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Why don't we go and la la in America, cash and Raffles and Singapore and you get the idea of the David Kempinski hotel in Tel Aviv. Conde Nast Traveler editor: Emily Adler. Rights quote. Decadent pastries, Gourmet hummus and fresh honeycomb are just a few of the Delights to be found at the breakfast buffet here. Not only was the presentation overflowing with choices, but the Bountiful way in which every dish was displayed, including small descriptions breaking down the intricacies of each dish truly added to the exper. Breakfast is served in the light, flooded marble lobby with a head-on view of the bustling Tel Aviv Beach and quote. A second cherry on top, if you will, is that the David Kempinski breakfast is free, Gratis, complimentary. Your stinking money is no good here on the house for guests of the. And as this is nothing if not a full service podcast, we went to bookingcom and found that you can get a superior room at the David Kempinski tonight, as we record, at the discount rate of 3,572 new Israeli shekels or $959, award-winning breakfast included. Now, a superior room at the David Kempinski hotel is Starbucks at Lee, the most modest or, if you will, inferior room that they offer. And if you want to deluxe room tonight, we'll set you back 1000 566 1,334 dollars. And the Mediterranean Suite goes for 4,469 a night. But did I tell you refills on the coffee? You can have as many of those as you want, absolutely no additional charge. I should add that the bespoke David penthouse suite this summer won the prestigious World traveler award as the best hotel suite in the entire country and offers guests: quote, a three-story, two bedroom Sanctuary providing a resplendent escape from the urban vessel. And quote, though I prefer transplendent. What does it matter about which people of Goodwill can disagree. Among the amenities of the award-winning David penthouse suite is a 24-hour Butler, which is a fun thing to have. The price of the triplex David penthouse suite with the 24-hour Butler is, if you have to ask, don't even bother sometimes Upstairs, Downstairs, Spirit of the city we loved so well: Tel Aviv. I feel better than a posh Hotel offering a posh breakfast that a posh magazine called. One of the possessed in the world with us today in the tlv1 satellite studio in Pizzeria is a woman who, though her social genius is as off the charts as anyone I have ever met, would be arguably the least likely person in the world to enjoy a 24-hour Butler, not at her call and not even at her back, I think. Nor would she know what to do with him. 15 minutes and maybe a drink to go with that. I think you know that woman has got to be Miriam Herzog. Miriam is the Ops and blogs ever of The Times of Israel, creating and residing over the biggest and most profound Forum of Jewish discourse and debate since the Tamil, was, in the past, the anchor of the Israel broadcast Authority- English language television news, and an editor and anchor for the Israel broadcast Authority- English language: radio news, Mary, what is the what? No, what. Not only don't I know what to do with a butler, but anyway I don't even know what to do with a hotel. Because if you ask, ask me my favorite Hotel resume, I have. What is your favorite hotel in all of Tel Aviv? I've been meaning to ask you this for a long time: it's the Hotel Imperial, which no longer serves as a hotel, but rather as and everyone who has the opportunity to go there. There are beds there, but they're like cover art, and so that's that's my idea of a really really there you go. Now my name is no Efron, and I don't mean to boast, but I got a note of appreciation this week from someone- I don't know if I'm on the internet- and Essay that I wrote a few years ago- not all that many years ago really- and he put in the link and I clicked on it and I have no memory whatsoever of the thing, not at all. I mean it was obviously written by me, because at all the tickets quirks. That makes my writing so easy to identify and so easy to hate, if you're of a mind to. But I just could not imagine why or when or how I wrote it and please believe me. I mean someone just said: please believe me when I say I'm not boasting me better than that, but I think that the years of my cognitive decline- I think they are going to be a today. We've got two topics of probably unprecedented importance, but first we have this matter in manifold, almost exactly 100 years ago. Today, on the first candle of Hanukkah in 1924, the Great American Born reform Rabbi Yoda Magnus took to the dais on Mount scopus before, as renowned an audience as Jerusalem could put the British High Commissioner, sir Herbert Sam, Muslim and Christian dignitaries, heads of learned societies, leaders of dinosaur organizations, all to inaugurate The Institute for Jewish of the Hebrew University, the Cornerstone of which Hebrew University had been laid 6 years earlier by Albert Einstein and high 1925, during which, 5-month interval, Rabbi Judah Magnus would be appointed as Chancellor of the new University. Magnus said on that Hanukkah quote: we make a blessing of thanks for God who performed the Miracles for our forefathers and those days and in these, and Magnus continued now referring to that very evening. Is this not a miracle? The Institute for Jewish studies they were gathered to inaugurate at the soon-to-be launched Hebrew University, Magnus said, would be, quote, a holy place, a sanctuary in which to learn and teach without fear or hatred, all that Judaism had forged and created from the time of the Bible. 2-hour. The question that the scholars of The Institute would ask, Magnus said, is: quote: what is Judaism? We have come to create here, a place which everyone who seeks to clarify and investigate the essence of Judaism, The Institute of Jewish study, will be a place where people are very different sorts and very different views gathered, but still they will be United by their love for the methods of Science and scholarship and by their Fearless Embrace of truth, whatever it be, and by Jerusalem itself is quote. There is no place in the world better suited for this study, Guided by the ideal of pure science, than Jerusalem. As it is said, from Zion, Torah will come and the word of God from Jerusalem. And the strangest thing about all this swearing rhetoric is there was something at The Institute for Jewish studies at the Hebrew University- some of the greatest Scholars of the age, and of any age really, which had the most renowned Hebrew poet of the day- I am not going to be Alec and the revered philosopher, essayist and founder of cultural Zionism, and the great historian Israel klausner and the great assistant, the villain who founded the Hebrew language teach at The Institute. People like gershom Shalom, the Towering scholar of kabb, Franz Kafka, and, and the pioneering historian of medieval Spanish Judaism, Utah bear, whose grandkid was for a time and are hover on. The great historian of Zionism and eventually minister of Education soon after the state was created. Benson Dino and the great existentialist, dialogical, ethicist Jewish philosopher Martin buber, whose great-grandson is my friend. Philosopher of Science and former finance minister of prolific praise, was true to of the first generation of students at The Institute for Jewish studies. Philosopher not on rotenstreich, who's PhD was supervised by s****** Hugo Bergman and who Bergman also shepherded into the fold. The great Momma Dee and philosopher Shlomo pain. Social historian yaakov, who was brought into the Hebrew University of Benson Diner. In the great historian of Jewish life and culture in Poland, Israel, Halpern and Grisham Shalom, he taught the great historian and philosopher of Casi dude and Cabela, reefer Schatz, oofer. And this great chain of scholarship calls to mind the first verse of the first chapter of pure capital of the ethics of the father. Moses received the Torrance on I and transmitted it to Joshua, Joshua, to the elders and the elders, to the prophets and the prophets to the men of the greatest. Amazingly, this great chain of scholarship, it never really is this not a miracle? Is UDA Magnus put it because you should help her and you talk bear and Benson Diner. They trained Shlomo Ettinger, a great historian of anti-Semitism in Modern Times And Slow Mo penis. He trained motion who brilliantly about Jewish mysticism and Shlomo penis. He also trained Elias or schweid who, in his time at the Hebrew University, shifted forever the way we understand Jewish Education, Jewish holidays, Jewish literature, Jewish culture. He trained Professor Charlotte Rosenberg, a philosopher in whose work on Jewish ethics you find Aristotle dialogue with my mother's and Lavina. She trained Raquel El, today one of the greatest historians and philosophers of hasid dude and mysticism that we, two of Our Generations great Hebrew University professors of Jewish studies. When is you the power who got his PhD under the supervision of Israel Halpern in 1960, after long twisting route that started with a happy childhood in Prague, where you the power was born in 1926. As he wrote just a few weeks ago to parents who loved each other with a great love only, and Victor Bauer, and who loved you, that as he loved them. Quote: ever since I was a kid, I saw on my father more or less my God, up until today. I look like him. My body language is identical to him. My voice is his voice. I simply impersonate him. I haven't reached his enormous level of morality, though, and that is a shame, and he did not much. On March 14th 1939, the day before Nazi soldiers entered Prague, at 7:00 in the evening, the 3 Bowers boarded the very last train that it was still legal for them to take. Max brode was on the same train, one cabin up, and so are many other Jewish refugees and Communists in the train travel to the Polish border and from there on to Krakow and from Krakow to consensus in Italy, where the boers boarded the SS heart Sean, a 1907 Danish steamship bought by Palestine Maritime Lloyd, making it the first land of Israel ship with a land of Israel Jewish. What does? A ship would soon thereafter be nationalized by the Brits as part of their war effort and sunk a year later by a Nazi U-Boat in the North Atlantic as itself, from Liverpool to Savannah, Georgia, with a cargo of scotch and firt. The ship took the Bowers via Istanbul to Haifa, along with their lift containing books, lots of books, you to Bauer, said, and their family piano, and Eddie Bauer was just before the bar mitzvah. He never ended up happening. In the event, it was lost in the move and the family. They weren't much for Jewish ritual. In Haifa, Victor Bauer got a job playing jazz and a sailor's bar. Money was tight and soon the piano was sold for cash. And then the stamp you don't- went to a high school called Hoagie, where he fell under the influence of a history teacher named Rahel. It was then that he decided that he too would be a historian. When high school ended in 1944, Bower joined the underground and then the Palma. A couple of years after that he won a British colonial Fellowship meant to bring British culture to the locals, you. The power was the only Jew ever to win one in Humanities in, and he took a train to Cairo with the Muslim and Christian Palestinian fellows, flying with them to London and from there catching the train to Cardiff in Wales, where he did his ba and Ma in history, taking time off in 1948 to come back and fight in the war of indep, working first in the fields harvesting hay and then splitting his time between the cowshed and the dining. 4 years in he petitioned Chevelle Secretariat to let him start his PhD at the Hebrew University, and when they turned him down, he took his case to the keyboards as a father of all the keyboards, his members and the vote to approve his. One day, a week of study, when 80 to 4 in favor, the four being the members of the Secretariat who stood by their original decision, was always two things: a scholar and. But soon after he finished it, in 1960, avocado, the great partisan leader in vilna and later poet and public intellectual, pressed you to Bauer to focus his considerable talents as historian on the, which Governor felt the professors were ignoring. And when they didn't ignore it, they were getting it. Article on the Holocaust came after he found the cash of letters written in 1946 by kids in Marseille on their way to Palestine with youth Aaliyah, to their Christian parents back in Europe who had hidden them during the. What are the letters, Dear Mama, Mama? How are you? For me? Things are very bad. I'm still in France, I am freezing. How does Father feel and how does Casio? I am very curious. Do letters arrive or do you not want to reply now? I don't expect an answer because I am here today and somewhere else tomorrow. How is Grandma Mama? It would have been better if you'd handed me over to the Germans, then how you handed me to these Jews who torture me with them. All you hear is oy vey and nothing else. But in any case, sometime the day will come and I will pay them back and they will get there. Just Chimney Sweep, because they don't give me anything to wash with. I just have to go around with lice. Go. Up until now I haven't had lice, but I think they, the lice, know that I wear my patron saint Med. I have three girlfriends and I am the fourth. One is named Roma, the second Arena and the third Mauritius, and they have him, those and rosaries and medallions. It is a shame that I do not have prey good. The letter is the children Road in Marseille to their Christian families. They were never sent. The organizers of the youth Aaliyah did not see what good could come from such ties, and when the kids came to Palestine they were sent to boarding schools and then mostly to keep. It seemed- and you, the bower knew, from the youth movement, one of the heads of this operation, and called him and said: I have this letter. I cannot make out the signature. Do you remember a girl who could have written this and, as you were, tells a story. She's her, she's your next door neighbor. On keyboard, Chevrolet, the Secretary of I practically fell off the chair and her name is Sabrina Hoffman- tells you to Bow her story, how she went into hiding with her family, leaving their valuables with their polish neighbors. And when the money ran out, her mother went to retrieve some of their stuff to sell on the black market. But the neighbors they didn't want to part with the goods. So they called the Nazis, who shot her mother dead in the street, and her father sent her and her brother to Peasant families who promised to watch over them. But one of the families called the Nazis, who shot her father and her brother also in the street, and she- Sabina- she was sold from family to family- is a farmhand sleeve laborer until finally one family took her in, and that was the mama, father and grandma. From the letter. He'd always known from his own experience that these stories of the Holocaust were more complicated than the rabbis, the politicians and even the professors ever let wrote in his first book, which was called the Jewish emergence from Power, that Lambs to the slaughter. Donna, Donna, Donna, Story of Jews showing endless passivity in the face of Nazi muscular crafts. That stories got things upside down on their, but this is harder to change. Before anyone had ever heard of Nazis and in the Holocaust and what followed it straight away once saw that clearly there were the partisans and the rez movement and all the illegal immigration that followed the Holocaust, which is evidence that as far as Jews and power went- quote- their period of adjustment was surprisingly brief and their overall reaction was by and large not that of demoralization but of non-violent and occasionally violent of the Nazis and indeed of the world gave his distinguished life over to showing we're not as true as we. Nobody comes cleaning. Not so in all groups. You have at least some people who are the positive side, just as you have some people who are the negative side in a positive story. So the stereotyping- I don't accept you exactly how many. You know how many negative it was. This belief that people and people's are to a poster or a pin, never over and over in the 44 books you to Bauer Road and edited, which were translated into dozens of the convenient moralization of the Holocaust, turning a complex human event into a homily youth about are the worst offenders were politicians, Israeli politicians, most of all. You to Bauer said of Israeli politicians, Benjamin Netanyahu first among them, and of the Holocaust quote. They interpreted in the nationalistic way they use the Holocaust as a tool for politics. This is especially true of the Prime Minister. He's got no clue, simply no idea what happened. He doesn't know anything about the Holocaust and there is nothing to learn from. The was interviewed on the radio about the war since October 7th and at 98 he was brilliant and sharp and he said: add Google, lots of Hollywood restaurant. A