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Comment on shvartze oigen by Orie

Orie — Mon, 30 May 2011 17:46:36 +0000

Love this post.

I came across it when conducting research on the song for the Marc Lavry Heritage Foundation. Marc Lavry, who was originally from Latvia but lived most of his life in Israel, created a fantastic arrangement for the Shvartze Oigen song in Yiddish. Even though the recording there is very old (we have not yet found when it was made) it’s beautiful to listen to: http://www.marclavry.org/2011/05/30/lavry-shvartzeh-oigen-black-eyes-yiddish/

Comment on okay, now for reals by shalom

shalom — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 11:40:57 +0000

How did you determine the Belarussians obsession with hockey exceeds those of my fellow Canadians?
I find it hard to believe.

Comment on jewish cemetery by katia

katia — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 00:17:05 +0000

umm new post please

Comment on LT VegFest by the anti-vegetarianism « mnchm

the anti-vegetarianism « mnchm — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 17:55:24 +0000

[...] back me up: This hunting/meat festival was held in Rotuse, the town square, on the same spot as the vegetarian festival. (Here for article.) WP_SLIDESHOW_IMAGES = { load: [...]

Comment on my grand theory of journalism, pt. one by menachemkaiser

menachemkaiser — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 21:00:16 +0000

Mature response: No, you’re right — I’m occidentally focused here. But… I’m really starting with the Industrial Revolution, which was absolutely an Anglo-American event. (Right? I’m Canadian — I’ll never be entirely comfortable with American history.) So let’s assume that up until those giant presses, it was fairly similar in Europe. Good point, in any case.

Immature response: America rules!

Comment on my grand theory of journalism, pt. one by miriam

miriam — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:48:59 +0000

did journalism really only emerge in the english-speaking world? that’s what you seem to suggest. i don’t know the ansewr to this, i’m just pointing out that your focus on the anglo-american evolution of news might not be exactly what lithuanians want to hear about… what was happening in europe at the same time?

Comment on the infinite bagel by Dr. Efraim Zuroff

Dr. Efraim Zuroff — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:33:23 +0000

Just for the record and to indicate the high credibility level of K.S. Keys and his profound insights into my persona, I have never met said K.S. Keys and therefore I fail to understand how he knows that I “glow hatred,” although I have to admit that in my entire career I have never ever been accused of such an amazing feat.

Comment on re re open letter to efraim zuroff by Nicole Dobinson

Nicole Dobinson — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 16:06:30 +0000

The eloquence and articulation of the posts this bagel incident has inspired have been impressive, wowingly so. Special kudos however, to both Mitchell and Kerry, for so aptly calling Efraim’s snobbery and arrogance out for what it truly is, wrong. He really did reveal himself to be self-centered over truly principled in approach, snide and condescending, fuming in hatred, raged and revenge seeking, polarized and loving it, guilt over reconciliation driven and stupid in his stubbornness. Paraphrasing aside, masterfully done. So here’s to a future filled with far more universally based approaches, the brave souls needed to blaze the trails and survive the flack for doing so add all the bagels one might need to go along with.

Comment on lindsey responds by the infinite bagel « mnchm

the infinite bagel « mnchm — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 11:05:08 +0000

[...] the last week, so this site got a little stale. Sorry. Two new comments on bagelgate: Mitch commented on Lindsey’s response (I’m not posting this one, just yet); and K.S. Keyes, an American [...]

Comment on re re open letter to efraim zuroff by Kerry Shawn Keys

Kerry Shawn Keys — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 23:00:08 +0000

Efraim, I’m sorry I missed the bagel party, and I believe you were reacting more to the article than the bagel gathering. Even then, your tone was snide and condescending, but “descending” from where — your slant on your mission, which survives on polarization and the industry of guilt more than reconciliation and justice. The genocide museum has an unfortuntate name and it should be changed — this was a reaction soon after independence. Devoid of reference to the Holocaust — ignorant, but it is really a KGB Museum. Though I haven’t recently visited the Holocaust Museum here in Vilnius (about a year ago and I was not taking notes on references), I doubt there is much if any reference to the genocide of the Lithuanians, their gulag. Yes, this quarrel goes both ways. And genocide is not owned by any one tribe, though Efraim you might propose an auction, and probably you would be the highest bidder, raising the most funds. Everyone likes to use the word “obfuscation” these days. I once edited and co-translated a tome of a book on Jews and the Lithuanians who helped save them, albeit a small minority of Lithuanians. Often, all sides were quite simple people but they did feel some pride in what they had done…..the book is full of commentary. And I have heard this book referred to as an obfuscation.I don’t think so, but given that logic, one could say that some of the Holocaust Industry is a convenient obfuscation of Israel’s policies in occupied Palestine, Gaza, Jerusalem, etc. It keeps the guilt active and thus mollifies the outrage at current policies.
The discussion could go on, but I believe you showed your true colors, Efraim, even more so in your second response to the bagel incident. Did you send spies to watch over Jake and Menachem? Come on,
have a bagel with some Lithuanian cream cheese from the market. There is little room for humor in this engagement and discourse but you should brighten up and have a dozen whiskeys with Jake, Dovid Katz, and the rest of us. I was introduced to you once at a social gathering, and you glowed hatred. Your mission is honorable but you are going about it in the wrong way. Stupidly or stubbornly, I don’t know.