Tell me quick--what UFO event happened at Ahihud? At Shikmona? Kadima? Yatzitz? You don't know? I didn't either, and truth be told I still don't. I'd probably have trouble even finding these places on a map of Israel. They belong to a world that's long fascinated me but into which I've had … [Read more...]
In Honor of Yom Kippur – Jews, Muslims, and a Zikr in Gaza
Chalk this post up to Saturday being Yom Kippur. Or to my having spent last Saturday evening at a Sufi-style zikr (religious dance) at a local Friends' meeting house. Or to a certain nervousness over the future of the latest Gaza ceasefire. For whatever reason, I was moved to pull down from my … [Read more...]
The Kabbalah Centre, 2003 – Zohar to the Palestinians
Read this post, if you want, as a belated tribute to the World Day of Prayer, observed last Thursday on the day better known as Patriot Day or simply 9/11. Or as a memorial to the late Philip Berg, head of the LA-based "Kabbalah Centre" where the celebs--most visibly, Madonna--learn their … [Read more...]
“Outtakes of a UFO Investigator” – Israel in the 1960s
“No!” Shlomo cried triumphantly. “I looked for the Wall. It’s not there! He gives you guided tours around Jerusalem, this Perowne, in his book. He shows you the—the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. He shows you the Dome of the Rock. Which the Muslims built where our Temple used to be, so we … [Read more...]