reaction does not need to look like. The things we blame others for having done to a war, first of all against by Israel, must be accompanied by humanitarian Aid to the people not fighting in Gaza in the most serious and massive, and then maybe it'll be some sort of positive outcome, though it is impossible to believe, because knowing things is said that save for his own death, he had no idea, because all he could know was what could be studied in the future cannot be studied, but if we pay close attention to the past, it may help us to be more decent in the Eddie Bauer believes in. He believed it was possible to understand things that matter, but only if you give yourself over to it with an open mind and heart and knowing that what you will find will never be encapsulated by a slogan like Yahoo. Together we will wrote for himself, apologizing for going beyond what he needed to be his role at this moment. Quote: to be lying silently. Death to the Praises and Venn. Quote: eat a barrel roll. They say the process of dying isn't pleasant, but I cannot tell how it went with me. I cannot report about. Testimonies must be cross-checked, but in this case that is hard to do this. A Scholar's apology for his last word, not meeting the canons of skal Hebrew University Institute of Jewish studies. Scholar who died lately is Paul Mendes, who is brought to Jerusalem by Jacob cats, who soon thereafter would become the Rector of the university, and he was brought also by the great sociologist who got his PhD from Martin Luther. The young Paul Mendes for was off and seen on campus with Ernst Simone and not on Rott. Call Mendes for his own doctor and he wrote a brand: Dice. And then still new universities with aspirations for Jewish studies. That rivaled, due to Magnus, is hope for the Hebrew setting under the great Mendelssohn scholar and historian and philosopher of Jewish mysticism, the Berlin Train Drive By Professor Alexander Altman, as well as Theologian and philosopher not home. Glaser University in Frankfurt, PhD, he wrote Under Martin buber and Paul tillich, and also Paul Mendes for studied with the sociologists in Astorian of Zionism. Been mysticism to dialogue. Martin boobers transformation of German social thought. Paul Mendes for wrote of his teachers in America. Quote. At Brandeis University, I learned that as an exalting and inhuman activity, scholarship enjoys a dual axis of Pathos and each of my mentors, and is uniquely graced fashion, exemplified the ideal of academic Excellence, to be both a passion for ideas and a meticulous attention to detail. As an expression of utmost respect for the human, fell in love with Rita. Change their names to the hyphenate Mendez floor as a message to their children, among other, being descendants of, among others, baroque. I'm at Paul Mendes for through the agent we shared. Rick Balkan is his name, and Rick is a man who says what he thinks, often gruffly, never trying to be fancy because he hates errors. Rick said to me this: Mendes, you can miss it because he speaks so softly, but he's, I said, a prophet. I mention a scholar- three things that usually don't go together: a prophet and a mansion gauged a profit. And a scholar about getting others to accept what they know to be true. A man's trying to see themselves. The truth that other people hold a mansion, a scholar trying to preserve things in a profit often is not trying to break stuff, so new and better stuff can take its call. Mendes for a Route: 30 odd books, editing 44, including the collection of writings of Martin Luther. How do you put out more than 500 articles, mostly covering the German Jewish philosophical tradition from the middle of the 19th to the middle of the 20th centuries? Though? He wrote about a great many other things too: about Walter binyamin, about Max Weber, about Karl Marx, about postmodernism, about the films of igmar berg, to try to describe in a few short minutes what he investigated, thought, believed and achieved. But is fair, I think, to say that his greatest love and a philosopher of great subtlety, whom Paul Mendes for red with great subtlety and at the core of it, was an idea that Paul Mendes for return to over and over again, that one must really see other in all their complexity and all fundamentally two ways of relating to two fundamental attitudes. As older male, they are fundamentally neglect to understand their fellow Humanity, but they have the language of religious traditions, English play categories. I vow, I followed for Paul Mendes for that. If we see other people as they are in their complexity and their sanctity. Only can we enter with them into a. I will let us, imperfectly but still bring together our distinct. The poet Ludacris refer to Faith as projecting unto quote islands of number one. Periodically, sojourns, add reality for Uber. Dialogue is an act, play, reaching out and Trust, anticipating a world. Bold contrast. Ordinary is dial, dialogue, turning, invest, opening oneself to attentive Care. One will not be rebuffed, misunder. Faith therefore reaches beyond the secular play. Messian save may also be set alarm for score from the shores we have a safe brings us. We do not, indeed cannot, forget the rating. What are Simone, play embolden, critical evaluation, play, song by, present, respect, the conceptions of Jude after this, and also as the airsoft solidarity Prophet by rather than the solidarity of shared Pride, emotions that are notoriously Merc, turn off and Define over and against the other. Who is not a member of play bonds? Paul Mendes for never forgot the Raging Waters of unread. Just last month, a Hebrew Fest shift was published with essays by dozens of Paul Mendes for University on the occasion of his 80th. The volume is called: is there still a place for daikon, Jewish Palestinian dialogue groups? Because most of all what he believed in was. I think it is not too pretty a thought to think that in this he was following directly in the footsteps of Martin buber and Jude Christian, Shalom shmuel- you go, Bergman, Akiva, Ernst, Simone Henrietta, szold, Zalman choking and Shlomo Dov Gordon, the name of who aimed at the breach alone. Bylaw said quote to pay the path of understanding between Hebrews and Arabs, leading to Shared life in Palestine, on the foundation of perfect equality of political rights between the, each with broad autonomy and working together for the sake of developing the land. Paul Mendes for knew that there was more of a Chasm between the two peoples than dialogue could quickly, but this was his second naive. I believe that listening and understanding and treating those around you as people of dignity and spirit is always enough to justify it. What are the first books of Paul Mendes forever published more than 40 years ago was a collection of writings by Martin buber that he called a land of two people. Martin buber on Jews and Arabs, writings in which Martin Luther described how and why it is possible, as Paul Mendes for put it in his introduction to the book quote, to find a prophetic solution to the moral predicaments involved in the Zionist settlement: cunning, needless violence and egotistical self-assertion, but on dialogue and mutual accommodation. It is Introduction to the second edition of the book. 20 years ago, Paul Mendes for wrote: in the face of mounting suicide bombings, the government of the state of Israel has embarked on the construction of a wall separating the Israeli Nation from its Palestinian. Meandering the length of the land, the wall lacerates not only the biblical landscape, but also the hope that you and Arab would live one day as good. For his more than 60 years of active involvement in the Zionist movement, the wall would have symbolized the realization of his darkest, foreboding that less the Jews and the Arabs learn to share the country they both regard and cherish as their, the land the Jews hold to be their ancestral patrimony and the land in which the Arabs have dwelt for centuries, Mutual fear and enmity would consume them in. Endless. Walls, of course, are constructed not only with directed. Whenever we allow our neighbors, as Robert Frost suggested his poem, to move in dark to see only their silhouette and thus to remain blissfully ignorant of who they may truly. What's the couple of months ago, Paul Mendes for said this about October 7th and our war. Today I hear in Israel, of course, at the moment we're very difficult to war, but it's only one chapter. Is that unfortunately, as I see it and I certainly is an unfortunate series of inability or refusal for Jews to see the reality of pal Palestinian Christians and Muslims, for the most part the sea, the spiritual and existential reality of the Jews? We just try to avoid one another in order not to accommodate the reality of each other in the land that we are destined to. And as hard as a fundamental hearing, the voice, the voice of the oven to full instruments, theological, religious, somehow you'll have what's the heartbeat. 100 years ago, shoot. A Magnus said that night on scopus, that merely being get. A place where we can quote, learn and teach without fear or hatred, all that Judaism is forged and created. A place which everyone who seeks to clarify and investigate the essence of Judaism will. A place where we will speak Hebrew. A place where Jews of every imaginable background and every known belief, speaking how many languages, bearing how many Traditions, praying and how many ways, and rejecting prayer with how many reasons, United mostly by a shared belief that sensitive study, attentive discussion and intellectual honesty together go a long way towards answering the questions that need to be answered and solving the problems that need to be solved here we will be able to achieve and understanding of ourselves in the world that is unlike the understanding we would reach in any other and taking off the shelf this week for the thousandth time, and surely not the how many books of Yuda Bauer and Paul Mendes for mayor memories be. It is easy to see that, although many questions remain to be and many terrible problems remain to be, is it easy to see how right you to magn today two topics topic one days of repentance, this time with bombs, as last weekend Israel carried out operation days of repent. Air Force airplanes as far as 2000 km refueling in the air to strike Targets in Iran and three waves killing four Iranian soldiers on the ground, destroying russian-made air defense batteries, drone factories and long-range ballistic missile factories, while also bombing sites not far from the nuclear reactors and research install. All of Israel's planes returned home safely. Though Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, says if we're smart, we'll watch our backs toss. Pinches of salt gerd are loincloths and otherwise ready ourselves for Iran's retribution. To our retribution, to their retribution, for our retribution. Add in ectopic 2, all we know as an unnerving investigative essay describes how a Cadre of pro-palestinian Wikipedia editors have over the past year or so made $850,000 small and big, subtle and crash changes in Wikipedia, making it more in line with how Palestinians in the world, then how zionists or Jews generally see the world, leading Miriam's Times of Israel to write. Quote: Wikipedia has fallen into the new religion. The only story of Zionism you can get on there is the one it's already logical: enemies tell and quote in a podcast. Logical first, this discussion will be carried out entirely in fetal position and for our most unreasonably generous patreon supporters, in our exercise, special extra discussion, the link to which you can find in our show notes on your podcast app or at patreoncom / promise podcast on the world wide web. We will talk about a channel 12 poll finding that 666% of Israelis who responded said they hope that Donald Trump will win next week's US presidential elections, while only 17% said they hope that Kamala Harris. Among Israelis who voted for one of the parties in the Coalition, either the recruit or the religious parties- 93% preferred Trump and just 1% preferred. While stipulating that this is a dumb poll, we will ask what, if anything, we learn from it. This discussion to may or may not be carried out in fetal position. But before we get to any of that. Listen to this raining revenge on Iran, or rather hearing Iran of the hair of Auntie Zionist. I have no opinion on that. What I want to do, though, is look at what did happen in the Wii of this past Saturday morning, when more than 100 Israeli Air Force planes flew around A Thousand Miles refueling in the air to strike Targets in Iran. In three. The mission destroyed russian-made air defense batteries, including at the Imam Khomeini International Airport and next to critical energy sites. It demolished drone factories and long-range ballistic missile factories. It also bombed sites not far from nuclear reactors and research install. All of Israel's planes returned home. 4 Iranian soldiers were killed on the ground, no civil. Israel's bombing in Iran was the biggest attack on that country in 36 years since the Iran Iraq war wound down in 19. At first, it seemed like Iran's state-controlled media was trying to keep the attack on the down low, with one government TV channel dismissing Israel's bombing, as another state TV broadcast claimed it was just an ordinary day in showing rush hour traffic in the crowded stands at a local vegetable. Meanwhile, a United States assessment found that Israel had crippled Iran's ability to make missiles a capacity. It would take at least a year to restore. Both American and Israeli sources say that Israel disabled almost all of Iran's air defense network, giving Israel the possibility, for the next while anyway, of attacking again unimpeded. It was probably only after the true extent of the damage was understood in Iran that the country issued a more angry and threatening reaction to the raid. Iran's supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, said on Sunday that the evil perpetrated by the Zionist regime must not be exaggerated or min Zionist regime made a mistake and miscalculated regarding Iran. We will make it understand the power, capability, initiative and determination of the Iranian. Everyone everywhere knew that Israel's attack was coming ever since October 1st, when Iran fired 200 ballistic missiles on Israel, three of them damaging buildings in the town of air base. Near this attack, Iran announced was retribution for the killing of Hamas leader Ismail haniyeh and Hezbollah leader Hassan. