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Tuesday, January 13, 2009 12:00 AM

What "Waltz With Bashir" can teach us about Gaza

The stunning new Israeli film reveals painful parallels between one of Israel's darkest moments and the current conflict.

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 05:41 AM

    .... "off-topic".... as usual?

    I'm enjoying Eran Yashiv who is the associate professor of economics at Tel Aviv University and research fellow at the Center of Economic Performance in London School of Economics.He's been studying religious traditions for over thirty years.

    There is a excellent interview with Rabbi Adin Steinsatz.

    Is it googled?

    He's a Rabbi who aspires to those great lawyers who are influenced by a Mahatma Gandhi.

    Let our first act every mourning be the following resolve:`I shall not fear anyone on earth.

    I shall fear only God. I shall bear ill-will towards no one. I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.

    That's quoted in Divine Sparks, ed. Karen Speerstra (Morning Light Press, 2005).

    (Maybe this same Mahatma Gandhi quote will not be deleted here. I hope not. If not, thanks.

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