#Ariel Zohar

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In 1950, 13 year old Holocaust survivor Yisrael Meir celebrated his bar mitzvah as an orphan (his parents were murdered by the Nazis). 73 years later, Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau (the former Chief Rabbi of Israel) stood beside 13 year old Ariel Zohar -an orphan whose parents were murdered on October 7th- as he marked his Bar Mitzvah. Two orphans, two heroes, two links in a long chain of Jewish survival and triumph over darkness.

Via @stateofisrael

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[bringherhome7]

This was the Zohar family.

They loved life, laughter and sharing happy memories together. Father Yaniv worked as a news photographer whilst mother Yasmin worked as an accountant. On October 7th, as rockets were fired into Kibbutz Nahal Oz, Yaniv rushed out to document the attack for the local newspaper he worked for. As he was reporting on the attack and witnessed a kidnapping, he was shot dead. His 13 year old son, Ariel, had gone out for an early morning run before the attack. When he returned home, his entire family were dead. His mother Yasmin, 49, and his sisters Keshet, 20, and Tehelet, 18 had been slaughtered. His grandfather Haim Livne was also killed during the attack. On October 17th, the young boy had to watch his entire family be buried during their funeral.Now the 13 year old lives as an orphan, forever traumatized by the events of that dark day. Source: Times of Israel

[1americanconservative]

An entire family murdered on October 7, 2023. Never forget

13-year-old Ariel Zohar is the only survivor of this family

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A single image captures the poignant connection between two generations of Jewish resilience.

On the right stands Ariel Zohar, who tragically lost his parents and sisters during the October 7th Hamas massacre in southern Israel. This week, he observed his bar mitzvah as an orphan.

On the left is Yisrael Meir Lau, a Holocaust survivor and former Chief Rabbi. He, too, marked his bar mitzvah as an orphan after enduring the horrors of the Holocaust.

Despite the profound tragedy they've endured, these two individuals steadfastly embrace their Jewish identity with an unwavering sense of pride.

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Following Hamas's criminal invasion of southern Israel, brave men and women have stepped up to defend their homeland, with dozens sacrificing their lives in the process; These are their names

Yoav Zitun, Ilana Curiel, Elisha Ben Kimon, Meir Turgeman, Israel Moskvitz, Roni Green Shaulov|Updated:10:13

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More than 700 Israelis were murdered on the first day of the war against Hamas. So far, only a few dozen names have been released.

Reports emerged on Saturday of the death of Nahal Brigade Commander Col. Jonathan Steinberg among numerous others. He was killed in clashes with a terrorist near Kerem Shalom. On Sunday morning, the names of an additional 25 fallen soldiers were reported.

Nahal Brigade Commander Col. Jonathan Steinberg

(Photo: IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Steinberg, 42, from Shomria, was en route to a clash site where his soldiers were engaged with terrorists. He encountered a terrorist on his way there and was killed during a firefight near Kerem Shalom.

The names of the fallen IDF soldiers that have been released are as follows: Sst. Roi Weiser, 21, from Efrat, a Golani soldier; Sst. Adir Geori, 20, from Jerusalem, a Sayeret Matkal commando; Cpl. Ariel Eliyahu, 19, from Mitzpe Yericho, a 7th Armored Brigade soldier; Sst. Guy Simchi, 20, from Gedera, a Paratrooper; Cpl. Shira Shochat, 19, from Modi'in-Maccabim-Re'ut, a Unit 414 soldier; Sgt. Maj. Aharon Parash, 36, from Ofakim, a Technology and Maintenance Corps inspector; and Lt. Shilo Cohen, 24, from Sderot, a Shaldag soldier.

Maj. Amir Sakuri, 31, from Jerusalem, a Sayeret Matkal commando; Warrant Officer Ido Rosenthal, 45, from Ben Shemen, a Shaldag soldier; Maj. Ariel Ben Moshe, 27, from Kiryat Bialik, a commander in Sayeret Matkal; Cpl. Danit Cohen, 19, from Sderot, a soldier in Southern Command; Sst. Or Mizrachi, 21, from Petah Tikva, a Nahal soldier; Cpl. Amit Gueta, 21, from Rehovot, a Maglan soldier.

Earlier, the names of the following fallen were cleared for publication: Col. Roi Yosef Levy, 44, from Shavei Tzion, commander of the Multidimensional Unit, also known as the “Ghost” Unit; Lt. Col. Yonatan Tzur, 33, from Kedumim, the commander of the Nahal Reconnaissance Battalion, Maj. Avraham Hovlashvili, 26, from Ashdod, an officer in Caracal; Sgt. Itay-El Marciano, 20, from Shoham, a Paratrooper; Pvt. Ofir Davidian, 18, from Patish, a logistics soldier in the Home Front Command; Cpt. Tal Grushka, 25, from Kfar Saba, a Nahal officer; Cpt. Arye Shlomo Tsering, 27, from Raanana, a K-9 Unit officer. Sst. Ilay Gamzu, 20, from Ashdod, a Paratrooper; Sst. Ohad Cohen, 20, from Idan, a Shaldag soldier.

Cpl. Itamar Ayash, 19, from Kiryat Gat, served in the Southern District of the Home Front Command; Maj. Ido Yehoshua, 27, from Yavne, commander of the training platoon at the Special Air Forces School. Cpl. Uri Locker, 19, from Pardes Hana Karkur, a Golani solider; Maj (Res.) Omri Michaeli, 35, from Nes Ziona, a Duvdevan soldier; Maj. Vitali Skipkevich, 21, from Ariel, an Egoz soldier. Lt. Shoham Tomer, 23, from Srigim, company commander in the 934th Reconnaissance Battalion; Lt. Itai Maor, 23, from Rosh Ha'Ain, a platoon commander in the Golani Brigade's 51st Battalion; Lt. Rom Shlomi, 23, from Moshav Ganot, reconnaissance platoon commander in the Shaldag Unit. Cpl. Yaron Zohar, 19, from Kiryat Ata, a Golani soldier.

Cpt. Adir Aboudi, 23, from Modi'in, a commander in the Home Front Command; Cpt. Yotam Ben Bassat, 24, from Bat Hefer, a commander in the Multidimensional Unit; Sgt. Ofir Tzioni, 21, from Yokneam Illit, a commander in the Home Front Command; 2nd Lt. Adar Ben Simon, 20, from Neve Ziv, a commander in the Home Front Command; Sgt. Or Asto, 21, from Be'er Sheva, a logistics NCO in Golani.