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made clear that Iran would pay a heavy price, and for weeks there was a great deal of speculation over what that price would be. Politicians, journalists and political analysts imagined three most likely tears of the attack. The most maximalist attack would be on Iran's nuclear sites, as prime minister Netanyahu has long said that he would not let Iran develop a bomb on his watch, and most experts believe that Iran stopped its nuclear weapons program just a month or so shy of building. The next level of attack would be on Iran's oil fields, which would cause great harm to the country's economy, but also Spike the price of oil around the world. The lowest level of attack would be something in the range of what Israel did, somewhere between wreaking meaningful and enduring damage and being a powerfully symbolic. Us President Joe Biden warned Israel to make its retribution mostly symbolic, something Iran could absorb without further escalating the hostilities between Iran, and head of the religious scientist party said that now was the best opportunity. Israel would have to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities opposition head. Yet your lapid said the smart move was to destroy Iran's oil fields- the Middle Road, as is perhaps appropriate for a middle of the road politician. But Netanyahu did what he did, and here we are. So, Noah, I want to know what you think we should make of it and whether the Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel, did the right thing. But first I want to ask you: I know what you thought about this attack when it happened or when you learned that it? The thing that I felt most was sync at two levels. I was very worried that Israel would attack in a way that would cause Iran to attack back, maybe immediately, and it seems, like you said, possible that Israel would choose to use this opportunity to try to really damaged Iran's nuclear program, which would be a big attack and a meaning, most likely Iran's response- big and meaning, probably also an attack on they're- they're- highest tier of attack on us- would be an attack on civilians in tell and so. So it was scary. The weeks before were scary, even though we were hearing reports about how people in Iran were nervous and that we were waiting for Israel to attack. So we didn't have reason feel anxious. But those weeks were weeks for me of really high anxiety, because this is the moment where this really spin out of control in a in deadly, not just for hundreds or thousands or even tens of thousands of people, but hundreds of thousands of people on both, and it seems like this could spin changes the lives of everyone I know and everyone I love in a really really fundamental. So there was a great deal of relief in seeing that we didn't do that, and that also informs how feel about this. I think that what Israel ended up doing, what prime minister Netanyahu specifically chose to do in consultation with the and whoever else he cons was perfect. I think it was brilliant and it's a very, it's a very crass language, the language of bombs you're trying mostly to get across at this point. I mean that Israel politics by other means. Right, how does your decided to to destroy the nuclear video program in the nuclear facilities? That would have been its own purpose. A different thing, but right. But most likely what Israel was going to do and what Iran has been trying to do is communicate their level of seriousness and where red lines are and what is most important to us and what we will fight to protect and what we want by virtue of dropping bombs on each other, which is a really really imprecise language. But given how imprecise the language is, I thought that prime minister Netanyahu managed to express with Precision what Israel was saying, which is that we take this very seriously. We- we have set the situation wherein we can attack you more or less with impunity for the next little bit of time- were quite serious, but we do not want this moment to spin out of control. We are not for a back and forth missile war with you at this moment. We just need you to know how serious we are and and I thought that it was perfect. I thought it was brilliant. I thought also it was. It was in retrospect. I felt like it was the first moment when I, I felt as though it could be that making that decision late at night in the carry on the, you know, in the center of Israel strategic decision making apparatus. It could be that that particular moment, Benjamin Netanyahu was the person I would most of wanted in the room, because he's not a man who is quick to go to war. He's not a man who who easily takes risks that are going to put hundreds of thousands of lives, certainly not Israel. And so, and I thought he did perfectly- how did you feel and what I was with you on every single word that you set up until the last sentence about Netanyahu? I don't have the ability to even consider all the how you know the altern and don't have it. I agree it was absolutely a historic military to a and also just in terms of the calibration of where it was everything that you said, leaving it open, options for Israel, entirely Justified. There's absolutely no question in my mind that every Target was a Justified. I am so thankful that the death toll was was miniscule- I, you know, let's say I'm going to- for Iranian soldiers killed were not, you know, high-ranking members of the Iranian National, but rather regular what we call, you know, just a simple soldiers, and I regret those, and I think great many number of lives were saved. It buys time. It gives Israel also a area in which to maneuver in in terms of what happens in the US elections, and here's where we haven't yet shown our ability to stitch together a diplomatic and political win after a military and the prolonging of the what's going on in Gaza, the devastation that you know wreaking there, is it still, you know, overshadows. I mean, it was interesting to me that some people I spoke to, including relatives of we're sort of had missed the story because it was over the weekend, but also because, you know, we are just in this constant stream of war and death and funerals and and atrocious things happening in Gaza to Palestinians and, and it's Extremely Loud and and fright, and this was this very quiet, elegant oper that is far away and, you know, came back and and it had almost like: no, there were no snags to catch, you know, the attention, but in fact it was like on steroids. It was, you know, just it, just this great and I guess, if we can use the word heroic, this very heroic achievement. You know every one of the people in that the hundreds of people I know, probably at least sort of somewhere close to 200, somewhere between 200 and 300 Israeli pilots and co-pilots were up in the air that night and every one of them, you know, had reasonable expectations that he or she would not return alive with either, you know, be shot down or would have to bail over over Iran, and not one of them did so. It was just this incredible achievement that's, I think, been in the background and quiet and and can be overshadowed, and the advantages that it's scored for Israel can be squandered without some, you know, very smart work in the Diplomatic, and we haven't shown that we've been able to do that in the in the. The thing that was a little bit unique about it in the context, the past war, was that not only clever and Savvy. We've seen a lot of clever and heavy things, especially in in Lebanon, but it was the first thing you looked at. This is wise. This reflects a kind of real wisdom and deep thought, and there was for me an enormous amount of relief in experiencing that as well, because I sometimes worry about about how good are military capacities are, in that they make it easier to just do without thinking them through entirely, and sometimes you do find that word: we do things because we can, but this reminded you that there are people with some thoughtfulness also considering these issues, at least in certain circumstances, and this is one of. I think it's important to also mention the sort of play parallel process that this isn't. You know, obviously it's not an a vacuum, but, very specifically, what is going on in Lebanon and the fact that Israel has dis 80% of hezbollah's cap, how to launch missiles to into essentially defend Iran purpose of- and you know there it's. It's a far more and tragic process: huge death toll, particularly in this past month, on the Israeli, and with massive displacement of of of of of Lebanese, and they're also. I find that I have no moral qualms with what we're doing, given what they've discovered just over the Border, you know, a number of kilometers from Israel and from where my sister lives, of village that was entirely, you know, set up October 7th style attack on, you know, equal to October 7th. And you know, these are these two areas of these two fronts Iran and Lebanon very much interact with. Is that a horrible cost? By the way, you know a lot, a lot of to achieve, and right now we're starting to hear word of an imminent yeah. I was going to say that eat a have nothing of any value to say about the future, except that I will say that in my heart of hearts. I think that next week, on this podcast, we will be, and now it is time for our second discussion, which we are calling all we know. And here an article called how Wikipedia is pro. Hamas editors hijacked. The israel-palestine n play. South african-born israeli-american freelance writer named Ashley rind lately appeared in an online magazine covering Tech politics and culture, called pirate wires, which is mostly bankrolled by Uber, cyber libertarian, venture capitalist and Donald Trump supporter. Peter, if there is a more of Our Moment sentence- Stitch tight with Dread and paranoia- than what I just said, that I have not heard it and with your Indulgence, I would like to rest on now. I came across the article after your colleague Miriam khabib record tweeted it with this gloss. Wikipedia has fallen to the new religion. The only story of Zionism you can get on there is the one that's ideological enemies. Tell the millions of people who turned to it to avoid their extermination, who were saved by it after being ethically cleansed elsewhere or silenced and invisible on the world's fifth-largest website. Instead of a history of Zionism, Wikipedia now offers only ideological screeds against it and said of teaching you that history is layered and complex, because humans are layered and complex. It teaches you that the world is divided between the forces of light and the forces of Darkness. Jews are the dark and with your Indulgence, I would like to rest on the floor for just one more short. The past 4 years and intensifying since October 7th, Piya or Palestine, Israel artic, I have been subject to a highly coordinated, sustained and remarkably effective campaign to radically alter public perception of the led by round 40 most veteran editors. The campaign has worked to delegitimize Israel, present radical islamist groups in a favorable light and position Fringe academic views on the palestine-israel conflict as Main. A separate but complimentary campaign launched after October 7th and staged from an 8000 member strong Discord group called tech for Palestine or TF, employed common Tech modalities, ticket, cre strategy planning sessions, group audio office, our chats to alter over 100 articles. Operating from February 6th to September 3rd of this year, tfp became a well-oiled operation, going so far as to attempt to use Wikipedia as a means of pressuring British members of parliament into changing their positions on Israel and the gods of War. These efforts have been remarkably success. Ashley lindberg's thesis is that small and large groups with an anti-israel, anti-zionist political agenda have found and used ways to systematically edit and launch Wikipedia pages to reflect their own views, in clandestine contravention of Wikipedia's rules and standard. Among the things these groups have done is delete and diminished mentions of Jews and pre-modern Palestine, undermining the claims that Jews have been a constant presence in the region. Another thing they've done is delete or diminish references to Palestinian anti-Semitism, softening the account, for instance, of Muhammad Amin al-husseini, the grand Mufti of Jerusalem from 1921 to 1937, who told Hitler in 1941 that Palestinians and Nazis are natural allies on account of their having common enemies, Jews and Communists. A third thing they've done is delete or diminish the anti-Semitism or anti-zionism a certain government organizations and other institutions, for instance the leading a 1,000 word description of the International's. It is important to emphasize that in all these cases, what seems to have been objectionable to proposition Wikipedia editors was not entirely removed from the encyclopedia entry, but rather softened or explained away the entry on Muhammad Al hussaini, for instance, reports that Hussain, he met with Hitler and ribbon trough seeking their help. But it also says that quote: the French English Imperial duopoly in the Middle East left the Palestinian leader with little choice but to seek alliance with the Nazis. What's more of the article says: quote: there is no reliable evidence and quote that such an alliance was ever realized in any way. That much mattered. The changes, while not exactly subtle, do not produce a text that reads like crap propaganda, but rather one that's more generally in line with the worldview, say of Scholars of Palestine. The idea that people might try to make Wikipedia reflect their own views on just about anything, from vaccines to Ingrid Bergman, to Tootsie Rolls, is not new to the folks that started the website and keep it going, mostly on a volunteer basis, to try to make its entries as reliable as possible. The encyclopedia early on adopted an editing model based on a few basic principles. One is transparency: all additions and edits are documented on the side itself under a table labeled view history. On every single page you can find it, which includes all the changes and all the discussion of all the changes that took place along the way. Another is sourcing every factual claim in an independent external public. Another is the adoption of an npov or neutral point of view. Another is the independence of each of the contributors and Ed. It is this last requirement that the pro-palestinian group seems to have abrogated: teaming up to enter changes and then to offer support of those changes if anyone. This sounds innocent enough, but it's a little like when the cops and the judges are in. Of course, something like this happens among anti-vaxxers and trumpers and supporters of catalonian Independence and a lot of other groups that share of maybe just not in a sustained and organized the way as Ashley renberg States and his art. 850,000 small and big editorial changes have been made in Wikipedia Pages relevant to Israelis and Palestinians over the past couple of years, most of them since October 7th, almost all of them by pro-palestinian editors. So, Miriam, we have both looked at a lot of Wikipedia entries for me, including Zion, the 7th of October comma sled attack on Israel, racial conceptions of Jewish identity and Zionism. This last one launched a couple of years ago, as then it was called Zionism, race and genetics by pro-palestinian Wikipedia. So what did you think and what should we think of all? Well, first of all, I'm, I'm. I'm looking at a recording this remotely, I can see the ENC edeka, which we haven't yet gotten rid of, and I keep saying we have to get rid of it- and I will say: hold on to your encyclopedias. Those books turn out to have some great advantages over a large puddle of people coming together debating and arguing over what is, look I. I think that this is in some ways an easy problem in that exactly what you said happened. You were able to see the history of the edits, and it's really fascinating to do. If you look at edit history on Wikipedia Paige's, a lot of them are Bots, because there are some sort of robotic mechanisms that are fixing duplicated material or the one one has that job and one has the job of, you know, fixing punctuation. But if you scroll down to the weirdly named editors that are working there, you're supposed to be able to find out who they are and you'll find changes and unchanging and explanations for when an editor has now been kicked off, which I found in one of the. But it is horrible to read these, these things. I saw it, you know, a couple months ago and the Zionism entering my head caught on fire, and then, more recently, I noticed there's an entry called Israeli apartheid, which offers that as if it's a fixed notion, that is, you know, not simple diatribe, diatribe. So it is awful, but in some ways it's like an easy one because it's there's transparency in. So I would get out of the fetal position around and by the way, it's easy. For example, that duopoly quote, I believe, is no longer so. The thing is changing all the time because there are other editors and a lot of the people in that group have. That group has been disbanded by now, but it does show us what can come. Any kid who looks at the entry is only going to see the new entry. In fact it's exceedingly confusing to go into the history and you can see the version that appeared at any particular date, but you have to know to look for it so that all you see, all anyone sees. Unless their point is to investigate the, the changes itself, all anyone sees is the newest version. So all that we see is the page of Zionism. By the way, I suspect that the attacks on the Ukraine, Russia has been- at least entries in Wikipedia have been at least as as vicious and, you know, propagandistic as the ones on the. On these that we're consider because there's been a lot written about that and how. You know Russia actually did it in an organized way. You know had their their armies. Editor trolls soundtrack. Complicated and interesting story, because it was pretty. It was pretty effectively addressed by the Wikipedia people who don't seem to be showing the same kind of resolve about this case. But I disagree that it's an easy fix, because while it is true that you can go in and then when you go in, you find it's quite conf. Try to see the old versions or even to understand the way the changes were made, though it is possible to work it out. No one going into Wikipedia to seek an entry on Zionism or on vaccines or on anything else in in general- and let you look for it specifically- is the most up version, and so so Scholars of the thing or or investigative journalists can figure out the changes that were made. For everyone else, the newest version is the version that they see beyond it is the version that is now being read by the buy, the, the a, by the AI, scanners and and box and whatever, and so it is the increasingly the version that, when a kid in 8th grade does a report about Zionism and types in the write, write me a paragraph about Zionism. It will be more likely based on this material then any other material, and increasingly so. I think that I think it's a real. I think it's a real issue. You're right that it's not at all unique conflict. It's something that is endemic to Wikipedia. It is worrisome because if there is an organ effort to that is not contravene. This is going to be the pool of has to, and it's difficult to identify as propaganda, because it's not exactly propaganda. What it is is the way that I