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Yehudit Bar

The blog presents ideas whose development does not require a full-length article but are important nonetheless.

16 בMay 2024 /

Cometh the Hour, Cometh the Man

I first encountered the statement Cometh the hour, cometh the man in Norman Lebrecht’s book Genius & Anxiety. The wisdom and style of the saying led me to think about where it came from. From Jewish sources? From world literature? After some investigation I discovered that it is old English proverb. It means that circumstance [...]
16 בMay 2024 /

On the need for Zionism
Albert Einstein

At intellectual crossroads, I tend to return to words of wisdom that have the perspective of time. Recently, I returned to Albert Einstein's book Ideas and Opinions. This time, the crossroads concerns the need for Zionism; specifically, the section of his book that address this subject. I re-read Einstein's words and held them tight; they [...]
25 בJuly 2023 /

Infrastructure for human life
Only three points.

On June 19, 2021, the late Yitzhak Noy hosted historians with expertise on the German government’s decision to implement the final solution to exterminate the Jews on his radio program. At the end of the program, each one summarized his main point in one short sentence: The paramount importance of human life. Equality must be [...]
13 בDecember 2022 /

Director Yvan Attal deserves a prize for restoring balance, nuances and a moderate tone even when the subject is very painful

‘The Accusation’

Posted in art      |     13  December 2022 Alexander (Ben Attal) & Mila (Suzanne Joannet) – ‘Nachshon’ films picture Despite all this, and despite the atmosphere of extremism prevailing on all sides when considering issues involving sexual relationships, Yvan Attal raises a white flag; he allows subtle tones of decency and emotion to be [...]
27 בJuly 2022 /

Ancient milestones

“The person expands the path, not the path the person.

” The great Chinese teachers were defined as “guides.”

The expression of reality and any language is also the climate that defines educational growth.

Posted in perspectives on life, Yehudit Bar’s blog About 20 years ago, I attended the opera Madame Butterfly in Shanghai but felt that I didn’t understand much, even though I was familiar with western productions of the opera. I discussed this difficulty with a friend, a Chinese intellectual. In response, she bought me an edition of The [...]
28 בMarch 2022 /

“You can’t clap with one hand”

ايد لحالها مبتزقفش

A few days ago, I read an article that quoted this clever Arabic proverb, and again said to myself, “Do not to underestimate popular wisdom and imagination.” Even when the difficulty is great, even when we give up something of “our own,” and maybe even concede something(s) that is, in our opinion, even larger, how [...]
28 בMarch 2022 /

Territorial colonialism vis-a-vis Cultural colonialism

Territorial colonialism has been known for decades, and in many places, for centuries. It is the ability of one people, with a completely different culture, to position themselves as a minority in a foreign territory with a entirely foreign culture and take control over it. This is not the place to recount the circumstances, needs and consequences [...]
22 בDecember 2021 /

To refresh our thinking

“If the goat knew it was a goat its feet would become entangled. If the fish knew it was a fish it would sink to the bottom of the river like a lump of lead. The goat, the fish, the mountain and the river know themselves by knowing that they do not know. Only humans tries to “know” in [...]
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