Fallen IDF soldiers and officers from the Swords of Iron War

(Photo: Israel Police, IDF Spokesperson's Unit)

Sgt. Eden Alon Levi, 19, from Nirit, a commander in the Home Front Command; Sst. Yuval Ben Yaakov, 21, from Kfar Menahem, a solider in the 7th Armored Brigade; Cpl. Guy Bazak, 19, from Givatayim, a Golani soldier; Pvt. Nerya Aharon Nagari, 18, from Talmon, a Home Front Command soldier; Pvt. Naama Boni, 19, from Afula, a soldier in the 7th Armored Brigade; Lt. Iftah Yavetz, 23, from Ramat Hasharon, a commander in Maglan.

Lt. Col. Sahar Mahlouf, 36, from Modi'in, the commander of the 481st Signal Battalion; Sgt. Ofek Rosenthal, 20, from Kfar Menahem, a Maglan soldier; 2nd Lt. Yanai Kaminka, 20, from Tzur Hadassah, a commander in the Home Front Command; Lt. Or Moses, 22, from Ashdod, a commander in the Home Front Command; Sst. Omri Niv Feirstein, 20, a Home Front Command soldier; Cpl. Dvir Lisha, 21, from Nitzan, a Golani soldier.

Sgt. Ido Harush, from Mitzpe Ramon, a soldier in the 7th Armored Brigade; Sgt. Menashe Yoav Maliev, 19, from Kiryat Ono, an officer in the 7th Armored Brigade; Cpl. Netanel Yang, 20, from Tel Aviv, a Golani soldier; Maj. Chen Buchris, 26, from Ashdod, the deputy commander Maglan; Lt. Or Yosef Ran, 29, from Itamar, a commander in Duvdevan; Cpl. Adi Gurman, 19, from Hogla, a Unit 414 soldier; Sfc. Amir Fisher, 22, from Tel Aviv, a Duvdevan soldier; Lt. (Res.) Ido Edri, 24, from Givaton, an infantry officer.

Raz Tzioni, father of Sst. Ofir Tzioni, said, "We spoke to him for the last time Friday evening, he said that everything is fine with him. On Saturday when we realized what happened, I sent him a message 'Write that everything is fine...,' but he didn't respond. In the evening, the army representatives came to inform us."

Fallen police officers

After a day of intense combat, where Israel Police officers, Border Patrol soldiers and commandos valiantly stood at the forefront of battles against the enemy, the Israel Police solemnly announces the death of 30 of its members. The following are their names:

Chief Superintendent Ge-ar Davidov, commander of the Rahat station; Chief Superintendent Itzhak Shvili, commander of the Segev Shalom station; Superintendent Martin Kuzmickas, commander in the coordination of enforcement operations unit; Chief Inspector Shlomo Moshe Al, officer in the Yamam counter-terror unit; Superintendent Nisim Lugasi, deputy commander of a Magav unit; Superintendent Amin Ohonadov, squad commander in the Yoav unit; Inspector Andrei Poshivi, town station patrol officer; Inspector Alexei Shamkov, officer in the Yamam counter-terror unit; Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Meir Abragil, Sderot station investigation coordinator; Sergeant Major Chen Nahmias, sniper in the Yamam counter-terror unit.

Sergeant Major Roman Gendel, instructor in the Lotar counter-terror unit; Sergeant Major Yehuda Kedar, non-commisioned officer Border Police officer at the Eshkol Ein Habsor station; Sergeant Major Roni Abuharon, detective at the Rahat station; Sergeant Major Adir Shlomo, head of logistics at the Sderot station; Sergeant Major Igal Iluz, bomb sapper; First Sergeant Bar Sivan, fighter in the Yamam counter-terror unit; First Sergeant Alon Barad, investigator at the Rahat station; First Sergeant Alexey Borodovsky, Negev Yasam patrol unit; First Sergeant Vitaly Karsik, forensics department crime scene investigator, Tel Aviv District; First Sergeant Alik Poznyakov, detective in the Magen unit.

First Sergeant Melik Karim, investigator at the Be'er Sheva station; First Sergeant Yoram Eliyahu Cohen, fighter in the Yamam counter-terror unit; Staff Sergeant Major Dror Elton, sapper in the Yamam counter-terror unit; Staff Sergeant Yaakov Shlomo Krasninski, fighter in the undercover police unit; Staff Sergeant Major Elior Yifrach, detective; Sgt. First Class Avi Buzaglo, detective at the Rahat station; Sgt. First Class Michael Lizmi, detective at the Be'er Sheva station; Sgt. First Class Shai El Knafo, town patrol in police’s Southern District; Staff Sergeant Alyona Astapenko, town patrol at the Ofakim station; Corporal Ravit Hanna Asayag, Border Police officer in police’s Southern District.

The harrowing details from the incident near Moshav Re'im, where Hamas terrorists raided an open-air rave, are gradually coming to light. So far, the identified victims from the event include Tzur Saidi, Omri Ram and Aviad Halevi.

List of names of the deceased from Netiv HaAsara

Shortly before midnight on Saturday, the names of 15 victims in Netiv HaAsara, a town of less than a thousand people near the Gaza border, were cleared for publication: brothers Amit and Yigal Wax, Oren Stern, Shlomi and his wife Ayelet Molcho, Hevik Segal, Gil Ta'aseh, Adi Baharev, Tal Keren, Ruthi and Aryeh Akuni and their daughter Or, Nurit Berger, Marina Almagor and Danny Vobek.

Vobek, a resident of Netiv HaAsara, had been a volunteer with the ZAKA divers unit for many years. The organization said that "he took part in dozens of rescue missions, dedicated to saving lives and honoring the deceased. During the brutal attack on Netiv HaAsara, Vobek courageously defended his home and friends, ultimately losing his life in the battle against armed terrorists. ZAKA volunteers, alongside the entire nation of Israel, mourn his loss, share in the pain, and extend condolences to his family and loved ones."

Talia Marcelle, from Kiryat Arba, was murdered in the surprise attack on Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha near the Gaza border. A few years ago, Marcelle relocated from the Talia farm in the Hebron hills to Kiryat Arba. She was fatally shot on the kibbutz where she was celebrating the holiday.