understand it. When I read it is that it is. It's mostly based on a certain part of academic sources and a certain class of journalist, and this is the last thing that I have to say about. It is one of the most interesting things for me about going to all these. When you go through the sources that are cited in the, you'll see that almost all of them, in most cases, are Israel. I know in one of these articles that I looked at, I counted them up and half of the references to the damning things about Israel came from, and a lot of them in the, the, the, the. The essay about it was particularly interesting to me because it was deeply based on sources that came from a conference that I myself organized about Zionism and a few years ago, and all of my friends are are quoted in the articles, are all quoted in it and they're leftist Israeli academ to feel very, very comfortable. In fact, they feel it's their oblig to be profoundly of Israel and of Zionism. And there's something you know: I, I, organize this conference because to me it's really desperately important to understand the relationship between race and Zionism. But then, reading this article, where I saw that basically, you know, I played my small part in writing this article in an indirect way- I first of all realized that there is no parallel self-critical play Academia that studies the conflict or studies Palestinian culture from a critical point of view. That simply doesn't. There are Israelis who criticized Israelis, there are Palestinians who criticizes Israelis, there are other people around the world who criticize Israelis and there is no one who brings the other point of the view point of view except right-wing Israel. And that was that was a very, very unnerving indirect realization. I came to my point about not needing to be in a quite a fetal position wasn't to suggest that this isn't very damaging- I'm worrying- and that the 8th grader writing her paper on Zionism won't. Consciousness shaped the Warped version that they're going to get. My point was more that there is a an imaginable technical approach once, when you have the transparency that Wikipedia in terms of the, there are and there are less fixes for some of the other things. I mean when I say don't, don't to curl into a fetal position over this, I'm not suggesting you should ever leave your fetal position. These, because we have you in New York Times And The Washington Post reported on what we described play great and Justified attack on IR, without mentioning the Iranian attack on Israel in a weeks. Worse in many ways, I think, than the Wikipedia distortions is, you know, the the news sites that should be, you know, the most reliable. You know failing to report the most obvious pieces of information and doing so in a way that puts Israel in a ridiculous, in the wrong negative light. To me. There are plenty of negative lights. You know we can shine on it, as you and your colleagues regularly do, and that doesn't happen to be one of them, but it was just such a great, you know, such a horrific example of you know illusion that you know what is is so irresponsible and very difficult to respond to. There's an opinion piece in the New York Times that basically says: Israeli soldiers are shooting 10-year-old Palestinian kids from close range and Israel has not yet offered up a in any way, in any response to it at all, and it stands. So we Face a great, massive, you know, multi-front information War assault against us and I, you know. I'm just saying that. You know that Wikipedia is in some ways fixable and in some ways already, even on this issue, someone on the mend from what I could see. Again, I looked for some of the quotes that are in were in your intro and they're no longer, no no longer going to go straight to Wikipedia. I think that this calls for action on the part of people who care about truth and who care about Israel and who care about the Jewish story, and it sing that people put their attention, call for Action, meaning that people become editors of Wikipedia and pay attention to this. Yeah, I mean we all we all can be editors of, and it's it's daunting, and I've done one Wikipedia entry, I'm sure you. They're no fun to do, do you know? I hope people will take it up. I hope they won't do it in a husband, you know, along the lines of Wikipedia's. For for me, I have to admit that all of this raises like really deep questions: about what? About any critical scholarship of Israel? I've always been crowding, interested in Israeli academia's really vicious deconstruction of everything about Israel's history and Zionist history which for me has been useful and Illuminating, and I value self-criticism. But now to see it all over these Pages as a presentation of supported by the weight of Academia, including Israeli Academia, and realizing that we're involved in this fight and that there is nothing like on the other side, as far as I can tell, I mean literally, I came Palestinian scholarship that's critical of palest it it was. It just made me feel as though, oh God, mostly have just wasted my life. But now I see that, no, actually I wish that I'd wasted my life, mostly I've just. I published a post years ago that was a parody and that said that Israel, actually because Jews are all descended from the Cass West Bank settlers to Ukraine, and it was very clever and and long and gave all kinds of hints. It was on Purim, it was a parody, it was satire, he was a joke and it was our most widely shared for a long time. For years, people who believe this thought it was true. They didn't get that. It was a joke, and it was just this party of anti-Semitism, and for a really long time I just resisted putting a label on it, saying: listen, you people, this is, and I finally had to do it, and I feel like you know. This is what we're doing with like. Do do we? You know? Do we have to tell idiots that something's not true and it turns out? Of course we do, and it's the most you know. It is like that it is the biggest battle of the actual Battlefield that we're going to be fighting. Of course it's over the truth and it's over the narrative. I don't think it's a new problem in humanity, but it's very much. Now listen to this, performed by Yoni: more music of our times, all of which you can find in all the usual places. And now it's time for another country segment. This is a part of the show, with each of us. Describe something that might have surprised or amused, delighted or Enchanted and sore Sauder, maybe even FL, or give us some Solace as we went our way through our world over the last little while. Miriam, what is Menachem bagin and Ariel Sharon, to right wing Prime Ministers, had a complicated relationship over the years. So it's interesting to me that just five or six kilometres south of my home there are side-by-side Parks named for. Jonathan and I took a day off during Sakura and bicycle down Moshe Dayan Road. Yes, it's all Israeli history, all the time, going first through bacon Park, where families were lined up to try and automatic water ski Gizmo that swings them around a little artificial Ariel Sharon park. Now bacon Park, which has been around for 36 years, sits on a 1000 Dunham, of which only 500 Dunham are developed. By contrast, Sharon Park is 8000. That's the size of bottom or it's vast. It's also very far from completed. The northern side, which hugs route 461, has a pretty and stroller Bowl Park. It's got the Shalom Farm Museum and a bird watching in biodiversity Center. But still the most defining feature is what you see over in the southeast. It's a mountain that everyone sees from the. For decades drivers on the Route 4 and Route 1 highways couldn't miss the sight of it and they couldn't miss the, because it was the garbage dump of the entire Central gustan. Two decades ago a plan was set in motion to convert the dump into the park. It's a well-known and inspirational story of reversing the ravages of long-term Environmental. But of course that's not the whole story of the place. There are many layers of stories, some of them ironic, like a former mountain of garbage named for Ariel Sharon, a general who was obsessed with holding The High Ground and whose Legacy is linked to the Sabra and shatila War crime and also to relinquishing Israel's control of. Before it was a garbage dump. Korea was a small are. Our family once took a trip to Jordan, and our Palestinian cab told us his grandparents were from Al. The official name change was in the 1920s. It was even- and if that sounds like Ben, it's because it's the site of the talmudic era where Rabbi Akiva and his friends held in. For me and Jonathan, our achievement that day was simply the bike ride there and back on our lesson. Adequate bikes through a vast terrain of construction full of trucks moving huge loads of dirt around and perilous grave pads that ended at the edge of a ravine with no way through other than passing our bikes down. A slippery shell also passed a thirsty looking cast the pungent recycling facilities and up the steep slope of the period to a park that is green and glistening and far to manicured. For up there, on that pretty Green Park, you'll find a large sign, a tribute to Ariel Sharon put up by his two sons who got the project. You certainly don't find explicit reference to the narrative layers that make the site an immensely complicated. This bothered me, but I needed to remind myself that the park is a work. It will be for many years- during which our thinking can evolve about how we relate to a place and during which we can start giving space to all the layers of the story of after the 8000 dunams are fully developed. They will be maintained by generations of people who also have the chance to shape the story or stories that are told about that. I know it's possible, even probable. You used to go to Masada and hear the Epic tale of in battle Jews heroically choosing death over capture by the. Today, no self-respecting guide or educator serves up that flattened story. Masada is presented as a question, a multifaceted challenge to our moral imagine we can handle getting to know our heroes and puncturing. That can happen at the Ariel Sharon park. I think it has to, and I also believe it, play that plays actually. So it would be odd to say that funeral delighted or Enchanted me, but it moved me a lot, and it's odd to to be Thai and talking about his grandfather, whom I never met and who died on simcha Tara. We could go today, as we record, but it is through it. I was lucky enough to be at the curioso cemetery on Sunday, where Steve sallak, Stefan Shlomo Abraham or the father of eti's mother, Leora Shalom, NE echoey concrete Pavilion, across from the how is wrap tight in a talent on a gurney in front of a small stage with being rabbinical, and then by the people telling and eulogy about the person that they two of etai's spit up, telling about Ethan's grandfather's in the way that I guess his life most naturally, with Shirley telling about his life in Karen telling about his life here. So Steve abrah was born in 1930 on the Southern Bank of the Vestal in the area Krakow, where Oskar and where the great mathematician Solomon bochner, Roman Pol, who was a couple of years younger than he, go up. Steve Abraham's father was the chief Electric for the Krakow Yiddish Theater, which performed plays by ansky and Shalom Ash, and his mother sold. In September 1939, the Nazis occupied Poland and after a Time the Abraham was like everyone else- were moved to the ghetto, to a small apartment where each morning a professor, Cornwall, came to teach you to his grandfather Hebrew history and the rest from that apartment. They were moved to a still smaller, meaner cleaning German started to be taken, first this group and then concentration camps for death camps or just to their EXE. Steve Abrams father joined the under putting his electrician skills to work at night to come up the Germans after using them in the day for the purposes of the Germans. Steve Abraham himself was pressed to work first shoes that increased his height, making him look older, diminishing the odds that a Nazi Soldier would shoot him. Summarily, as they sometimes did with where the man and women were separated and their, Steve Abraham lost track of his mother. 1945, Plaza shove was and his father were pressed into a death march to Auschwitz, where they stayed only two days before. Ahead of Auschwitz, his Liberation, they were put on a train which was bombed by the quote. My father received the bullet to the heart and died on the spot. Steve AVR, I remember that I just wanted to run so that they would kill me. American Doctor Who treated him, ask him his name and, scared to say the Polish, Jewish name, Sally. He said Stefan and the doctor said: from now on you'll be Steve. And out of gratitude to the doctor. From then on to his last days, he was Steve. After that, Steve Abraham met a man from Krakow who told him that his mother and Aunt had survived and they were living in Bergen belsen, 400 kilometers away. Heidi's grandfather asked him to give word to his mother that he was enrolled them. In September 1946 she showed up and he ties grandfather fainted at the sight of her. He was 16 years old, only wanted to come to Israel and she arrangements to time, and during the last years of the British mandate it was all but impossible for Jews to come to Palestine. But after Israel was created in the summer of 1948, Steve Abraham, or her mother and her new husband, took the train from Bergen belsen to Marseille and after a time at a DP Camp. There, where Steve Abraham were filled out the forms to join the IDF, there was a boat called Independence at Smoot that took them to. Is the story that Karen told after that of Steve Abrams life here in the country? It was hard to see how it could possibly have come after the story that surely Love Is Life did not grow up in a household in the shadow of the. He was an auto mechanic and had a garage, and he would always say: my children will lack for nothing, cancel. I don't want you to have to work at all. Every Friday he would come back from the garage with cakes from the conduit or the baker nearby his garage. Every Shabbat the family would go on walks and Hikes and have their meals. His house was filled with music and songs, and books and cookie and his kids and in the world, and he always wanted to see more. And third eulogy was by Tai's brother. Ruiz said that his grandfather was his super. Can you remember it's sitting as a kid in the front seat of a Saba's truck, singing songs, talking about everything, and you could, from how much this grandkid love the Grande Saba. You are my first. You feel how much the grandfather loved the. Aristotle says somewhere in his Nakamichi and ethics. Something like you cannot tell how happy a man's life was until you see how the lies of his children looking around at that Pavilion Smiles at a kind of joy, feeling the warmth of them. As we walk behind the play the ber. In front of me, everyone had their hands on the should, around the waist of the people walking next. It was easy to see that Steve Abraham did not need Aristotle or me to get to that conclusion last year. Kids interview them to get on paper the story of his early life and is a remarkable in the tail than harrowing document that ends with. I live my life in the best way I could. I raised exemplary. We have wonderful grandchildren and three great-grandchildren who bring me happiness and sat. What can a person Nation manager without whom there would be none of this? Thanks for she believed my favorite band from people together, they give us some music at the start of the end. Thank you, Miriam. Thank you, Natalie. We'd like to thank all of our Patron supporters for your generosity and support. It keeps the show going and it keeps the station going and it keeps us moved and grateful, and in your dad, and would like to thank all of you for taking the time to listen and actually like us on Facebook and drop us a line. We are eventually going to answer. After you, do that, go to Apple podcast and give us a five star review, maybe one that starts with this. You know I'm going to do more than just leave this five star review. I'm going to book for the nice people behind the promise podcast, the David penthouse suite at the David Kempinski hotel for a well-deserved weekend of Butler enabled. That is how good this podcast is: dot, dot, dot, dot. Finish that anyway you want, but before you do that, remember that today, as we record October 31st, we celebrate world cities day, so stipulated way back in 2013 By the United Nations General Assembly and resolution, a stroke res, stroke 68, stroke 239, which, after 4 1/2 pages of where is and what fours. Finally, in section 16, says: reaching the upper reaches of ethereal Pro that the general assembly quote decides to designate. 