Archive for November, 2004

Re: Arafat’s Funeral - Ben’s Eyewitness Comments


Dearest friends,
Guns are violent things. They just sound violent. When a bullet hits
the air, the sound punches the ears. After too much, you feel sick.
When I was young, I used to be enamoured with guns and tanks, and to be
honest they still look cool. There’s just that minor detail that they
kill people. But guns aren’t [...]


Re: Life in Jerusalem - Part 1


Shalom haverim, hello friends,
So I’ve been confronted with the impossibility of explaining life in
Jerusalem in one email. I’ve tried starting numerous times and it’s
like writing a book. Should one of you wish to fly out here and be my
editor, then maybe I could. So I am forced to do this serial-novel
style, perhaps to your more [...]


Re: Life in Jerusalem - Part 2


Dear friends,
I went olive picking for the second time this weekend. It’s a very nice
endeavor between Israelis and Palestinians trying to overcome the
occupation by bringing Israelis to pick the olive crops that
Palestinians can’t harvest due to the security wall. It’s wonderful to
do something with my hands, in the sun and with good company. It heals
a [...]