Dolev and Odeya Swissa and their two daughters

Dolev and Odeya Swissa were murdered in their hometown of Sderot. They leave behind two young daughters, ages 3 and 7. Dolev, who was shot by terrorists, was found dead Saturday night. A search was conducted throughout the night for his wife Odeya, who was considered missing until her body was discovered in the morning. "We don't know how the girls were saved," said Rehovot Deputy Mayor Zohar Blum, who is married to Dolev's sister. "We woke up to a dark morning."

Blum added, "Following the heart-wrenching news of Dolev's murder and a sleepless night, we have now learned that Odeya, his beloved wife whom we searched for hours, was also mercilessly murdered by the assassins. This young couple's lives were tragically cut short in the war, simply because of their location near the Gaza Strip and the startling ease with which the terrorists invaded their home. A remarkable couple, they leave behind two young, now orphaned, daughters. My heart aches for my wife and her family in Sderot.

Aharon Haimov, a 25-year-old senior paramedic and ambulance driver with Magen David Adom (MDA) from Ofakim, was fatally shot on Saturday morning en route to treat the wounded in his hometown. He is survived by his wife and two children. Haimov began his career with Magen David Adom as a post-high school volunteer before joining the organization in a professional capacity.

Magen David Adom senior medic and ambulance driver Aharon Haimov, 25, of Ofakim was killed on his way to treat injured

“He was a person who put the good of others and the value of life ahead of everything else — including today, on this tragic morning,” said MDA Director-General Eli Bin.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services announced that Kiryat Gat Fire Station Commander Battalion Chief Shalom Tzaban and Senior Firefighter Yevgeny Galsky were also slain in the attack. Tsaban, 60, a father of two, joined the fire brigade in 1992 and was posthumously promoted to fire deputy chief. Galsky, 34, served in the Netivot fire station. He was promoted posthumously to the rank of sergeant firefighter.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services Commissioner Eyal Caspi extended his condolences to the families and commended the firefighters and commanders who were working tirelessly in numerous locations throughout the conflict zone.

Israel Fire and Rescue Services announcement of the death of Shalom Tzaban (right) and Yevgeny Galsky

The fire brigade on Sunday morning announced the death of Sergeant Major Firefighter Eric Yehuda Marciano, 50, who joined the fire brigade in 1996 and served as a team leader at the Kiryat Gat Fire Station. He is survived by his wife and three children.

His daughter Coral said: "He went on duty, and probably because of the pressure, he forgot his bag at home. I wrote to him, 'Dad, you forgot your bag.' At 7:05am, he told me he would come back to get it and at 7:20 he no longer answered me, he had already encountered the terrorists. Numerous trucks loaded with armed terrorists entered the area. He fought the terrorists and managed to save a child. I knew my father was dead before we were informed; someone saw him dead and sent me a picture. My father is a hero. He was my whole world. He was a father who always put us first, and himself second, placing everyone before him."

Head of the Sha'ar HaNegev Regional Council, Ofir Libstein, was killed in the terrorist attack on the Gaza border town

(Photo: Contact)

The head of the Sha’ar HaNegev Regional Council, Ofir Libstein, was killed during fighting with Hamas terrorists Saturday morning. “Ofir was killed when he went to defend a town during the terrorist attack,” the council said.

Israel Amichai Vitzan and Moshe Yedidya Raziel (Rosenberg) were killed in Kerem Shalom. They were both residents of the West Bank settlement of Psagot.

Nine people, including a number of children, were killed when rockets struck their communities in the northern Negev, which do not have shelters, according to local authorities.

In Arara, Yazan Zakaria Abu Jama was killed when a rocket landed near his home. In Alba’at, brothers Malek Ibrahim Alkra’an, 14, and Jawad Ibrahim Alkra’an, 15, were killed in a direct strike. Alba’at cousins Amin Akal Alkra’an, 11, and Mahmoud Diab Alkra’an, 12, were also killed. Faiza Abu Sabaakh, 57, and her granddaughter May Zuheir Abu Sabaakh, 13, were also killed in Alba’at.

On Monday morning the IDF released the names of a further 16 fatalities among its force.

Lt. Col. Eli Ginsburg, 42, a commander of the Naval Commando 13 unit, from Dovrat; Private Lior Levy, 19, an operations commander in the Home Front Command, from Dimona; Corporal Adir Tahar, 19, a soldier in the Golani brigade, from Jerusalem; Staff Srg. Uriel Moshe, 21,from the Golani brigade, a resident of Rechasim; Major Peleg Salem, 30, from Netanya; Corporal Amit Tzur, 19, a fighter in the Golan Brigade from Eliachin; Corporal Elai Bar Sade, 19, a fighter in the Golani brigade, from Ramat Gan; Lt. Itai Cohen, 22, a commander in the Engineering Corps' Yahalom special unit, from Rehovot; Sgt. Ben Rubinstein, 20, from the Lotar anti-terror unit, from Hod Hasharon; Srg. Yaron Uri Shai, 21, from the Nahal elite unit, from Kadima-Tzuran; Srg.(Res.) Roi Nagri, 28, from the Lotar anti-terror school, from Tel Aviv; Staff Srg. Itamar Bruchim, 21, paratrooper and commander in the officers' school, from Ashdod; Lt. Nitai Amar, 22, Engineering Corps, from Ma'alumim; 2nd Lt. Yonatan Gutin, special forces, from Modi'in; Staff Sgt. Tashgr Tekah, 21, Golani Brigade, from Jerusalem; Staff Sgt. Naveh Eliezer Lacks from the Matkal special forces unit, from Lod

First published: 00:25, 10.08.23

[okami-zero]

This week on Okami Watches G-Witch

*slamming table* YES YES YES!

Got some real strong "Zohar from XenoGears/Saga/Blade" vibes with that opening shot of Quiet Zero.

Also, the Assembly League Fleet switching to guided missiles - tactically sound. But what system is used for the guidance? *sigh* Also, on a slight tangent, they need better missile intercept systems, IMO (*shakes head in Armored Core anti-missile defense).

So, we've got everyone rallying around Earth House, which is great. And Rouji coming out of his shell a teensy bit. We haven't seen much of him, but he seems a very good kid.

