Did you know that according to Jewish tradition, when a gentile accepts Judaism’s commandments, is circumcised and is immersed in a ritual bath (mikve), it becomes known retroactively that his soul was present on Mount Sinai when God gave the Jewish people the Torah. I found this out in a Jerusalem Post article today detailing […]
A devout Catholic Bavarian historian of art I know has just sent me a message regarding my March 19th post, in which I wrote:
‘Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand’.
Judges vi. 36.
‘behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there be dew on the […]
A Gentleman’s Guide to Stages of Drunkenness
I am currently working in London for a television production company on a history documentary about ‘decadence’ , designed as a popular critical response to Gibbon’s thesis. I am basically a courier, walking up and down wormwood scrubs, white city overpass and motorway, and several industrial estates where […]
In honour of The Holy Land inc winning a great draw against the bog-dwellers, with a great last minute goal, I present you with the long awaited URL for a mirror of this page- with a gangsta-rappin twist. Lech Lecha.
There are some really super J-Blogs out there, such as this one from Hungary, called Judapest. One of my faves is this one, which is hip and quirky. It is the latter that ought to show that tribalism can be cool- just what I have always thought. Happy Purim- To Queen Esther.
Jordan’s king: A true mensch
I have just read a very heartening account in Haaretz about Jordan’s King Abdullah II and his fine, brave and important statements made at a meeting in Washington. He stated, in clear and unprecedented terms, that Syria and Hezbollah actively encourage terrorism in Israel. He did so at […]
A fear of meritocracy, and back-slapping croneyism seems now to be infecting European football. Alex Fergusan and Arsene Wenger, as well as Spanish and Italian coaches, have been calling for changes to the Champions League. Businessmen are concerned that the competition will lose some of its pulling power if the ‘glamour’ clubs go out early. […]
During a frenzied, unprovoked (and slightly sadistic) purge of many of my most treasured books, the following Edexcel Maths GCSE book, which was a great find that helped me towards success in what previously had been a true bugbear subject, was among those slain. I hear there is an amazon wedding list going on, and […]
Quotation of the day.
“If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism. I think conservatism is really a misnomer just as liberalism is a misnomer for the liberals — if we were back in the days of the Revolution, so-called conservatives today would be the Liberals and the […]
‘Gideon said unto God, If thou wilt save Israel by my hand’.
Judges vi. 36.
‘behold, I will put a fleece of wool on the threshing floor; if there be dew on the fleece only, and it be dry on all the ground, then shall I know that you will save Israel by my hand, […]
It is now gleaming with sun, blue sky and a light breeze in Cambridge. I am about to go running again with the Viscount and the Russian Princess, forgoing the one hour of actual work I had penciled in for today. I have just had my newspaper interview as media attache for the Thinktank, […]
The South Park people have taken on the academic left in their latest episode. In the episode “know-it-all-hippies” take over South Park, Cartman is called a “little Eichman” and the following exchange takes place:
Kyle: Man I didn’t know that corporations were so bad.
Hippy: You just haven’t been to college yet; I just finished my first […]
Did you know that Lauren Bacall is a first cousin of Shimon Peres? Neither did I until I stumbled upon this little Portuguese Juderia alleyway. Not sure whether it is from Brazil or Portugal.
This is a copy of a funny group email I received in response to one I sent about the opening of my new Thinktank and my new article published on its pages. It is from a barrister friend of mine, whom I have not seen for a while.
Hello all,
I have a first class […]
Yesterday I went running to Granchester with a Russian Princess and an English Viscount. A red-head English rose bought me Eton Shaving Cream for my birthday, from one of those old English gentleman shops in Bond Street, London. This rather serendipitously coincided with my tacky electric shaver breaking down, and so, with some advice on […]
I found the most amazing site: http://www.tv-ark.org.uk/sport/sport-olympics.html.
Watching the BBC Atlanta, Barcelona and Sydney coverage clips I well up with pride and memories of my own Olympic watching endeavours. Watching Des Lynam and Steve Ryder, and classy theme tunes using classical music (see pavane world cup 98 as well), also reminds me of a time when […]
GO AWAY POKER SPAMMERS. I only support Pacific Poker, because the Joooess Caprice is their poster girl. They say that poker and online gaming has recently surpassed 1 billion dollars in revenue. With China looming in the horizon, this figure will soon surely be dwarfed: I remember going to a Casino once in London and […]
Niger cancels ‘free-slave’ event
As I have recently been made Africa Editor of a new foreign policy NGO/ think-tank in Cambridge, a few words are in order.
While the vile, shallow, weasely, mendacious, morally repugnant, smug, appeasing, conspiracy theorising, Ken Livingstone spends London tax payer money to entertain tyrants, fellate terror-sponsors and engage in […]