Freak Wave
December 26, 2018
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You came onto my life
Like a freak wave
Everything rose,
Then crashed over the deck
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Jerusalem’s Alternative
December 27, 2018
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Tiger pants and tight leather,
Firm breasts over high heels
Wafts of air picking up mini skirts
Touching soft flesh
Coiled into ringed bellybuttons.
Karma Yoga – That Invisible Dust, and India’s Garbage Problem
December 29, 2018
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Performing Karma yoga at Tushita’s Buddhist Center put in perspective India’s tremendous garbage problem. Should karma yoga be individual or social / planetary? An unexpected outing allowed a view of the “inside” and “outside” of a spiritual retreat.
Rainy Desert
January 2, 2019
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Photo gallery. Desert rains in the extreme climate of the Southern Arava (2013-4) created magical landscapes composed of water, mud and vegetation. Some old acacia trees submerged mangrove-like. Old lakes and reservoirs filled up. Dormant seeds came to life.
The Israeli Phenomenon in India, Part 3 – The Case of Bhagsu
January 5, 2019
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Israelis in Bhagsu. If you thought you knew why Israelis come to India, read this post and be ready for surprises. Post compares Hindu and Israeli tourism to this friendly village in the lower Himalayas. Everybody co-exists and cultural co-fertilization brings about interesting results.
Bamba, Turkish Coffee and the Legendary Hezi
January 9, 2019
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Falafel and Israeli salad in every corner Bhagsu is not sufficient. How can the Israeli traveler survive without his fix of Turkish coffee and Bamba?
The Israeli Trail in India – From Lower Bhagsu to Upper Dharamkot
January 10, 2019
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The Israeli trail can be found in India, complete with the trail’s markers, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, problems, joys. Welcome to India if you want to know Israel!
Israeli Phenomenon in India Part 4 – The Spiritual Scene
January 17, 2019
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The home-made Israeli spiritual scene in India ranges from the orthodox Beit Chabad to the innovative Beit Bina with the “Jewish Heart” in between. They all provide a warm home but with some strings attached, and a “protection” from the surrounding overwhelming “spiritual salad”.
Will the World Become Vegetarian “By Force”?
January 18, 2019
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Diet and environment are tightly linked. Vegetarian environmentalism had been around for at least 50 years, but takes a while to take root. Cutting down on meat consumption can prevent deforestation and ecological disasters that affect us all, from Ecuador to the British Isles.
Environmentally Sustainable Diet – Why is it not Taking Over Yet?
January 27, 2019
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Environmentally sustainable diets are not taking over yet. Powerful lobbies and cultural habits are in the way. Concepts of gender, class & diet vary culturally. I describe different attitudes towards meat eating in different societies, showing that a heavy-duty meat diet it is not an inevitablity. We can, and must, change!
Syrian-African Rift in Clouds
February 2, 2019
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Syrian-African Rift pics were taken on a cloudy February day (2016) on a drive up north. Route 90 – the longest in Israel -reaches from Eilat in the South to Kiryat Shmona in the North. In the section shown in this gallery, the road passes very near the Jordanian border.
Gallery Minus 430 – Art of the Dying Dead Sea
February 2, 2019
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Gallery Minus 430 – the lowest gallery on Earth. On walls of an abandoned Jordanian military base a national and international art project decries the destruction of the Dead Sea.
Irreversible Ecological Damage? Lessons from The North
February 7, 2019
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Irreversisble ecological damage in the northern isles? How do the British and Scottish islands, Iceland and Ireland stand? Defining reversible. Sheep obsession, “sheepwrecked” treeless landscapes, green wastelands, soil degradation. Findhorn eco-agriculture as a possible model for redemption?
Is Australia Sustainable? Ecological Lessons from Down Under
February 14, 2019
1 Comment
Is Australia sustainable? 250 years of bad agricultural practices informed by colonial thinking brought country to the verge of collapse. Land degradation, species extinctions, salinization. Aboriginal influence and genocide is discussed, as well as new schools of thought and action striving to correct and heal.
The Israeli Phenomenon in India Part 5 – Music, Grass and the Spiritual Salad
February 25, 2019
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Music, grass and the spiritual salad – the three occupations of Israelis in India outside of shopping… Western, Jewish and israeli involvement in Indian spiritual paths create interesting fusions that transform Israeli society, Judaism and India.