31 October, beginning in 2014, is world cities, inviting States, the United Nations systems, in particular un habitat, relevant International Organization, Civil Society, in all other relevant stakeholders to observe and raise awareness of the day, stressing that the costs of all activities that may arise from observing the day should be met from voluntary contributions. But I guess I don't have to tell you why I adore world cities day. It's what's your favorite day of the year because, as you know, I am besotted by my own world city, television, but also I like many other cities quite a lot, like New Orleans and London and Florence- and you will come- and Washington DC and New York and Vancouver, and the list goes on and on. Also, as the UN resolution says: quote: individual households in urban areas have provided an enabling environment for work and study in the home, while City communities have made a significant contribution to challenging poverty, discrimination and other forms of inequality. And you know the people who write for the UN. They know how to write, like chat GPT, before they even was a chat GPT. But I digress still, even though world cities day is not even half over. As I record this, I know that soon it will be gone, like crime in cities that have implemented best practices policies at every level of municipal government, not to return, if at all, for a whole nother year. 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","channel_title":"Unity Temple Unitarian Universalist Congregation's Podcast","thumbnail":"https://storylearning.org/s/topic_art/default.png","captions":"I grew up in a family that followed one of my brother's lead into liberal politics. Go back to the point where is a 9-year-old. I went door-to-door for George MC. My family belong to a liberal, you, you adjacent non-denominational. So liberal politics, liberal religion, regardless my understanding of the United States and of democracy here. What's steeped in white on white supremacy? I bought into that variation of the Puritan. John winthrop's expect in 16 that America would become this place that's closest to heaven, on place for all the world to admire and emulate. A shining. And as he put it- and I used this phrase last week- The Shining City on, I believed that the founders expressed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution what's the greatest, strongest, most enduring expression of freedom, turn on Democracy. The world would, and with an avid interest in American history and politics, I read most of what I read- reinforced this America I saw through rose-colored. I was oblivious to the reality that almost everything I read- how about the Civil War in Revolutionary War, which I devoured? They from people with the skin color and the privileged background that I now. Occasionally I ran into a different kind of story and voice and perspective watch in The Roots mini-series in later reading Alex Haley's book about his own family's experiences of being reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee in Middle School by D Brown, reading fun Brody's book about Thomas Jefferson, his slaveholding, his exploitative relationship with one of the people he enslaved, Sally hemings, and stories about Japanese American internment and concentration camps during World War I. But I understand now that I did not let these occasional voices, these occasional. My underlying Embrace of the United States is The Shining City on the. I didn't let the stories, these voices from the merchants does underlined the idea that the wisdom of the founders Vision the enduring strength of American democracy, that it would go on and on forever without threat. I didn't wrestle enough with the Constitution and its counting. Enslaved people is 2/3 of a person and not giving them rights. I didn't examine what did Jefferson really mean by that. All men are created equal. I didn't let the fact of Japanese American internment diminish my idolizing of Franklin Roosevelt, gaping holes in my two narrow, two privileged, two white view of our nation. And I know- and I honor the well-deserved- I rolls and sometimes rage from historically marginalized people, folks who knew that this newfound questioning of America I suddenly had. Really, why did it take you so damn long? It's a good idea for me to work on that. Put him back on the Rose Colored Glasses tonight. Go back to this pattern of encountering things like Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee and then kind of forget I need to not put on those Rose glasses, Rose Colored Glasses again if I want to be the person I want to be, which is the person who really truly tries to put inclusive love at. So an important way for me to work on this is to cultivate opportunities to hear voices from the margins as frequently as I can, not just occasionally, as I sort of happen. And if we can consistently do this, I think, as I think, that's going to be a central to streng. So one way I've done this is by joining a book group that reads mostly novels by people of color. Many of these books provide a perspective from the margins that I had never thought about, for example the book by Percival Alison, which tells the story of The Adventures of Huckleberry from the reimagined perspective of enslaved companion of Huckleberry. Books like that can help open my eyes. Another way I do this is poems that I engage with in a daily spiritual practice: to shift those from people with demographics very similar to mine to privileged like to poetry from people with different backgrounds, from and since I've come here, I frequently shared the poems that I've been working through, and it's like one or two weeks at a time in this collection by Pedro Tuma, put together 50 lbs to open your centerpiece for, and I noticed when I first page through the table of contents in this book that I really only recognized a couple of the. The vast majority of poets in this collection are people who come from historically marginalized, and so is the book title suggests a whole world has opened up one Palm, one poet. So the poem by bioluminescence, which Emily shared a few minutes ago, one of the poems in this collection. I had never heard of Paul Tran, the never run into this poem until last Tuesday when I flip the page to the new poem for the call, Tran is a transgender poet whose parents came from Vietnam- is refu. Paul trans website describes their debut collection with the which this all the flowers as poems that investigate tra sexual in US imperialism in order to radically alter our understanding of Freedom Power. And so this is a voice in a perspective, but I need, if I am, to get a wider, deeper understand. It's a voice from the explorers how creatures at the bottom of the sea have adapted in the bar in the dark, in this beautiful world they inhabit, in this peculiar, some might even say hideous, way where light is generated by themselves, transgendering that they have received and is a trans person of color, they have sometimes be seen been seen by other people as hideous. Altima reflects on how trans discovers in inner luminescence a kind of bioluminescence, in the difficulties, in spite of related to the difficulties, in the marginalization. They have endured and survived a tumor right. This is a poem of banishment, but also about self-discovery on the other side of Altoona. Altima also notes. It's a poem about the Journey of self-discovery in the company of others, of creatures like them who had to be their own illumination. And Paul trance Words, Their Own God, their own Genesis, their own. In the community that was created on the margins is like any group of people. The poem lifts up, not perfect, oh tumor rights. Paul Tran knows that safe communities will always have conflict, because nobody fights through isolation or doubt and comes out on skates. Because communities made of people with scars inflict other scars. Because safe conflict is an extraordinary form of Play, Because art thrives with electricity, because tension is a glorious thing, provided tension is. So maybe there is wisdom in this poem from Paul Tran for any of us in community, including Unity Temple, that Perfection is never going to be achieved and that conflict can help us. I think about this too, with all the different organizations working for that. Within those organizations, in among those organizations, there is going to be. That's the nature of the work that the resistance organizations are trying to do and part of the fabric, this hard fabric of resisting a vision of the United States that steeped in white, patriarchal Christian. So what are the things that I found- and I treas encountering voices from the merchants like Paul Tran- is that there is a complex that my childhood understanding of the United States messed, and it's monochromatic kind of. So I thought about this morning when Oliver shared the words that he was thinking about for the opening words and that the source of wisdom he en was really not the one that I expected he'd left up or the one that he expected to lift up when he started. And then I realized with gratitude that his sharing this morning complexify this for me, and I realize that Oliver is situated in a really different place from where I was situated at a high school. I have no doubt that Oliver hears in his is such a richer, more diverse array of voices that I have for him. His grandmother's voice offers him, in its own unique way, a different pairs. So interacting with in her different voice and her different perspective and the things that he so strongly doesn't agree with, has helped him get wisdom, like that last line of his opening Words, which I want to say again: we are all human as we all are going through life for the first time. What a great nugget of wisdom for getting high school. So one of the reasons I'm grateful for the worship Associates here at Unity Temple, like Oliver, is that each of them brings different experiences and perspectives to their stories that they share. That adds to the to the stories and ideas that Emily and I share, and they bring these different perspectives from each other. So I think about the words that Oliver shared before the election and today, and the words that civil and have shared around this thing of navigating the polarized time, in that they have brought widely Divergent views and complexity to us, which is such a gift for the unity Temple. So, Paul trance poetry wasn't around when I was in high school, but there were lots of poets and poems from marginalized communities that think about a poet like Langston. Who am I public high school? I never, I never heard of Langston Hughes. I never read anything by lynx and Hughes. The white European Cannon was the, and what a gaping hole in my education that was. There's a poem that I keep coming back to over this last decade from Langston, and it's if I had encountered that poem in high school and really taken does bubble of privilege that I have, this bubble of white supremacy culture might have, please, maybe not. I was pretty well, but I want to sermon today with hearing this, sharing this poem, which is Led America, be America. Read the 193 in the midst of the Great Depression poem that was available around for 45 years before I, and it still took me another 30 years. Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let It Be The Pioneer on the plain seeking a home where he himself is America. Never was America. Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed. Let It Be The Great, strong Land of Love where never Kings can I have, nor Tyrant scheme that any man may be crushed by it, crowned with no false patriotic wreath. But opportunity is real and life is free. Equality is in the are we? There's never been a quality for me, nor freedom in this. Say, who are you that mumbles in the dark and who are you that draws your Veil across the Stars? I am the poor white, fooled and pushed apart. I am the Negro bearing slavery scars. I am the Red Man driven from the land. I am the Immigrant clutching the hope. Define in all my the same old, stupid plan of Doggy Dogg of Might. I am the young man full of strength and hope, Tangled in that ancient, endless chain of prophet power: gain of grab the land, of grab the gold, of grab the ways of satisfying need of work, the men of take the pay of owning everything. For one, I am bondsman to. I am the worker sold to the machine. I am the Negro servant to you all. I am the people. Humble, hungry mean hungry. Yet today, despite the dream beaten. Yet today, Oh Pioneers, I'm the man who never got to have the poorest worker berated barter through the yeah. I'm the one who dreamed our basic dream in the old world, while still who drafted dreams. How strong, so brave, so true that even yet it's mighty deer play every brick and stone in every Furrow turned. That's made America the land it has become. Oh, I'm the man who sailed those early Seasons search of what I meant to be my, for I am the one who left dark Ireland, sure, and Poland's plane in England's grass play Korn from black Africa strand. I came to build a who said the Sur, the Millions, on relief. Today, the millions shot down while we strike, the millions who have nothing for our pay for all the dreams we've dreamed, for all the songs we sang, for all the who's held in all the flags we've hung. The millions who have nothing for our pay except the dream that is almost. Let America be America again, the land that has never been, the land where every person is free, the Land that's Indians, negro, me, who made America, who's sweat and blood, whose faith and pain, whose hand at the founder, who's plow must bring back our Mighty dream. Sure, call me any ugly name you choose, the steel of Freedom does not. From those who live like leeches on the people's lives, we must take back our land again, America. Oh yes, I say it plain: America never was America to me, and yet I swear the oath of America out of the rack and ruin of our gangster, the rape and wrote of Kraft and stealth and Lies: We, the People, must redeem the land, the minds, the plants, the rivers, the mountains and the all the stretch of these great and make.","score":0},{"video_id":"Xt0QRZ7_uUc","title":"Life in the Real World: The Integrated Life | John Amstutz","description":"","channel_title":"Antioch Simi","thumbnail":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xt0QRZ7_uUc/mqdefault.jpg","captions":"","score":0},{"video_id":null,"title":"Подарки на Рождество / Статус / 07.01.25","description":"Скачайте приложение «Эхо Online» (https://echofm.onelink.me/yH6x/gx5ywe7g). Приложение работает без сбоев, и прямо сейчас там идёт наш эфир. 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Albert Camus famously wrote that “In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.” For many, this year Imbolc — the midpoint of astrological winter — simultaneously brings a sense of growing light and of growing darkness. Today, our Seasonal Celebrations Team will present a candlelight program that will honor… Read More »Imbolc: On Joys and Concerns
