Each week The Arty Semite connects the Torah reading — however tenuously — with a classic work of rock and roll. This week’s parsha is Korach, named after the man who, along with his lackeys, tries to instigate a rebellion against Moses’ leadership. They fail, as God weighs in on Moses’ side and sends Korach…
Yoram Kaniuk, one of Israel’s most prolific novelists a senior stateman of Israeli letters, writes in his Ynet column that artists, intellectuals and poets seem to be glaringly absent from the Arab democracy protests. This week an Egyptian writer was interviewed about the uprising. He was reserved, but he spoke. Up until Monday, throughout the…
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