And, what I thought was one of the bigger parts of the episode - Suletta getting to see Miorine. But first, she has to go through Guel. Who surprisingly, challenges her to a duel. Or maybe not so surprisingly, because I think he meant to test Suletta's resolve. ANd he did (giving back the Groom status I kind of did a O.O kind of reaction). And the heart-to-heart with Miorine. A bit of a switch, because before, it was Mio giving Suletta a push. But now, Suletta showing how far she's come, Mio making the move to push on. And, despite her being in rough shape, bedhead Mio was a little cute. Was kind of hoping for a hug (my inner self was screaming that the poor girl needed one), but the fierceness of their hands holding was enough.

Chu-Chu continuing to be the gruff badass kind-of tsundere when Miorine went to tell her Dad, in her own way, that he doesn't get to pop off any time soon. x3 Also, the fact that we are giving the pink pom-pom powerhouse the suit that will be able to operate sans-Permet is both awesome and also Bandai don't you fucking DARE.

And Suletta toughing out Calibarn's absolutely brutal interface. Side note: I was informed last week that the literary parallels in this series are drawn from The Tempest, so Calibarn is a reference to Caliban in that novel. Of Prospero's two servants - Ariel and Caliban - Caliban is the one who rebels. I will withhold reading it (or at the very least a solid summary of it) until after G-Witch.

Also, thank you Suletta for remembering your Gundam has head vulcans and using them in that nasty beam saber bind that almost cost an arm. (Surprising lack of use of those in some series.)

And now Ericht has joined the stage and the sisterly confrontation will begin. An exchange of words and blows, no-doubt, in true Gundam fashion.

Bonus thought: Is Prospera beholden to Eri (which kind of seemed the case for a bit) or is Prospera holding her daughter's leash? Guess we'll find out.

Also, I absolutely freaking LOVE that end card art! 😍

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Ariel Zohar, 13 ans, reste le seul de toute sa famille aprés avoir été massacré à Nir Oz

Ariel Zohar, 13 ans, reste le seul de toute sa famille à avoir été massacré à Nir Oz. Il est également le fils du bien-aimé photographe « Israël Hayom » Yaniv Zohar ZAL. Ariel a fait une course matinale samedi qui lui a sauvé la vie. Dans une semaine, il fera sa bar-mitsva. Ariel, qui a fait les shiva ce Shabbat avec son grand-père survivant de l’holocauste, a demandé à la communauté de Zaka de…

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Hello. Today I will be doing a lot of having my brain looked at for the ADH of D. I would appreciate asks abt HtDO for the breaks 👉👈 (it's like 5 hours long)

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“È un poema sulla felicità”. La più bella poesia mai scritta (letteralmente). Dylan Thomas, Rilke e la Cabbala

Nel 1950 Dylan Thomas conferma che quello sarà il suo progetto poetico più ambizioso. Ovviamente, unendo la regalità dell’ispirato alle boiate di un ubriacone, lo fa in pubblico, nell’uragano dell’innocenza, il 25 settembre, durante una trasmissione della BBC, una delle conversazioni radiofoniche che aveva iniziato a tenere dal 1945.

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Nel 1950 Dylan Thomas comincia il redditizio e folle ciclo di tour negli Stati Uniti. Ha poco tempo per scrivere, beve parecchio, è pieno di progetti irrisolti – tra l’altro, scrivere un libretto per Igor Stravinsky, che musicherà per lui un In Memoriam Dylan Thomas –, è inseguito come una rock star, una specie di Elvis della poesia. Più il mondo gli riconosce lo status di Dioniso redivivo, di Orfeo dell’era nucleare, più lui s’insinua negli inferi dell’alcol, della morfina. Tra una gita negli States e l’altra – letale, come si sa, la performance a New York del 1953 – DT compie un folgorante viaggio in Iran su cui occorrerà fare chiarezza.

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Dylan Thomas è tutto ciò che chi lo guarda desidera essere – una vita da poeta, l’illusione di poter guadagnare allineando versi. Finché, a forza di desiderarlo, ne hanno fatto pasto, occhi ardenti di giudizio lo hanno ucciso.

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Nel 1950 Dylan Thomas sta perfezionando In Country Sleep and other poems, che sarà edito da New Directions due anni dopo. Nel suo progetto la favola in versi In Country Sleep (“Nel sonno campestre”) e In the White Giant’s Thigh (“Nella coscia del Gigante Bianco”, magnifica, senti qui: “Per gole in cui molti fiumi s’incontrano, i chiurli piangono/ Sotto la luna incinta, nell’alto colle di gesso,/ E là stanotte cammino nella coscia del gigante bianco/ Dove donne infeconde come sassi giacciono ancora bramando// Le doglie e l’amore benché sepolte da molto tempo”) sono due capitoli di un unico poema. La porzione decisiva di questo poema si intitola In Country Heaven. Naturalmente, il progetto resta incompiuto, perché il poeta muore, sempre, nell’atto di realizzarsi, quando il meglio deve ancora compiersi.

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Dettagli interessanti. In Country Sleep fu composta e letta, per la prima volta, nel 1947, all’Isola d’Elba. Dylan Thomas era ospite di Luigi Berti, poeta e traduttore – da Eliot a Melville, da Thomas Hardy a Robert Penn Warren – che merita di essere riscoperto. Insieme a Renato Poggioli, nel 1946, Berti aveva fondato la rivista di letteratura internazionale “Inventario”, nel cui comitato di redazione c’era gente come Nabokov e Eliot, Allen Tate e Robert Lowell. Thomas si incuriosisce, sbarca in Italia, Berti gli fa da guida a Firenze. Vulgata vuole che DT, assalito dai poeti italici – Eugenio Montale traduce, in foggia dimenticabile, una sua poesia: “La forza che urgendo nel verde calamo guida il fiore…” – preferisca ritirarsi a bere con Berti, mente fina e gola buona. In sintesi: nel 1949 “Inventario” ospita In Country Sleep.

