmudfest we are having a Bar Mitzva Disco party. The team, which I am part with, was asked to dress in that spirit - redicouluse 80`s stuff.
Being honest I really think I have none of that.
My dear readers please search the attached link, and write to me (Yes! as a comment, I know you are too shy but still)if I own anything semilar. I will appreciate the truth, as painful it might be! (That item will be given to your favoutite charity shop right after fest).
Being honest I really think I have none of that.
My dear readers please search the attached link, and write to me (Yes! as a comment, I know you are too shy but still)if I own anything semilar. I will appreciate the truth, as painful it might be! (That item will be given to your favoutite charity shop right after fest).
יום שישי, אוגוסט 18, 2006
Poem of the week
One Art
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
by Elizabeth Bishop
The art of losing isn't hard to master;
so many things seem filled with the intent
to be lost that their loss is no disaster.
Lose something every day. Accept the fluster
of lost door keys, the hour badly spent.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
Then practice losing farther, losing faster:
places, and names, and where it was you meant
to travel. None of these will bring disaster.
I lost my mother's watch. And look! my last, or
next-to-last, of three loved houses went.
The art of losing isn't hard to master.
I lost two cities, lovely ones. And, vaster,
some realms I owned, two rivers, a continent.
I miss them, but it wasn't a disaster.
--Even losing you (the joking voice, a gesture
I love) I shan't have lied. It's evident
the art of losing's not too hard to master
though it may look like (Write it!) like disaster.
יום חמישי, אוגוסט 17, 2006
Jewdas Beach Party
My friends at Jedwas are having a beach party on Saturday night in much loved Brighton.
I will miss thier alternative events next year, or maybe its the right time to wake Tel Aviv up (Jewishy-funky, way of course)????
I will miss thier alternative events next year, or maybe its the right time to wake Tel Aviv up (Jewishy-funky, way of course)????
I passed this piece few times without noticing it at all. H pointed out to me yesterday. Its made from metal, and what you see are the holes in the meterial .You see people kissing other people but its not people kissing people, its light coming through the metal, I find this very clever, a great matophore about love and prejudice.
Its simple as love should be between parents to thier childern, between couples straight or gay, between neighboors or sibilings. Simple as the air and the sea, simple as a calm afternnon in Brighton.
Yesterday was the first Shlom`s Day ever. Did you know that?
We held it in Brighton, and it was actually a lunch club dining out all day scheme. It was a very special day my friends put together so I will miss them even more. It was all perfect, the weather, the company, the food, the shopping, the magnificent tiara Princess they made me wear, the cool badges I have to wear every day till I go back to Israel, the How to be a lady book, which gives "LADY" a whole new meaning. We took the horses for a ride (cannot tell you the name of my horse, sorry), and we even got up to the ghost train. Brighton gets the mature women out of me for sure!!
I just loved every second , thanks NHSTMN. Its was great!
We held it in Brighton, and it was actually a lunch club dining out all day scheme. It was a very special day my friends put together so I will miss them even more. It was all perfect, the weather, the company, the food, the shopping, the magnificent tiara Princess they made me wear, the cool badges I have to wear every day till I go back to Israel, the How to be a lady book, which gives "LADY" a whole new meaning. We took the horses for a ride (cannot tell you the name of my horse, sorry), and we even got up to the ghost train. Brighton gets the mature women out of me for sure!!
I just loved every second , thanks NHSTMN. Its was great!
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