Tel aviv, may 13, 1999 Hello american pig capitalist swine (and you euro pigs too)!! ooops, just kidding. i thought i was back in jerusalem, having cute little, trouble-eyed palestinian kids slam into me while walking through the arab quarter,…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 2, benny and me – the west bank
May 15, 1999 Jerusalem, bethlehem & hebron Towards the end of my stay in jerusalem, my blunt and curious german friend from berlin has come to join me in rehavia at the moravs, my diplomatic hosts and friends. not being…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 3, tel aviv – a far cry from jerusalem
May 16, 1999 Tel aviv There’s no place better in all of israel to escape the pressure and omnipresence of fanatical religion than its cultural and feel good capital, tel aviv. trendy sheinkin street – where every hipster, ex-pat, filmmaker…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 4, woodstock lives! the judean desert
May 16, 1999 The Dead Sea Sholom all you baby boomers, ex-hippies, and wannabe members of the peace & love generation, WOODSTOCK LIVES! in israel. on the dead sea. in the judean desert. near joshua’s holy walls of jericho. from…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 5, the election
early morning, may 18, 1999 rabin square, tel aviv, post election day abraham, isaac, moses, david, solomon, assyria, babylonia, talmud, koran, mohammed, north africa, moors, spain, sephardim, france, italy, germany, poland, ashkenazi, russia, diaspora, america, palestine, israel — everything exists…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 6, the chosen people
may 16-19, 1999 tel aviv back in tel aviv, benny and i take a much needed break from each other, and i shuttle myself around between “servas” hosts. i find myself in the university suburb of ramat aviv with a…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 7, squaresville – the shantipi world music festival
may 19-22, 1999 hadera, israel ever since my arrival two weeks ago, the big event in alternative circles – besides the election – is the shantipi world music festival. somewhere a mix between cultural anthropology, serious party, and rampant capitalism,…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 8, a little (feminist) reflection
may 24, 1999 haifa the train north from tel aviv stops abruptly – like many things in israel – blunt, abrupt – and i am in haifa. it’s over 100 degrees in the shade (fahrenheit), but once again i am…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 9, haifa, akko, and the dungeon master
may 24, 1999 haifa the train north from tel aviv stops abruptly – like many things in israel – blunt, abrupt – and i am in haifa. it’s over 100 degrees in the shade (fahrenheit), but once again i am…
Middle East, 1999, chapter 10, the tzaddiks of svat
may 25, 1999 safed, israel the next day i’m on my own again. i take the bus from haifa to safed, one of the four holy cities in israel. just like the three other holy cities which are…