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Ecco il progetto della poesia più bella mai realizzata. “Questo lungo poema-a-venire sarà intitolato In Country Heaven. La divinità, l’autore, l’agricoltore della via lattea, la causa prima, l’architetto, il lampionaio, la quintessenza, il Verbo in principio, l’oppositore antropomorfo, la materia prima di tutti gli uomini, il capro espiatorio, il martire, l’artefice, colui che sempre patisce – Egli, sulla cima di una collina celeste, piange ogni volta che uno dei suoi mondi precipita, muore, svanisce urlando, si dissecca, esplode, si uccide. E, quando Egli piange, la Luce e le Sue lacrime scivolano giù insieme, tenendosi per mano. Così, al principio del poema, egli piange, e il paradiso piomba improvvisamente nell’oscurità. Cespugli e civette si spengono come candele. E gli abitanti del paradiso si rannicchiano tutti insieme sotto le siepi e, nell’oscurità salata di lacrime, fanno congetture su quale mondo, quale stella, quale delle loro ultime patrie rotanti se ne sia andata per sempre dai cieli. E questa volta, da siepe a siepe, si sparge la paradisiaca voce che si tratti della Terra. La Terra si è uccisa. È nera, pietrificata, avvizzita, avvelenata, scoppiata; la pazzia l’ha fatta imputridire e l’ha distrutta; e non ci sono più creature – felici, disperate, crudeli, buone, torpide, focose, tenere, ottuse – a inseguire bestialmente e brevemente i propri giorni come nemici, su quella putrida faccia. E, a turno, quei celesti uomini-siepe che una volta erano dei terrestri, si raccontano l’un l’altro nella lunga notte, mentre la Luce e le Sue lacrime cadono, ciò che ricordano, ciò che percepiscono nei deserti sommersi e nello spiraglio aperto della mente, ciò che sentono tremare sui nervi d’un nervo, ciò che sanno nei loro cuori paradisiaci di quel luogo. Ricordano posti, paure, amori, esultanza, infelicità, gioia animale, ignoranza e misteri, tutto ciò che noi sappiamo e non sappiamo” (da: Dylan Thomas, Molto presto di mattina, Einaudi, 1980).

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DT è un geniale narratore, mescola, con inaffidabile magniloquenza, Genesi e fiaba, Apocalisse e filastrocca – c’è del metodo nella sua candida follia (“La visione cristiana di Thomas è tutt’altro che ortodossa, e spesse volte sembra che si avvalga delle immagini bibliche semplicemente come di un serbatoio di espedienti comunicativi primari”, scrive Renzo S. Crivelli, ma è proprio questa la strategia mistica, riesumare il millenario e dargli nuova vita altrove).

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Il dio che crea e distrugge innumerevoli mondi è proprio della tradizione induista – Shiva danza sul cosmo, al suono del tamburo, sbriciolando i pianeti e inventandone altri, senza sosta – ma anche dell’esoterismo ebraico. “Nel Midrash Bereshit Rabbà Rabbì Abbahu racconta che Dio, prima di creare il mondo in cui viviamo, creò altri mondi che poi distrusse” (Elio e Ariel Toaff, Il libro dello splendore, Edizioni Studio Tesi, 1988); una tradizione simile è raccolta dallo Zohar, il sacrario dei cabbalisti. D’altronde, nel Midrash delle Lamentazioni, Eichah Rabbah, è narrato il pianto di Dio – “Se tu non mi lasci piangere andrò in un posto dove non ti è permesso andare e piangerò in segreto”, dice Dio a Metatron, “il capo degli angeli”. Le lacrime luminose di Dio, custodite in cisterne, rimandano alla teoria della “frantumazione dei vasi” della Cabbala luriana. Naturalmente, questi riferimenti non appartengono a Dylan Thomas, che vive nell’incanto poetico, nell’arcano del veggente – il poeta è un vagabondo tra i mondi.

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Resta il fatto – acquisito da tempo – che l’intuizione di In Country Heaven scintilla nella mente di DT molti anni prima della sua (parziale) esecuzione, leggendo Rilke. “Stando a Vernon Watkins, lui e Dylan Thomas passarono gran parte del giugno 1941 leggendo le Elegie duinesi di Rilke, ‘nei dintorni del castello di Laugharne. Il poema eccitò molto Dylan’. Ricorda Watkins che ‘Dylan chiamava Rilke ‘quel ragazzo stravagante’. Rilke, certamente, avrebbe utilizzato il medesimo aggettivo per definire Dylan Thomas. Ciò che è singolare è che nei loro lavori più tardi, più ambiziosi, le Elegie e In Country Heaven, Rilke e Thomas frequentino lo stesso paesaggio lirico, la stessa tensione teologica, gli stessi interrogativi” (Eric J. Sundquist, In Country Heaven: Dylan Thomas and Rilke, “Comparative Literature”, vol. 31, no. 1, Winter 1979).

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“Il poema è fatto di questi racconti. E diventa, alla fine, un’affermazione della splendida e terribile importanza della Terra. Diventa una lode di ciò che è e di ciò che potrebbe essere su questa massa sospesa nei cieli. È un poema sulla felicità”, conclude Dylan, in radiodiffusione. A volte, le intenzioni hanno una intensità poetica più alta dell’opera, sono esse stesse opera, il vaso di luce che custodisce la luce. (d.b.)

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In Country Heaven

Sempre, quando lui, nel borgo del paradiso, (Che il mio cuore sente), Segna la croce sull’Est del petto, s’inginocchia, Timoroso verso i suoi pianeti, E piange sulla collana umiliata,

Nella gioia e nel bosco di bestie e uccelli Nella valle canonizzata Dove le stelle simili a manna squillano pascolando E gli angeli corrono come fagiani Attraverso le navate di foglie,

Luce e lacrime scorrono insieme (Mano nella mano) Dalla pupilla dei campi, sale e sole, astro e dolore Lungo la mascella e in un nitrito Scende nel buio che bruca ovunque.

Nei villaggi del cielo dondolano lampade, Nei boschi sepolti Civette e cespugli si spengono come candele, E i campi serafici dei pastori Si dissolvono con i loro rosei

E bianchi greggi, scintillanti di Dio, agnelli sfolgorano nello scampanare (Il suo enigma gentile); Il falco è una stella cadente che acceca le nuvole Sopra le contee dalla faccia scura Ascolta i campanili e i ciottoli

Delle dodici città degli apostoli che tambureggiano nella sua notte; E la volpe smisurata è come fuoco Fiammeggia tra i galli alla caccia Nelle fattorie del paradiso Ma sono tutti nelle profondità del sonno.

Perché il quinto elemento è la pietà, (Pietà per la morte)…

Dylan Thomas

*In copertina: Dylan Thomas in una fotografia di Rollie McKenna, settembre 1953

L'articolo “È un poema sulla felicità”. La più bella poesia mai scritta (letteralmente). Dylan Thomas, Rilke e la Cabbala proviene da Pangea.