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","channel_title":"Podcasts Archives - First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis","thumbnail":"https://storylearning.org/s/topic_art/beloved_community.png","captions":"Welcome to First Unitarian Society of Minneapolis, the birthplace of congregational humanism. We carry on that tradition of free thought today, dedicated to promoting a free search for truth, meaning and Justice. Our web address is First Unitarian org. Thank you for joining us. 6 weeks ago or so, many of us gathered in this room for music, poetry, a skit and more, as we welcomed the winter solstice, the longest, Darkest Night of the year, and in about 6 weeks or so we will be here again to greet the spring and the arrival of the next- is one of the ways we affirm our connections to the natural world and the Cycles by which 6 weeks from Solstice, 6 weeks to Equinox- this isn't a coincidence: we're at approximately the halfway point between 104 moments in the astrological calendar referred to as a cross, commonly known as Mayday or and Halloween, or, and mark your calendars now for the first Sunday in August when we can anticipate enjoying fresh baked bread from our wonderful. This particular cross quarter is more popularly known as ground creature named Phil: crawl out of his lair to look for his shadow iteration of people's observance of this seasonal halfway point over the course of centuries, and a word with numerous pronun: and gives the more and give him the more moderate climate of the Celtic World. They thought of this as the moment when life began, unseen beneath the surface of the Earth, as it slowly prepared to break through into the growing warmth of. Unsurprisingly many inbox celebrations include imagery involving Buds and Blossoms of spring, the Lush growth of Summer and the harvests of the before retreating back into the snow scorched Earth, just to do it all over again. Cyclical growth of plants, which would be particularly important to an Agricultural Society. And, to be clear, while many of us think of ourselves as Urban creatures, if our society lacked agriculture, we'd be in pretty serious. It's the cycle of light growing and fading over the course of the. From winter solstice, where we welcome the darkness, to the summer solstice, the longest, sunniest day of the year. Play slowly increase each. Have you that dinner is not quite as dark as it once, or that on the ride home you don't need to turn on the headlights? Quite as, but there is. For this reason, this point in the calendar has often been associated with modest sources of light. Some societies use this time to extinguish their small Hearth fires and then to rekindle them for the year to come. And, of course, candles have featured consistently in these observations of Winter's midpoint. Over the course of time, the early Catholic Church transformed the fire rekindling into its own events when candles were blessed for use in the coming year locally. Consider the scheduled return next weekend of the luminary just over here on Lake of the Isles, which will be decorated with luminaries. If you've never been to it, it really is quite auspicious occasions candles featured at this time of year. She writes that the legend of the legend of Demeter searching for her daughter, who has been abducted by Hades and taken to his Subterranean l in midwinter, the land is gripped in death, right tennis and Demeter, the ancient goddess of grain and fertility, descends to the underworld in pursuit of her lost dear daughter, Persephone. Disconsolate, she explores the far reaches of the territories of Hades and her own private hell. Her journey lit by a single candle, the impassioned determination of her search and her ultimate discovery, that is, the discovery of Persephone, shed the first glimmer of light in the indelible dark of Winter, the creative spark full of perhaps knowing that a single candle can dispel the darkness. Candles have been incorporated into celebrations since time immemorial, whether we consider these events religious or spiritual, or related to worship, and here we enter that tricky dance with language that is part of the heritage of this place. Ancient altars excavated around the world show evidence of candles or fire having an important role in the ceremonies, which imagine the sense of awe and wonder with which our ancient ancestors may have viewed fire, even in the form of a simple candle. The fire gives off life-enhancing heat and light and yet, as we have sadly seen this winter in California, if uncontrolled it can become an instrument of Destruction. The flame moves and flickers. It can easily be seen but not touched, like one can touch a stone or a person and can burn anyone who even attempts. It is perhaps no wonder that so many human societies have considered fire to be one of the four critical elements and worthy of being embodied in spirits and at various memorials to particularly inspiring individuals or to those lost in war or to human cruelty. The feature Eternal Flames to represent the idea that these people will not be forgotten because of something especially important they did or experienced, the flame can help convey a sense of the Sacred. This symbolism of the candle is ancient and worldwide and is not restricted to any one. I recall, as a college student, spending a few weeks bumming around Europe and making my way to shark cathedral, which is southwest of Paris. I was deep in my firmly atheist anti-religion phase. On still one of those, I could not go to see this famous building, which was, of course, unspeakably beautiful: The Soaring ceilings, the stained glass- what was not to love about it- and off to the side, as I recall, was an area of Blaze, with the software of innumerable candles lighted by visitors from all around the world in honor of a departed loved one. Perhaps Orchard Road religious lighting candles at the foot of the Virgin Mary. Indeed, that's a superstitious. I do it differently today. This symbolism of the candle is an and is not restricted to anyone. As our response of reading this morning reminded us, there are certain forms and practices which are the ancient Heritage of. There is no reason we need to turn away from these practices, which humans have found evoc throughout, if we can adapt them to meet our more particular. To paraphrase Bob Geldof, I believe: just enough to light. And so today we marked this moment in the cycle of the seasons with our own Candlelight, celebr. Groundhog's Day maybe about, but you can't have a Shadow Without. For many of us, we've been experiencing shadow for the past, but there is light on this dark. I want to invite you in a moment to help make Fus a place of that light by coming forward, sharing your name, lighting a candle and telling us what calls you to do so. Is yours a candle of memory, of grief, of Hope, of commitment? What is The Light Within you that you will fiercely defend in a still dark world? Now we have ways for folks to participate in a number of. If you're on the main floor, come on, why did we? We had a nice line last year. Why don't we form that line along here against the the front of? If you are participating online, please feel free to put your message in. The Jane is here and will be monitoring the chat. If you're in the balcony and wish to share something, Kendrick there, standing and waiting, please relay your message to Kendrick. He will get it down to us for the light of candle. Long time Fus member Donald asked, passed away peacefully on Friday January to those who are not able to join us, and this is also a good time to remind people that the care team always welcomes new folks to get involved. If you're interested, please stop by the office after the assembly to learn more. Or theme in February is inclusion, and so this is where you are included. So if you have a joy, a concern or a fear that you would like to express, candle for Hope, for hope that things go better in this country instead of on the downhill Trend we're on right now, I like this candle for my sister-in-law, Maria, who died yesterday in Sydney, Australia. Fortunately, her we have a candle of joy to share. Hoyt and Amy celebrate their 18th anniversary. Today I'm going. I moved from North Carolina and I've been able to at least establish a wonderful Community here in New Life in the society. So good morning. I light a candle for all my family and friends out in Southern California who've been dealing with the fires. They are all safe. No news is good news and tomorrow I celebrate 39 years of sobriety and I light a candle in the hopes that I can remain steadfast. I missed all the chaos of the coming months and years. My name is Jennifer Palmer. This is for my sister. Stephanie has Works in Old Republic health for the last 25 years. She expects that entire sector to collapse within the next. Mary Ann Lund, I like a canned. We will all support the Ukrainian refugees that we have sponsored and and the sadness that there was another Refugee family that we were to have welcomed earlier in January and because of this Administration, it show me help in any way we can to protect and refugees and also all who seek help that we continue to be able to lift up in the work that I'm doing with Minnesota women's press. We're also getting funding soon to be able to do a foreign language guide related to deportation, and we're finding other support from others related to increasing humanitarian issues, and we're going to be able to keep lifting up voices to explain what they're going through. Thank you, find Heather Martens and I like this candle in Love and Hope and appreciation for the support and love we're going to need to give to each other to get through this incredibly difficult. We have a joy in the balcony. Peter wants to express: just join. We need that right now. Had a celebration of life held yesterday in honor of cannot be snuffed out and will last forever. Good morning. I'm lighting this candle for my older sister, Alex Chase, who is battling stage 4 cancer. Thanks, hi, Alex Dvorak. I'm a visitor here today. Thank you for having me. Hi everybody, I know a couple people over here. I am lighting a candle to ignite and make real a desire that I have had. I am very good at sort of preparing myself and keeping my own life, but we need to form community in some way, shape or form. I need to do the work of keeping this light alive and making the Beautiful World more possible and more true, and I need to do that with others. So I'm lighting this for an intention to be in more community. I'm Rick. I let a candle support of all the trans people and color, people of color, women, immigrants and all those will be affected by this transition, this campaign, and also in the spirit of Mark Twain, who said: The only weapon we have is play. Christina, this is my husband, Victor, and we're lighting a candle for all the Immigrant families, for safety for their children. We know our children are mixed, obviously children, and are kind of living in fear at the moment. And so lighting a candle just for safety for all of those affected, space for profound grief and processing that which I think is a huge amount of emotional labor and very real. The other one is letting a candle for profound joy and optimism and hope. Despite seemingly negative odds, I am relatively new here. I am lighting a candle for the high school robotics students that I Mentor every day in the middle of their season of building a robot, and every day they remind me that, despite everything that's going around in the world, they are still committed to becoming better humans and better to each other and to other teams and to the community, and I hope to emulate some of that. Tom County Children and I am just in all of a holiday like this that celebrates the orbiting of Earth, of the powerful speed at which it goes, and I just want us to protect Gaya as well as much as we can. I am taxi Bizer's and I like this candle for my son-in-law in Kushner and others who are suffering from long covid. They feel like they're being forgotten already, so let's put the pressure on for more research. I'm going to share a note that has been posted anonymously, expressing gratitude for Reverend David Breeden, Reverend Kelly Kelly climate and Reverend Jay Exodus Hooper and everything they did for us. Text Scott. I am lighting a candle for my newest granddaughter. She's 6 weeks old, her name is her name is joy time in Kingston, and I want to light a candle for two things. One is for grease, and it's already been expressed here, but I'm grieving. I think we all need to be craving for all the people that are hurting in the world, that have been hurting and now are hurting more because of what is happening, people around the world, around the world, and I also want to like the candle as a candle of compassionate. How many is Teresa? I want to light a candle for all the animals that are suffering in factory farms, how horrible their situations are, in how things are getting worse under the current Administration, in the laws that have been brought forth to protect the animals have a decent space to live in, and all the other rights that are being taken away. And my hope that this growing compassion that I do is just talking about will grow to Compass all things on the planet. As our new year article, to talk to me, play, Lisa, and I'm lighting a candle in memory and celebration of the lives of my mom, who passed 5 months ago, and my dad, who passed 42 years. Request for candles from Carol Barkley. She is lighting a candle for thankfulness for being a part of this community for over 50 years. Hi, I'm Mark, and not to be too pollyannaish about this, and I sat in a sea of Joy last evening at a concert of 60s and 70s music, and so those of you who know how evocative and Timeless that is. It was really full of love and celebration as a counterbalance to all the dark and dreary and hopelessness that we might feel waves of. In hi, I'm Molly and I want to light a candle for all the Educators out there who brings so much care to our children every day and are creating spaces to have really amazing conversations, and a lot of those places are very inclusive and they bring me so much help. And so when I think what's going to happen, I just talked to my teacher friends and they tell me the amazing things that are happening in their classrooms. So really grateful for that. Any final participation this morning. Good morning. My name is Bill. I like to light a candle of gratitude, ungrateful that I woke up this morning and I'm not kidding and saw the song- another sunrise, and I'm grateful that I am able to spend time with all of you and I'm grateful that I have a loving family who I get to see everyday. Do you think many of us are here today with some form of Hope or fear, or Joy, or grief, or thoughts for the future that who may not have felt comfortable sharing? And that's fine. I want to light this final candle in honor of all of those that weren't shared with us yet this morning and to hold all of those in our thoughts to represent the energy we hold or seek. Let's take a moment of silence to reflect on what we've heard here today and the ways that this light manifests itself in our lives and in the lives of this. As we come out of. Our silence will close this portion of the program today with an excerpt from a reading in our gray songbook called fragile and routed. It is number 492. It's By Carolyn es Owen, after creating an intimate portrait of a simple flower, she Marvel that this creation. While utterly get un, play boldly buds Force, turning resolutely toward the. We too Shimmer with expect, exuding our own illuminations, color, pulse, play, vulnerable. Still, we venture Our Lives courageously toward hope and at once fragile and routed. Thanks for listening. 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How do we Embrace Joy, rekindle excitement and reimagine new ways of working towards intersectional climate Justice? Maybe one of the answers comes from outside of our human shared perspectives. Maybe we take a cube from nature-loving robot built in the Wilds. The solar Punk novela psalm for the wild, built by Becky Chambers, is a love letter to Mutual support, just and harmonious relationship building and natural systems of which humans are only sibling decks. One of the protagonists is a monk whose vocation calls them to travel between communities, serving tea and offering a space of a companionship for the grief. On their travels, sibling Dex meets an unlikely companion, a wild built sentient robot named Splendid. Speckled. As their friendship unfolds, Moscow index discover they hold a similar on their individual. That over what do humans as the unlikely? Duo Adventures through the Moscow index, the robot born of the forest to longs to learn about humans and the urban monk who rebels in the solitary life find companionship as they learn about them. The unfolding between Moscow index teaches us how Mutual support not only ensures each, but that there is hoarding each other's for this, Joe, living in a world where climate Justice is mean, centering Arielle over natural systems for their inherent which species love, and over It Centers Beauty, imagination, play dancing and sharing good food with companions. These lessons from a fictional World suggest to us that the answer to the question of what do humans need is mutual support, humans supporting humans and finding joy in healing. What humans also need is to honor other natural systems and support their flourishing because of the inherent worth, not just for what humans can extract from them. What humans need are thriving ecosystems, clean waterways for us and the Flora and Fauna who depend upon them, and renewable sources of energy that work in harmony with nature, not at the. There are many truths that we humans have uncovered as we work. Many of us have been engaged for years and we may have grown. We also understand how affects the most. It's unequal distribution of damage is experienced by those who historically have the least. And there is another truth that is starting to: we have who and what we need for reimagined clim. We have what we need when we hon at our core as we and we want other beings to live. We have what we need when we remember that we are a part of Nature and natural and not outside. We have what we need when we affirm, as the narrator of Wilde built reminds us, that human-made constructs prioritize the healing of the knot. We have what we need when we honor the weariness of an uncertain world, yes, but also when we remember that it dystopian future is not foretold. We have what we need when we work towards brightness, towards the world of Justice, driven thriving, for a healthy climate and natural systems are reflective of and sustained by and celebrated by, healthy humans, and we are sustained by to be excited that we are doing this all over the world and that this there is power in this fellowship and connection. This is also a truth, and whether the work of intersectional climate Justice focuses on indigenous plants and shade Justice in urban Los Angeles, or the work of the elimination of agricultural practices brought by colonization to the Midwest, or the work of creating training programs for members of the global majority to enter environmental justice careers on the Eastern Seaboard, you, the Spirit-filled climate Justice workers, your work is important. Your work is the spiritual work of reimagining and renewing our promises to one another and to the planet. Your climate work is already putting love at the center. You are what people need. You are what people need to heal. I need you, we need, and the good news is that we already have what we need. Let's celebrate it. Let us get excited about it. Let us be transformed by our unlikely and globe-spanning companionships, our faith built on generosity and inter. May we Revel in our unlikely companionships, like the T chaplain siblings and the wild built robot Splendid speckled Moscow in the Solar Pompano Valley. That imagines a flourishing World built through strengthening relationships. May our faith be reinvigorated by knowing that there is good work, joyful work and successful work already being. May we offer a respite, a cup of tea to the weary yes, but may we also make a celebratory space for the reimagining of our intersectional, Unstoppable and unfathomable strength to make change in.","score":0},{"video_id":"y1Boc0-BX30","title":"Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Growth - Dr. Clifton Clarke | February 2, 2025","description":"💭 Share your thoughts below!