Freak Wave
December 26, 2018
1 Comment
You came onto my life
Like a freak wave
Everything rose,
Then crashed over the deck
Jerusalem’s Alternative
December 27, 2018
No Comments
Tiger pants and tight leather,
Firm breasts over high heels
Wafts of air picking up mini skirts
Touching soft flesh
Coiled into ringed bellybuttons.
Karma Yoga – That Invisible Dust, and India’s Garbage Problem
December 29, 2018
1 Comment
Performing Karma yoga at Tushita’s Buddhist Center put in perspective India’s tremendous garbage problem. Should karma yoga be individual or social / planetary? An unexpected outing allowed a view of the “inside” and “outside” of a spiritual retreat.
Rainy Desert
January 2, 2019
No Comments
Photo gallery. Desert rains in the extreme climate of the Southern Arava (2013-4) created magical landscapes composed of water, mud and vegetation. Some old acacia trees submerged mangrove-like. Old lakes and reservoirs filled up. Dormant seeds came to life.
The Israeli Phenomenon in India, Part 3 – The Case of Bhagsu
January 5, 2019
2 Comments
Israelis in Bhagsu. If you thought you knew why Israelis come to India, read this post and be ready for surprises. Post compares Hindu and Israeli tourism to this friendly village in the lower Himalayas. Everybody co-exists and cultural co-fertilization brings about interesting results.
Bamba, Turkish Coffee and the Legendary Hezi
January 9, 2019
No Comments
Falafel and Israeli salad in every corner Bhagsu is not sufficient. How can the Israeli traveler survive without his fix of Turkish coffee and Bamba?
The Israeli Trail in India – From Lower Bhagsu to Upper Dharamkot
January 10, 2019
No Comments
The Israeli trail can be found in India, complete with the trail’s markers, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, problems, joys. Welcome to India if you want to know Israel!
Israeli Phenomenon in India Part 4 – The Spiritual Scene
January 17, 2019
No Comments
The home-made Israeli spiritual scene in India ranges from the orthodox Beit Chabad to the innovative Beit Bina with the “Jewish Heart” in between. They all provide a warm home but with some strings attached, and a “protection” from the surrounding overwhelming “spiritual salad”.
Will the World Become Vegetarian “By Force”?
January 18, 2019
No Comments
Diet and environment are tightly linked. Vegetarian environmentalism had been around for at least 50 years, but takes a while to take root. Cutting down on meat consumption can prevent deforestation and ecological disasters that affect us all, from Ecuador to the British Isles.
Environmentally Sustainable Diet – Why is it not Taking Over Yet?
January 27, 2019
No Comments
Environmentally sustainable diets are not taking over yet. Powerful lobbies and cultural habits are in the way. Concepts of gender, class & diet vary culturally. I describe different attitudes towards meat eating in different societies, showing that a heavy-duty meat diet it is not an inevitablity. We can, and must, change!
Syrian-African Rift in Clouds
February 2, 2019
No Comments
Syrian-African Rift pics were taken on a cloudy February day (2016) on a drive up north. Route 90 – the longest in Israel -reaches from Eilat in the South to Kiryat Shmona in the North. In the section shown in this gallery, the road passes very near the Jordanian border.
Gallery Minus 430 – Art of the Dying Dead Sea
February 2, 2019
No Comments
Gallery Minus 430 – the lowest gallery on Earth. On walls of an abandoned Jordanian military base a national and international art project decries the destruction of the Dead Sea.
Irreversible Ecological Damage? Lessons from The North
February 7, 2019
No Comments
Irreversisble ecological damage in the northern isles? How do the British and Scottish islands, Iceland and Ireland stand? Defining reversible. Sheep obsession, “sheepwrecked” treeless landscapes, green wastelands, soil degradation. Findhorn eco-agriculture as a possible model for redemption?
Is Australia Sustainable? Ecological Lessons from Down Under
February 14, 2019
1 Comment
Is Australia sustainable? 250 years of bad agricultural practices informed by colonial thinking brought country to the verge of collapse. Land degradation, species extinctions, salinization. Aboriginal influence and genocide is discussed, as well as new schools of thought and action striving to correct and heal.
The Israeli Phenomenon in India Part 5 – Music, Grass and the Spiritual Salad
February 25, 2019
No Comments
Music, grass and the spiritual salad – the three occupations of Israelis in India outside of shopping… Western, Jewish and israeli involvement in Indian spiritual paths create interesting fusions that transform Israeli society, Judaism and India.