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72 Genii or Names or angels of God

"Early Kabalist practitioners reported that after periods of meditating upon the Hebrew alphabet, the letters came to life and began talking. Others said they saw the letters grow wings and fly from the surface of the page. Even if your experience is less dramatic, perhaps the letters will speak quietly to you. According to Jewish tradition the ancient Kabalist, Rabbi Shimon bar Yokhai writes in the Zohar that it was Moses, not God, who parted the Red Sea allowing the Jews to narrowly escape Pharaoh and the Egyptian army. Moses had a special formula. The formula that he used to overcome the laws of nature was hidden in the Zohar for 2,000 years. This formula is called the 72 Names of God. The 72 Names are not really names, as human names are. The 72 Names are 72 three-letter sequences composed of Hebrew letters that have the extraordinary power to overcome the laws of both mother and human nature. These 72 sequences are actually encoded into the Bible story that tells of the parting of the Red Sea as described at Exodus 14:19-21. They are like conduits that transmit various blends of energy from the Light into our physical world. By using the power of the 72 Names and overcoming their reactive natures, Moses and the Jews were able to accomplish the miracle of the Red Sea. The shapes, sounds, sequences, and vibrations of the 72 names radiate a wide range of energy forces. The Light they emit purifies our hearts. Their spiritual influence cleanses destructive impulses from our natures. Their sacred energy removes rash and intolerant emotions, fear, and anxiety from our beings. The Hebrew letters are instruments of power. In fact, the Hebrew word for “letter” actually means pulse or vibration, indicating a flow of energy. The Hebrew alphabet transcends religion, race, geography, and the very concept of language. The three letters signify three spiritual forces—a positive charge, a negative charge, and a ground wire—to create a circuit of energy."

Correspondence to Astrology

1- 0° - 5° Aries - VEHUIAH - Will and New Beginnings 2- 5° - 10° Aries - JELIEL - Love and Wisdom 3- 10° - 15° Aries - SITAEL - Construction of the Universe/Worlds 4- 15° to 20° Aries - ELEMIAH - Divine Power 5- 20° to 25° Aries - MAHASIAH - Rectification 6- 25° to 30° Aries - LELAHEL - Light of Understanding 7- 0° to 5° Taurus - ACHAIAH - Patience 8- 5° to 10° Taurus - CAHETEL - Divine Blessings 9- 10° to 15° Taurus - HAZIEL - Divine Mercy and Forgiveness 10- 15° to 20° Taurus - ALADIAH - Divine Grace 11- 20° to 25° Taurus - LAUVIAH - Victory 12- 25° to 30° Taurus - HAHAIAH - Refuge, Shelter 13- 0° to 5° Gemini - YEZALEL - Fidelity, Loyalty and Allegiance 14- 5° to 10° Gemini - MEBAHEL - Truth, Liberty and Justice 15- 10° to 15° Gemini - HARIEL - Purification 16- 15° to 20° Gemini - HAKAMIAH - Loyalty 17- 20° to 25° Gemini - LAVIAH - Revelation 18- 25° to 30° Gemini - CALIEL - Justice 19- 0° to 5° Cancer - LEUVIAH - Expansive Intelligence/Fruition 20- 5° to 10° Cancer - PAHALIAH - Redemption 21- 10° to 15° Cancer - NELCHAEL - Ardent Desire to Learn 22- 15° to 20° Cancer - YEIAYEL - Fame, Renown 23- 20° to 25° Cancer - MELAHEL - Healing Capacity 24- 25° to 30° Cancer - HAHEUIAH - Protection 25- 0° to 5° Leo - NITH-HAIAH - Spiritual Wisdom and Magic 26- 5° to 10° Leo - HAAIAH - Political Science and Ambition 27- 10° to 15° Leo - YERATEL - Propagation of Light 28- 15° to 20° Leo - SEHEIAH - Longevity 29- 20° to 25° Leo - REIYEL - Liberation 30- 25° to 30° Leo - OMAEL - Fertility, Multiplicity 31- 0° to 5° Virgo - LECABEL - Intellectual Talent 32- 5° to 10° Virgo - VASARIAH - Clemency and Equilibrium 33- 10° to 15° Virgo - YEHUIAH - Subordination to Higher Order 34- 15° to 20° Virgo - LEHAHIAH - Obedience 35- 20° to 25° Virgo - CHEVAKIAH - Reconciliation 36- 25° to 30° Virgo - MENADEL - Inner/Outer Work 37- 0° to 5° Libra - ANIEL - Breaking the Circle 38- 5° to 10° Libra - HAAMIAH - Ritual and Ceremony 39- 10° to 15° Libra - REHAEL - Filial Submission 40- 15° to 20° Libra - YEIAZEL - Divine Consolation and Comfort 41- 20° to 25° Libra - HAHAHEL - Mission 42- 25° to 30° Libra - MIKHAEL - Political Authority and Order 43- 0° to 5° Scorpio - VEULIAH - Prosperity 44- 5° to 10° Scorpio - YELAHIAH - Karmic Warrior 45- 10° to 15° Scorpio - SEHALIAH - Motivation and Wilfulness 46- 15° to 20° Scorpio - ARIEL - Perceiver and Revealer 47- 20° to 25° Scorpio - ASALIAH - Contemplation 48- 25° to 30° Scorpio - MIHAEL - Fertility, Fruitfulness 49- 0° to 5° Sagittarius - VEHUEL - Elevation, Grandeur 50- 5° to 10° Sagittarius - DANIEL - Eloquence 51- 10° to 15° Sagittarius - HAHASIAH - Universal Medicine 52- 15° to 20° Sagittarius - IMAMIAH - Expiation of Errors 53- 20° to 25° Sagittarius - NANAEL - Spiritual Communication 54- 25° to 30° Sagittarius - NITHAEL - Rejuvenation and Eternal Youth 55- 0° to 5° Capricorn - MEBAHIAH - Intellectual Lucidity 56- 5° to 10° Capricorn - POYEL - Fortune and Support 57- 10° to 15° Capricorn - NEMAMIAH - Discernment 58- 15° to 20° Capricorn - YEIALEL - Mental Force 59- 20° to 25° Capricorn - HARAHEL - Intellectual Richness 60- 25° to 30° Capricorn - MITZRAEL - Internal Reparation 61- 0° to 5° Aquarius - UMABEL - Affinity and Friendship 62- 5° to 10° Aquarius - IAH-HEL - Desire to Know 63- 10° to 15° Aquarius - ANAUEL - Perception of Unity 64- 15° to 20° Aquarius - MEHIEL - Vivification 65- 20° to 25° Aquarius - DAMABIAH - Fountain of Wisdom 66- 25° to 30° Aquarius - MANAKEL - Knowledge of Good and Evil 67- 0° to 5° Pisces - EYAEL - Transformation to the Sublime 68- 5° to 10° Pisces - HABUHIAH - Healing 69- 10° to 15° Pisces - ROCHEL - Restitution 70- 15° to 20° Pisces - JABAMIAH - Alchemy/Transformation 71- 20° to 25° Pisces - HAIYAEL - Divine Warrior/Weaponry 72- 25° to 30° Pisces - MUMIAH - Endings and Rebirth