\n\n✅ If you enjoyed this video, give it your thumb up, subscribe to the channel, and activate the notification bell so you won't miss any video uploads. 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So here we are, right in the thick of all the things we feared: immigrants being deported, government workers being fired, stripping the rights of trans people, so much more going. Are you feeling exhaust or emulated? Saw this term online the other day to describe the current situation of being exhausted, overwhelmed and overstimulated all at the same time? Right kind of hits the. There's so much happening so fast, and it's easy to exist in this constant state of outrage at the mean-spiritedness of so much of the political action of this administration, at the intensity of the harm that is being done and at the fact that at least half of our society is happy with what they're saying. It can seem only possible, indeed only moral, to live in constant fear and anger and all that is currently happening and all that we know. So I'm going to get right to the heart of what I want to say to you today, what I imagine I'll be saying to you and to anyone who will listen for the next 4 years: don't do, make a concerted effort not to live in fear and anger and outrage. Why? Because you'll burn out, because you'll shut down, because you'll tear yourself apart without having any great effect on anything that am I canceling you, to turn your face away from Ice raids, the attacks on civil servants, the dismantling of so many Justice initiatives? No, absolutely not. Nor am I suggesting that you stuff down your feelings. We all know that never works very well, but in fact just the opposite. I'm calling on you to feel these feelings of rage and fear and despair, to know in your bones that things are absolutely not okay, and then to take a step back and let it pass, recognize those feelings as feelings rather than OB. Here's why we need to see clearly what is happening and what we can do to avert, resist or change it. And fear and outrage. They blind us. We very much need not to be blinded at. So what do we do? Instead of Simply drowning in these emotions, keep going back to. We remember who we are, what matters to us, what are val? We're going to get caught in cycles of anger and despair. At times, that's only. But are you? You values call us to pull through, to hold up the vision of a better. So, rather than getting lost in despair at whatever we see in front of us, I can't think of anything that matters more at this moment in our history then our first: that every person, every person has: the trans youth experiencing lack of Medical Care, the woman who's reproductive Health has been threat, the inherent of non-Christian religions who feel rightly. They are all people of worth, the worth and dignity. What can be harder for us to remember is that the ones doing shameful things, who threatened and oppress they, have worth and dignity as well, and we are required by our faith to recognize and uphold that worth and dignity just as much as that of the terrified trans person or the worried Muslim. Why? Why do I keep coming back to this in sermons? Because if we stop remembering the worth and dignity of those whose views and actions we oppose, we might as well give up the fight because we've already lost. People do some downright despicable things at times. There's no getting around that and it's really easy to confuse recognizing a person's worth and dignity with tolerance for a person's actions or beliefs. Those two are not the same. Recognizing worth and dignity doesn't mean agreeing with what a person does or pretending it's okay. It means recognizing them for the scared and vulnerable humans that they are, that every one of us, when we step away from that, we take on the world view of the oppressor, believing that there are people who have less worth, which ultimately leads to believing that there are people who are. Our mind is like an arrow: we become what we think. Those are the opening lines of the Buddha scripture: the Dominator. They remind us that if our mind is filled with hatred, we will end up acting in hateful ways and, similarly, if our mind is filled with love, we will act with love in the. What we think ultimately translates into what we do and that creates who we become. So I'm going to keep calling us back to love: love for the innocent and the oppressed, love for the guilty and the Treacher. No, I'm not talking about love is some gushy kind of feeling here, but about love as acting in the best interest of the other person, especially in the best interest of the other person's. Think about all the sorts of actions that we hold up as examples of courage and bravery, like rushing into a burning building to save a stranger or pushing a person out of the way of an oncoming vehicle. Those don't have anything to do with gushy feelings for the other person. Lots of times they don't even have to do with knowing the other person right. They are acts of pure love and caring, regardless of whether that other person is more good or more evil in their. Over the next few years, I imagine we're all going to need to metaphorically rush into burning buildings to save the innocent from the actions of the guilty and to save the guilty from continuing their evil actions both are. I've been meditating on what love looks like in a time of fascism and I keep coming back to the words of the New Testament that love is patient and kind, that it does not dishonor others, is not self-seeking. Love, we are told, always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. These are words. They hold up an ideal of love that continually acts in the best interest of the other, even when the other wants something. This is love that does not cease in the face of Injustice or persecution any more, that it ceases in the face of kindness and comp. Despair and apathy will stop you in your tracks, and I don't know how many of you have felt that in the last few days. I know the will to do anything, because they make us believe that nothing can be done. But love, love will stop you and your tracks as well, and remind you that there is always something to be done, however small or seemingly. In my friends, we don't have the luxury of standing in Despair and if we use, don't stand up for Love and Hope right now, who will? If we don't remember to care for each other in the ways that good friends can and to care for the country in the ways that good citizens can, and to care for the planet in ways that good humans can, then who will? I would like to share with you a blessing I recently read from the Black Rock: the world is now too dangerous and too beautiful for anything but love. May your eyes be so blessed. You see God in everyone your ears, so you hear the Cry of the poor. May your hands be so blessed that Everything You Touch Is a Sacrament. Your lips, so you speak nothing but the truth with love. Make your feet be so blessed. You run to those who need you. And may your heart be so opened, so set on fire, that your love, your love, changes. So feel your Despair and fear. Recognize the apathy that sets in. Acknowledge when anger is leading to hatred, but don't get lost in them, because the world now is too dangerous and too beautiful for anything.","score":0},{"video_id":"5lE_hIuriuo","title":"2/9/25 “The Source of Love” | 10 AM | Hope MLUMC - Sunday Service","description":"Sermon Message: “The Source of Love”\nBy Pastor Tino Espinoza\n \nScripture: I John 4:16-21\nSermon Message: \nJohn the Apostle remind us that Christian community need to love one another. And the basis\nfor the apostle’s exhortation is that:\nGod is the source of love. Love does not derive from our own human capacities; it is God’s initiative. “If anyone says, “I love ‘god,” yet hates his brother, he is a liar. For anyone who does not love his brother, whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen” (John 4:20). God is the essence of love. 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Thank you.”","channel_title":"Hope MLUMC","thumbnail":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5lE_hIuriuo/mqdefault_live.jpg","captions":"","score":0},{"video_id":"zNEsiHmdqEQ","title":"Holy Spirit Sunday || Pastor Choco De Jesus (SERMON ONLY)","description":"We had a special guest with us this Sunday at Thrive - Pastor Choco De Jesus brought a message about how God gets our attention when He needs us to stand in the gap between culture and Biblical truth.","channel_title":"iThrive Church","thumbnail":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/zNEsiHmdqEQ/mqdefault.jpg","captions":"","score":0},{"video_id":null,"title":"Reimagining Opera - Ben Robinson & Dennis Arashiro","description":"Ben Robinson is the General Director of Anchorage Opera, the Artistic Director of Raylynmor Opera (New Hampshire), and the Managing Director of Lyric Fest (Philadelphia). He works as a director, librettist, educator, and arts administrator. As a stage director, he is best known for his inspired and engaging storytelling in diverse works ranging from Baroque to modern. He directed the internationally acclaimed film Gianni Schicchi for Opera Ithaca in 2020, which Opera Magazine heralded as the ...","channel_title":"Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Forum Podcasts","thumbnail":"https://storylearning.org/s/topic_art/questioning.png","captions":"Good morning everyone, alright welcome to the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Sunday Forum, February 2nd 2025. I'm Dennis Oro. I'll serve as moderator and kind of a weird situation, A minor co-presenter as well. To begin with, though, let me do the following: this is a relic of our Paleolithic. We're going to light our. Be careful, that's just the that advance in our evolution. Let us all acknowledge that we gather this morning on the traditional lands of the denona, at the basket, people for more than a thousand years, that the 9 and have been and continue to be stores of this land, and it is with gratefulness and respect they were recognized- the contributions, Innovations and contemporary perspectives of the upper Cook Inlet. Then I know- and we have a large online audience, and if you happen to be outside the Anchorage area, please acknowledge the first stewards of the land that you are on. Thank you. The Anchorage Unitarian universal gives half of what you donate. On this. I have to support social justice activities, otherwise benefit our community and reflect. For the month of February, half portion recipient is an acronym, acronym called payment in lieu of we actually make payment to the municipality of now. Partly the reason we do this is we need to make payment for things like the stove removal and Street lighting, police and fire protection, the things that the municipality does Prov, but also because the municipality actually is a large part of our values and our goals in as a. There is no other. There is no other, through its human rights ordinance, protect the rights of all people, regardless of their situation happens to be in their identity. It is only a misguided increase that can deal in a larger scale with issues like homelessness, and so we will, as we go through every Sunday, this Municipality of cancel as we pass the baskets around Within our fell. Those of you online can access the Donate button on our website- Anchorage for payment in lieu of taxes- and half will go to the fell, and that's a little bit. And then we recorded the video to them, essentially lip-syncing over their own recordings already, so they had to Not Just Master what they lip syncing afterwards so that we could get the. This is what the other six characters in this scene are doing right now. So you're going to be looking in this direction and this is going to be coming at you from this direction. So, like I said, I I conservatively- estimate that it was about a 200 hour process, filming and spending time with filmmaker in New York. I was in Philadelphia at the time on Zoom, with all these different people all over the making a piece that's approximately 55 minutes, and the result was this thing that sort of felt very much of its moment and related to people in a completely different way. It was everybody shared experience at the time. It was a comedy at a time when we all really needed. It was a piece that gave a Lifeline to artist who needed to do some work. It was a piece that showed that oper add very much a place at the table at a time when the world seem to be shutting down. The result was, with the very generous benefit of a film production company that was helping us do this, that needed work themselves and said: will cut you a deal and make you this film for, whereas the usual hour-long films that they produce for educational institutions is about 150, so it Opera, I would say, is never produced. And we ended up doing this thing, and this little company that was 6 years old, that was looking for a Lifeline project ended up exporting this film to eight countries- 33 States, having its largest audience ever, audience in the thousands- and all of a sudden having a product that we can go back to over and over and over again, and in truth they just screened it again in an actual cinema this fall as part of the 100th anniversary of Puccini. Part I am I. I love new works. I think new works are driving the way that Opera goes forward, and if there is not constant reinvestment in the art form, then everything shrivels on the vine, and so there has to be an emphasis on making something new and finding ways for those new works to really attached to an audience in a way that, in the same way that a new film. As a producer and as somebody who fell in love with Opera listening to the, I have to look at where the bread is buttered and look at the things that do attached people from the Legacy inherited rep to love and fall in love with Opera in the first place. And so a lot of my work as stage director and as a producer is really based around rethinking what the modern or what the Canon works are and trying to come up with ways to attach those can. This is a picture of Hansel and Gretel down at Temple University a year and a half ago. The whole thing was imagined as children falling asleep in their toys, that they're playing with, sort of animating and being a part of their dream sequence. And so here's one of those toy soldiers that parachutes in out of the sky, and this is the representative of the the Sandman. But the idea is finding these little that relate in different ways either. It's Nostalgia- this was set in sort of the early nineties and all of these kind of nostalgic characters showing up busted Barbie dolls, troll dolls, all sorts of things, and that having this relationship to the audience itself? No, it's not either, but I'll show you later. You'll see it really fast. Now we ended up doing another: Hansel and Gretel. These are both Hansel and Gretel pictures, although this is a separate production, and that was a production of Hansel and Gretel, which was set in a the Julia Child, and she was going to not only eat the children, but she was going to have them as the guest stars in her cooking show before, and the idea is a. It's a little bit fun. It lends itself very well to it being the medium of film, because we had this element of film in it. It relates to something that everybody knows in a particular way. I know that I grew up going to my grandmother's house and watching Julia Child with her, and she always loved it when Julia Child messed things. But you know, taking a lesson from Julia Child to Julia Child democratized good cooking, for we all know what cooking shows are going to be like, and so if we can incorporate something like that, that is part of our shared vocab