-In Israel 1965-1967 from Planck's Constant Archives

Bollywood Fashion and Music Awards

Posted on November 19, 2007 08:38 PM

Farmers will tell you that music can make hens lay better eggs or cows to give more milk; It's called The Moozart Effect and I'm not Joking.

40 years now 40 years in the desert then

Posted on June 8, 2007 10:41 PM

In 1446 BC in the Sinai, the Israelites had among their tribes people like Harry Reid and Hillary Clinton and John Murtha.

Islamic clerics have to be certified by local Chinese authorities that their political beliefs are not in conflict with Chinese culture, sermons are chosen that do not encourage Jihad, and even which version of the Quran is used is also strictly controlled. And as we know, for good reason. In effect, the Chinese force all Muslims to practise a very narrow, cleaned-up, state-controlled version of Islam.

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Dinner, Tuxedos, and the Eiffel Tower

Posted on February 16, 2007 12:54 PM

I was living in a dorm in the Place Pigalle, the notorious Red Light district of Paris. When I wasn't in school, I would sit in cafes and absorb local color, browse through book stores or museums or catch a movie at the cinema. These usually turned out to be American flicks dubbed in French with English sub-titles.

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My Yemenite Girlfriend

Posted on February 15, 2007 11:15 PM

Her hair, unlike many Israelis, was jet black. Her eyebrows, eyelashes, all equally pitched black. Eyes so deep a dark blue as to make even coal look pale. Her skin was of a dazzling cream complexion. I have met only one woman (who I married) since then who was a more stunning example of female beauty. Yerushalamit lived only a few blocks from ...

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Arabic Music

Posted on February 11, 2007 06:53 PM

I was 21 and waiting to board a bus headed toward the only un-drownable lake on earth, the Dead Sea. When I got on, the Arab driver had the radio tuned to station 677 Jordanian Radio transmitting from Ramallah. A woman was singing this most beautiful song in Arabic.

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Paris may be Burning but it ain`t Smoking

Posted on February 1, 2007 06:43 PM

in the complex of La Defense" style="border: solid 2px #000000;" /> Employees smoke outside the entrance of an office building in the complex of La Defense, a congregation of office towers where many of France's major corporations are based in the west of Paris, Wednesday, Jan. 31, 2007. France's health minister expressed optimism that the public will respect a new ban on smoking in offices and other public areas set to begin Thursday, but acknowledged there could be violators....