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The body: Between policing and freedom

The body: Between policing and freedom
By Bambi Sheleg  |  21/09/2010
The attitude towards the body represents a major element in the way current cultures express their world of values. We live in a world torn between religious fundamentalism, which seeks to oppress the bodies of women and men, on the one hand, and sexual permissiveness held captive by a materialistic-capitalistic world ...

The Body that Belongs to the Party
By Dina Markon  |  21/09/2010
The repression of the sensuous side of life left a mark on the physique of the Soviet citizen. Individual expression through dress was suppressed, and even posture and one's maneuvering in space were plagued by a grayness and clumsiness, revealing that their owners did not feel comfortable in their bodies

A Love for the Physical Side of Life
By Tamar Jinjihashvili  |  21/09/2010
The physical hybridization of the heroic sabra (native-born Israeli) with the anti-hero – that is, the realistic, critical, cynical sabra who is attracted to Indian spirituality – is what makes Israelis so attractive

Letter from London – Playing ping-pong with ‘ashamed Jews’
By Antony Lerman  |  21/09/2010
It may be the wrong side of Yom Kippur to ask this question, but are Jews growing ashamed of being Jewish? Anyone who falls into the category of ‘ashamed Jew’ and is also observant would presumably have revealed to the Almighty the reason for being ashamed—that is, ashamed for their own sin or for the sin of someone el...

New Book, Old Ideas – Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  21/09/2010
A new Russian textbook that covers the history of Russia from 1917 to 2009 was slammed by various local liberals, the Jewish community, Chechens and international observers. Incorrect descriptions of Stalinist repressions and Russian nationalism brought criticism to such an extent that the textbook’s publisher – Moscow...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  21/09/2010
Leaving Switzerland, I'm sick of its picturesque landscape. Just the other day I was traveling with the train from St.Gallen to Luzern, and after about an hour for a few minutes the land was flat and the houses were ordinary and square, and I was thinking – how bizarre. That's how fast I got used to it

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