72 Angels and correspondence to Tarot

(Note: This correspondence was authored by Eliphas Levi, c. 1800's)

1- Ace Wands 2- 2 Wands 3- 3 Wands 4- 4 Wands 5- 5 Wands 6- 6 Wands 7- 7 Wands 8- 8 Wands 9- 9 Wands 10- Ace Cups 11- 2 Cups 12- 3 Cups 13- 4 Cups 14- 5 Cups 15- 6 Cups 16- 7 Cups 17- 8 Cups 18- 9 Cups 19- Ace Swords 20- 2 Swords 21- 3 Swords 22- 4 Swords 23- 5 Swords 24- 6 Swords 25- 7 Swords 26- 8 Swords 27- 9 Swords 28- Ace Pentacles 29- 2 of Pentacles 30- 3 of Pentacles 31- 4 of Pentacles 32- 5 of Pentacles 33- 6 of Pentacles 34- 7 of Pentacles 35- 8 of Pentacles 36- 9 of Pentacles 37- Ace Wands 38- 2 Wands 39- 3 Wands 40- 4 Wands 41- 5 Wands 42- 6 Wands 43- 7 Wands 44- 8 Wands 45- 9 Wands 46- Ace Cups 47- 2 Cups 48- 3 Cups 49- 4 Cups 50- 5 Cups 51- 6 Cups 52- 7 Cups 53- 8 Cups 54- 9 Cups 55- Ace Swords 56- 2 Swords 57- 3 Swords 58- 4 Swords 59- 5 Swords 60- 6 Swords 61- 7 Swords 62- 8 Swords 63- 9 Swords 64- Ace Pentacles 65- 2 of Pentacles 66- 3 of Pentacles 67- 4 of Pentacles 68- 5 of Pentacles 69- 6 of Pentacles 70- 7 of Pentacles 71- 8 of Pentacles 72- 9 of Pentacles

Put into visual form ...

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OUR NEW LIKUD MKs: 1 Benjamin Netanyahu 2 Yuli Edelstein 3 Yisrael Katz 4 Gilad Erdan 5 Gideon Sa'ar 6 Miri Regev 7 Yariv Levin 8 Yoav Gallant 9 Nir Barkat 10 Gila Gamliel 11 Avi Dichter 12 Zeev Elkin 13 Haim Katz 14 Tzachi Hanegbi 15 Ofir Akunis 16 Yuval Steinitz 17 Tzipi Hotovely 18 David Amsalem 19 Pinchas Idan 20 Amir Ohana 21 Ofir Katz 22 Eti Atiya 23 Yoav Kish 24 David Bitan 25 Keren Barak 26 Shlomo Karhi 27 Miki Zohar 28 Eli Ben Dahan 29 Sharren Haskel 30 Michal Shir 31 Kathy Sheetrit 32 Patin Mula 33 May Golan 34 Uzi Dayan 35 Ariel Kallner

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[transnames]

Hebrew gender neutral names?

Certainly! Here are some that could work. Most of these are listed on other websites as gender neutral but I could not find actual usage of the names as such, so I am not certain of the gender connotation.

Adi

Almog

Amit

Ariel 

Aviv

Chesed

Dar

Lior

Maayan

Noam

Ofir / Ophir

Omer

Ori

Paz

Raz

Rotem 

Shachar

Shai

Simcha

Stav

Tal

Yarden

Yuval

Ziv

Zohar

Hope this helps, I could not find very many so feel free to send another question for some more!

[alsjeblieft-zeg]

117 of 2022

Hebrew Names

~bonesofivory

Bold if you like the name. They aren't all in ABC order & I'm too lazy to make that way, sorry.

Male Avi Avraham Aidan Alon Amichai Ami Amiel Amitai Amir Amit Ariel Amnon Aryeh Dov Dror Eitan Even Eyal Eli Eliyahu Ezra Gavriel/Gabriel Gad Gidon/Gideon Gal Gil Gilad Itai Itamar Ilan Menachem Nachum Nissim Nitzan Noam Omri Oren Oz Raphael Roi Ron Shai Shalom Shachar Tal Tomer Tzvi Yakir Yaron Yigal Yuval Ziv Zohar

Female Ariella Avigail/Abigail Avital Adi Adina Amit Atara Aviva Ayala Ayelet Batsheva Devoroah/Deborah/Debra Dena/Dina Dafna Dalia Daniella Dana Elisheva Eliana Gavriella/Gabriella Gal Gefen Hannah Hadar Hadas Hila Ilana Irit Kalanit Kinneret Liora Lior Liat Liraz Liron Michal Miriam Maayan Orit Orlie Noa Naama Nava Neta Nirit Nitzan Noga Nurit Ofira Ora Orli Penina Raz Reut Rina Shalva Shira Shiran Shirli Shoshana // as Susanna for sure Tal Tamar Vered Varda Yael Yehudit/Judith Yaffa Yafit Yasmin/Jasmine Yedida Yona Yonina Ziva Zohar

[gussolomonsjrtest]

BATSHEVA – THE YOUNG ENSEMBLE

Ohad Naharin, choreographer and long-time artistic director of the Batsheva Company, Israel’s premier dance troupe, has a pocketful of tricks that he deploys artfully in his compelling dance pieces. His junior company of sixteen dancers, all under thirty-years-old, is on tour in the U.S., playing a week at the Joyce Theater (July 10-22) on route from the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival in Western Massachusetts. They are performing “Naharin’s Virus” (2001), an adaptation of Austrian playwright Peter Handke’s 1966 play “Offending the Audience,” which ironically renounces theatricality from the venue of a theater.

