Comments on: The bridge already exists: We just have to cross it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

I've seen a lot of histrionics over the election results — as have we all — so it's refreshing and calming to know that at least one of my friends (and an Israeli, to boot!) doesn't see this as a total disaster.
I'm also really glad to know that Hoder's talk went so well, and I adore the Saadi poem. Wow. That's amazing. So much, in so few lines.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

studying a country they could never visit
Not now, anyway. I wonder if we will some day be able drive to Beirut for a vacation? Or even Baghdad and Damascus? I'd even rent a car for that.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

. . .in G-d's image
Most are counterfeit,
lacking His Spirit
and personal relationship.
jfrancis
1.26.6

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Oh! I get it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Glad the talk went well! That poem sounds like the very sentiment/metaphor of an article i read last year written by a tibetan buddhist monk – the idea of humanity as one body. Perhaps he was reading persian poetry too?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

As always, a lovely post, Lisa.
I feel the same way as you do about the PA election results – there are so many possible scenarios that I might as well sit back and see what happens. Also, I don't see any point in being depressed over something over which I have absolutely no control. (Unless, of course, there is a question of immediate danger, in which case the proper response would be flight-or-fight as opposed to depression.)
And what a beautiful poem! Thank you (and, of course, Allison).

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 23:59:59 +0000

Please bring him to haifa university and organize an interview with Ilan Pappé. A scholar who has special view about Israel and its denial.