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 [...]
Archive for November, 2004
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 [...]
Nov 11th, 2004 Israel Trip 2004 0 Comments
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 [...]
Nov 11th, 2004 Israel Trip 2004 0 Comments