tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post2656919628274503062..comments2024-03-15T00:12:57.489-07:00Comments on Covenant Zone: For "na"truepeershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16401984575637492845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-5935145370936289382018-02-07T15:41:15.588-08:002018-02-07T15:41:15.588-08:00'the more you shall honor Me,
the more I shall...'the more you shall honor Me,<br />the more I shall bless you'<br />-the Infant Jesus of PragueAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09161116712679365281noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-75185405077013134072011-09-13T20:15:22.892-07:002011-09-13T20:15:22.892-07:00truepeers,
I've given this subject -- the oft...truepeers,<br /><br />I've given this subject -- the often amazing ability of Jews to dismiss what are perhaps obvious threats -- a lot of thought.<br /><br />My conclusion ... Jews are no different from anyone. Well, not quite: Jews, by tradition, are raised to expect the best from people (and, in fairness, so are us Christians :) -- such that no one wants to accept that evil intent exists.<br /><br />Having said that: Post-World War II, Jews are ever so much more pragmatic. Thus far, Israel has managed threat-containment versus humanity masterfully.<br /><br />(You've got to torture Arabs, sorry, but that's the reality. Confine that ugly chore to a dedicated few, and you free everyone else to live freely. Ya know?)<br /><br />Occasionally I worry that Israel will take our idiot presidents seriously. I wish I could tell them "fuggeddaboudit." <br /><br />Israel will always, and forever, be our ally.<br /><br />Nice piece, as ever, my friend :)Eowynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166378681749345402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25624602.post-37687743799572442492011-08-05T18:29:16.948-07:002011-08-05T18:29:16.948-07:00Thanks for the link.
Prof. Wisse was most engagi...Thanks for the link. <br /><br />Prof. Wisse was most engaging when discussing about her own research on Yiddish literature. Her political analysis, on the other hand, was 1-part boilerplate 1-part bizarre. There is actually an Israeli-Arab conflict, and it is about control of land. That’s why there are walls and fences and armies and discussions of borders. It takes considerable mental gymnastics to argue otherwise. I can’t imagine the effort trying to convince people otherwise is worth the payoff. And I see that particular effort as symptomatic of her overall approach.<br /><br />As for YIISA, I’m of two minds. Inter-disciplinary efforts almost always strike me as generators of lowest-common-denominator stuff and I’m naturally hostile to any academic unit with the word ‘study/studies’ in it (except if they’re hiring…). Yet, there are so many BS units producing low-calibre gruel that I am tempted to throw my hands in the air and say ‘let a hundred BS inter-disciplinary units bloom!’ I don’t really know what YIISA was trying to accomplish, and from what I’ve read they were shut down because their review committee shares some of my jerk-ish biases. They could probably drop the ‘Y’ and reconstitute itself as an association with an annual conference. Donors love this high-profile stuff. But without the imprimatur of a world renowned Ivy, will it really be as fun to gather around in order to point out the obvious faults of the Arab world?<br /><br />naAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com