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The Repression of Our Awareness

From the “religion of labor” to the “religion of contract laborers”
By Laurent Cohen  |  16/09/2010
From its earliest beginnings, the Zionist mindset bestowed upon work the status of a protected area, of a sphere that was subject to ethics that would assure the worker respect and rights. In fact, for Zionism, the socialistic ideology was an opportunity to secularize the morality of the ancient prophets, who abhorred ...

Nepal, a Distant Land
By Micha Odenheimer, Kathmandu  |  16/09/2010
Internal, years-long struggles between imperialists and Maoists, and the global economic system, have converged to destroy the traditional economy of Nepal, nestled in the foothills of the Himalaya. In some villages there are no men at all: they have departed to all ends of the earth off in search of bread; those who h...

Predicting the Repression of Our Awareness
By Arik Glasner  |  16/09/2010
In order to understand the readiness of Western (and Israeli) society to live with very wide salary gaps, it might be useful to become familiar with two concepts: The first, meritocracy, describes a socioeconomic regime, while the second, the culture of narcissism, describes an emotional, cultural atmosphere. Focus on ...

Letter from London – History passed them by
By Antony Lerman  |  16/09/2010
When Communism collapsed in Europe in 1989, Europe’s Jews were presented with an unprecedented historic opportunity. Until then, all talk of ‘European Jewry’ or a ‘European Jewish community’ was like describing a body, half of which was in a state of semi-paralysis. Jews living under Communist regimes had representativ...

Still Hated in Spain – Blog
By Agata Peleszuk  |  16/09/2010
Recent research in Spain showed a high anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim attitudes among Spaniards. According to analysts, unfavorable opinions about minorities are driven by a deeply rooted prejudices, dominant traditionalism and isolationism from the Others. In spite of a certain drop of xenophobia in comparison with the l...

Conversion on the dance floor - A weekly report by an Israeli in Berlin
By Amit Epstein  |  16/09/2010
Last week there's been a little fuss around the title of a cover-article in the Time Magazine, which more or less claimed the Israelis are not really interested in peace, practically bored with the discussions about it, and all they wish for is to indulge in their financial success. Obviously there have been peopl...

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