Onstage, one of those air-filled “floppies,” seen blowing and waving in used car lots, greets us, “dancing” to an Arabic folk song, as bursts of air from below animate him. After a blackout, the lights rise on a woman (Shir Levy) in a long-sleeved, flesh-colored body suit with black legs and feet (costumes by Rakefet Levy.) She draws a horizontal chalk line on the black rear wall of the three that surround the dancing space, and then traces her own head, arm, and fingers.

Shir Levy in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Atop the eight-foot wall stands a man (Ariel Gelbart) in suit and tie (suit design by Zohar Shoef) at a microphone, who enunciates text from the play in an authoritarian tone. It exposes the facts of our reality: “everything is ordinary, you are sitting in the audience, etc.” and proceeds to describe the experience we’re about to have, as if to strip it of theatrical suspense.

A tall man (Igor Ptashenchuk) joins Levy at the wall, and she traces his upper body next to hers, then continues chalking, as others, all identically clad, enter and stand, face to face, in pairs, then trios – a stark population of humanoid automatons, etched in Avi Yona Bueno’s exposed lighting. The dancers do individual phrases of sinuous, percussive movement, from which unison trios suddenly emerge and disappear.

The Young Ensemble in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Ten dancers lineup across the front and wriggle to a rhythmic, middle-eastern song: by turns, they burst into short spasms of violent improvisation, before rejoining the group in a fist-pumping motif that recurs at irregular intervals like a persistent chorus or the “hook” of a rock song. This passage is one of Naharin’s favorites, also used in his “Decadance,” a compilation of repertory excerpts, a favorite among repertory companies worldwide.

Dancers of Batsheva – The Young Ensemble in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Meanwhile in the dark, the others are covering the wall with chalked lettering in wildly decorative styles. Left to right, they read P L A S T E L I N A. (Is it meant to be a witting misspelling of Palestine?) The dancers face upstage, backs to us, kicking their inner thighs and fannies with the opposite foot, creating slapping sounds, then the men run and spring up to hang by their hands from the wall.

Chen Agron in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Recorded personal stories of the dancers sometimes accompany their solos, including Chen Agron’s about a girl who mother beat for dancing, but she enjoyed the pain and so became addicted to the art. Also backed by the company, slim, lanky Robin Lesley Nimanong does an extended solo.  His spaghetti-flexible torso and sharply articulate limbs move with convincing weight but no visible effort. Hani Sirkis with the linear figure of a ballerina does bourées – quick, tiny sideways steps on tiptoe – from one side of the stage to the other and back. And later, she shows the clear lines of a ballerina in a lyrical duet with powerful Ptashenchuk.

As the dynamic energy mounts, Gelbart atop the wall holds Londiwe Khoza by one arm and swings her like a pendulum, while she shrieks and giggles.

Londiwe Khoza in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Finally, Gelbart returns to his Narrator suit to continue his harangue, as the dancers turn in place arms reaching diagonally, one high, one low. They remain in complete unison, changing the direction of their rotation, taking 32 steps to make a full turn, then 16 steps, then 12, then 8, then they slow down the pace again, and remain turning, as the lights fade out. By the time the hour-long dance is ended, the two groups of noisy protesters – one, pro-Israel and the other, anti-Batsheva – have long since departed, having exorcised their emotions but missing the experience of art inside.

Batsheva – TheYoung Ensemble in “Naharin’s Virus” by Ohad Naharin.

Photos by Ascaf

Gus Solomons jr, © 2018

[casbooks]

Title: No Mission Is Impossible: The Death-Defying Missions of the Israeli Special Forces

Authors: Michael Bar-Zohar & Nissim Mishal

Ids: Goodreads, Amazon.com, 9780062379016

Tags: Airborne, Ariel Sharon, Avigdor Kahalani, Counter-Terrorism, Ehud Barak, Entebbe Raid, Haganah, Hativat HaTzanhanim, IDF, Iraq, Israel, Israeli Navy, Israeli War of Independence, Lebanon, Moshe Dayan, Mossad, Operation Thunderbolt, PLO, Sayeret Golani, Sayeret Matkal, Shayetet 13, Six Day War, Specops, Unit 101, Yom Kippur War, Yonatan Netanyahu, Yossi Eldar

Subject: Books.Intel CT Espionage.Israel, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.Middle East-SWA.Israel.Specops, Books.Military.20th-21st Century.SpecOps.Israel

Description: A riveting follow-up to Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal's account of the most memorable missions of the Mossad, No Mission is Impossible sheds light on some of the most harrowing, nail-biting operations of the Israeli Special forces.

Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service brought to life the gripping, legendary missions of Israeli's national intelligence force like never before, capturing the danger of the operations and the bravery of the operatives who risked everything to complete their assignments.

Now, in No Mission Is Impossible, Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal return with the intensely absorbing, fast-paced story of thirty of the boldest missions of the Israeli Special Forces. Bar-Zohar and Mishal depict in electrifying detail major battles, raids in enemy territory, and death-defying commando missions while also sharing the personal stories of both soldiers and top commanders, revealing their hopes and fears. The stories are often of victories, but sometimes also of immense failures, and run side-by-side with the accounts of the lives and accomplishments of some of Israel's most prominent figures, including Moshe Dayan, Ariel Sharon, the brothers Netanyahu, Ehud Barak, and Avigdor Kahalani. We follow Sharon, from his near death at the battle of Latrun in 1948, to his crossing Suez in 1973; we are with Ehud Barak, dressed in women's clothes, when he commands a daring raid in Beirut in 1973, and then when he is elected Prime Minister in 1999. Besides recounting the mesmerizing, high-stakes missions, No Mission Is Impossible includes an interview in each chapter with a major figure who took part in the mission discussed, including some of the most prominent players in Israeli politics, and stunning photographs, many published for the first time.

Captivating and eye-opening, No Mission Is Impossible is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding how these crucial missions shaped Israel, and the world at large.

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Ariel Ben Avraham - JERUSALEM IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS (XXX-XXXI)

Ariel Ben Avraham – JERUSALEM IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS (XXX-XXXI)

Illustration by Yoseph Savan based on The Zohar Ariel Ben Avraham – JERUSALEM IN THE BOOK OF PSALMS (XXX-XXXI) XXX

  “Remember, O Lord, against the children of Edom the day of Jerusalem; who say, ‘Raze it, raze it, down to its foundation’.”

(Psalms 137:7)

The psalmist knows very well the enemies of Jerusalem, the children of the heathen nations descendant from Esau/Edom. They represent the…