as an. How can we Infuse that into Opera to make it more interesting and more, and how can we do it in a way that doesn't feel simply like that? We're replacing the storytelling values of something else for, and the idea there too is that it has to have enough gravity to be able to float once you get there and that we have to think through all of the little twists and turns in a nuanced Opera score and Libre, and then we have to find a way to make sure that, whatever that conceptual idea is, serves all the way to the end of the. This is sort of similar where, you know, accessing an audience with parallel Opera is, I think, very stigmatized in a lot of we. I hear a lot of the time that this is something that my parents listen to or my grandparents listen to, that I was forced to listen to. My parents and grandparents did not listen to Opera. In fact, my parents really don't like Opera. They like that. I'm happy and occasionally they tolerate it just long enough to come in and see something. But I really got into Opera because I had a teacher that introduced me to it and I fell. I was a weird kid, maybe, but I also just had people that pointed me in the right direction. They introduced me to something that I very much, not having it on the radio in my house, that other people can similarly be connected. When I talk about parallel interest- not really a gateway, I feel like people need to. I think Opera is best observed if you come in knowing a little something about it, which is why we do end up doing pre-performance lectures and why we try to put out materials that help people always do things like this. So we really know what it is that we're getting into and the reason why before we get there. Because otherwise it's people singing acoustically really loudly for 2 hours without a lot of. So the idea is: identify as many parallel to make people feel comfortable with what this context is. Help them very quickly. We go to musicals. We see people burst into song on television. We sing Happy Birthday at parties. It's not that that bit of it is that unusual, but hearing an operatic solely expressing through the nuances of cultivated is a little bit. Certainly there are offers that have dialogue and their offers that function more like musicals or like plays, but Opera, really in and of itself, there's some hand holding that needs to be done. The picture I'm here is a production of cozy fun today, done in 2023 at Cedar Rapids, and when I was offered to this particular show to direct, it was just at the time that we were and we're hearing a lot about Harvey Weinstein. And to me, a show like cozy fun today about misogyny. Misogyny is the sort of central tenet of three guys. Make two of them who are engaged to. These two women are going to put on disguises, switch roles and come back in and dupe these two women into believing that they're the other and try to seduce them. And whoever wins the bet is against women is not something that is. However, whenever the idea of people coming on the stage and for us to buy a 3-hour long Opera where we're supposed to assume that these people who know each other intimately aren't fooled by easy disguises, that's something that just doesn't. So I was kind of concerned when I got this assignment, because here is this Opera, everybody knows it's kind of like a, the idea that I wanted to play with. I always go back to my grandmother. The other thing that she watched when Julia Child wasn't on was guiding, and I thought you know what reset this whole thing so that it is done on the set of a free iPhone that sort of takes care of a lot of business in and of, rather than these two women being duped by. We are going to have it so that the soap opera itself is scripted. For I just don't believe- and we're going to take the power of the women not knowing and put it back into their hands- that they know and that we see them growing increasingly frustrated with this sort of male-driven storyline that is scripted in a way that just simply sort of lowers who. These women playing with a lot of tropes of what we're doing in the 80s all along the way, we see them kind of go through the rigmarole of being professional performers that will do the scripts no matter what, even if I deeply agree, disagree with what the script cuz. There's a big reveal, of course, at the end, where the guys pull off their mustaches and go surprise, it's been me this whole time, and so we need it to sort of maintain that element. Sing a few of their lines and then they come back and, dressed as the executive producers. They surprised everybody. They fire all three of them, they win a Daytime Emmy and they end up. What the story. People that were expecting to see a cozy fun today, with powdered wigs and in a very traditional setting that felt like: oh, this is not the Cozy that I was expecting. What was exciting, the exciting feedback, was: I didn't know that Opera could be like this and I didn't know that Opera could be relatable and that I became the audience, became invested in the story in a different. This is probably another video that's going to go really fast, but this is sort of another element of this site. I made this music video for a group called The Opera cowgirls. Now they have their own thing, but I'm using this video to sort of show what their thing is in terms of relating to relating to Opera. This is my friend Sarah Beckham Turner. She's from Amarillo, Texas. She was in that production of Johnny speaking with her whole family and she has taken all of her Opera training, which is high class. She sung it in New York City Opera and had a wonderful career. She teaches singing and she teaches Opera now, and she has created, with four other friends, a group called The Opera cowgirls, who has rearranged a whole bunch of with banjos, guitars, ukuleles. They come out in cowboy boots and they sing Arias and they access an entirely new audience, and it's something that kind of completely reinvents the system. Oh, there we go, there we go. This is the whole like making of video, but we end up with something appeals in different ways, by crossing the bridge between different, establishing relatable themes. All of this is kind of cut from the same cloth. This particular production is Italiana, in algeri, which we are doing. This production at the end of our season, at anchor by Rossini, written at the beginning of the 19th century. The biggest single problem that sticks out, if you know the traditional production of this show, is that there are several elements of, I would say, cultural confusion and things that border on RAC and, if not, sort of flat out racism, and I think some of it is cultural confusion at the time. You know, we have this kind of white savior, Motif, coming from Rossini, that there's this Italian girl who's going to come and rescue her lover, Lindora from the Bay of Algiers, mustaf, and he has, you know, the choice of any of the women that he possibly wants, and you know what. Some points in the Opera we refer to him as Algerian, but then at some points in the Opera, the liberatus refers to him as- and there's all these mixed things that are are really when it comes to presenting Opera and a modern. However, the piece, it Spirit of the piece itself is not that the spirit of the piece needs to be changed. Opera, even at some of its worst- and we'll talk about butterfly in a second- has the ability that, if it's framed in the right way, to not just elim the parts of the Opera that are racist, but also access the AUD and give them something to grab onto in a completely Mediterranean and rescuing this guy. This Italian woman comes in. It's actually a very feminist plot which is great. There's this Italian woman who comes in, who's smarter than everybody else and she figures out how she's going to Mastermind this whole thing while at the same time reuniting this sort of lettuce Bay of Algiers with his own wife, Elvira. At the end. It's a happily ever after kind of story and, on the way, it's wildly funny with terrific the. The result of trying to figure out a solution by which this could work was to set it on. We're not in Algeria, we're not anywhere, not back in Italy. We're in a cruise ship where, instead of having different classes of Dave's is, this Opera was originally set. We have different classes of people working. We have the Bay of Algiers, who is the wealthiest man that's basically living aboard this. This other woman pulls up alongside her. Intended is, you know, has basically become the de facto Valley to the Bay of Algiers, and what happens is that, instead of you know, dealing with this specifically by reassigning, do something that remove the elements that shouldn't be there and shouldn't be there for a modern, and we are contextualizing it in a way that maintains the and allows us to think of it completely. Here you see the Act 1 finale, which takes place of the all-you-can-eat buffet, and we end up with something that completely any part of the cultural I makes it authentic and highlights the music in a way that lets it breathe for an audience. That's in 2024, and the result is something that is completely viable for an audience in 2424, not to mention wildly funny and fun and letting the music do the thing that the music. This is not a video that's going to go really fast. This was similar production. It's a Mozart Opera, Sebastian on sebastiana. There we go and it's, you know, it's a piece in which you're too. Young lovers are having a quarrel and it's because of a misunderstanding, so they hire a guy to help them figure this out. He's a magician and so he has to spell on them and, lo and behold, he's not a magician after all. He's just sort of telling them things that they want to hear so that they can. I don't know what you were doing when you were 12, but I know I wasn't writing Great opera that's still viable- over 200. In the context of this. We said it, you know, as a cautionary tale against the misuse of social, because the magician kind of comes in and we do some manipulation through Facebook and Instagram and at the time, Twitter and, lo and behold, all sorts of mixed messages go out. There were able to make a commentary on how we're in an age where people can simply just type something and send it out into the ether and have it be incredibly hurtful, or have it be something that really sways the minds of people, show an audience, in this case, the intended audience was children, but to show them in a way that feels still safe and in a way that feels like we're not bringing some sort of incredibly politicized hammer down on. We're using Opera as a tool to say that there are things that we need to be collectively conscious of so that we can be better citizens in this world. This is another Opera with a happy ending, getting off of the phones, looking up and enjoying Anchorage is rhythm, and almost 2 years into my job here, this was the first show that I directed, The Elixir of Love, which we did a modern, modern ish, contextualization for which was a Pastiche of Mozart that was site-specific and roving all over the museum. We went from one location to another, created a new storyline that was specific to Anchorage and to the museum itself, and we had a lot of fun. We had a terrific pie fight that you'll see their in very fast motion and you know the result was we. You know we sold at 102% of our capacity. We got an audience in that got a lot of compliments, comments saying that we didn't know Opera could be fun. We didn't know that this could be an experience other than sort of sitting, you know, distant and seeing Opera as a diorama of it and in that accessibility, in breaking down the barriers of, is exactly what I feel like we need to do, and in this case this was sort of a literal representation of it- because the whole first row. On one night one of those pies ricocheted off somebody and we got the whole row front row. That was a dry cleaning bill that we won't forget. But the idea is that in that sense Opera is becoming immersive in something unexpected and yet all the first of all we offered to pay for the entire- I think first row is dry cleaning, and not a one of them took a, took us up on it, they enjoyed it and they. The feeling was it was so surprising and spontaneous and it took us to a place where we didn't know that a food belonged and in that it started out as popular entertainment. It lived for, I would say, about 170 years Primo entertainment for everybody. It was supplanted by Broadway. To a certain extent in this country in Europe, where it's much more subsidized by the government, it's still going to the Opera in Germany is something you just that's kind of built into the. It's definitely not something that is in this in this country. The same way, some of that's related to how opera is funded, some of its simply related to what our cultural Pryor is. Dennis mentioned. He is a cultural advisor for our production of madama butterfly, which is coming up next weekend at the pack. I just want to sort of wrap up quickly by saying that various challenging Opera itself in the context of this Mozart. What can, what can Opera? How are we questioning what curatorial culture is and what we have as the Canon pieces and make that part of what our modern madama butterfly, which has some confused references in it? Chinese folk songs, where there should be Japanese folk songs made up Japanese, a history of yellowface being used in professional context on, and a whole bunch of things that are essentially Japanese culture through a western? And how are we reconciling that with what are modern sensibility about what? So how do we take a piece that has racial discrepancy in the past, that focuses on things that you know where they mentioned? I don't know if it was good to mention it then, but I don't think so. But the Sensibility, how do we take something? Make it so that an audience watching in 2025? Yes, please, this is something that feels so. I'm really grateful to Dennis for being a part of this and we. We talked about a bunch of Concepts. I had a concept originally that I thought would work for this piece. That included setting the peace in Alaska and using the 3 years. You know it's about young Japanese woman who marries an American Naval off. She's marrying for love he's marrying for. Soon after their wedding he departs and the ladder 2x take place 3 years after that wedding. He hasn't been back since and she has a 3-year-old son and at the end he does come back, but he only comes back to take the child back to the. In this context, we had that. You know. I had mentioned to Dennis what if we talked about Japanese incarceration or and the three-year period, play chosen, going and being incarcerated and then coming back to a world that she doesn't know. We ended up having lunch one day and he told me the story of his parents meeting, and that's where we got to something. What happened to be the executive board president of the Japanese-American Citizens, mother, always of Japanese descent, mother who is working on our project in our chapter Center and actually served the original setting for madama butterfly by Chic 1904, add Comm, add Japan went to a 50, a modern nation of 50 year. Period of turmoil, turbulence, trauma. At the same time, exciting transformation. Change it to 10 was going through and had gone through another period. So what happened in 1948 was the same situation that Japan was in in 1904, but even more intense. So it was just, like I said, a stroke of luck and maybe a touch of Genius that we updated this production to 1948 and everything in the libretto- or would you come over? She still works, but updating it to a you know period. From what I understand, that the original singing Style, you got a big ven play, Get Back. If some of the art form and what the art form is is cultivation of this natural and in the same way, you know everybody sort of comparisons and vocal training to like Olympic Training, and it's about the same period of time to create Elite athletes as it is to create Elite singers- 10 years worth of very intense training. There's all sorts of context where people use microphones and sing Amplified. Is that the way that these pieces were orcust, how it was meant to be an un Amplified as a part of the greater context? And so that's as much of the reason why we continue on on Amplified in a part of the great joy of Opera is seeing exactly what one pair of 5/8 of an inch long when inside of a giant 340 seat theater at the pack, and hearing a voice, voices of size like we have up close, like that experience is sort of the rock concert of Opera version. You know, we, we get this kind of up close and personal with these gigantic voices and it's it's truly stunning to kind of be washed over by that Frank Sinatra Christmas. I'm just so. There is a reason why this form seems to work and it works in a different way. Hi, I'm Peggy Robinson. Probably no relationship. I signed up to work on Sunday night and so I see a lot of other Productions. And what struck me a little bit earlier this year was with the and when they've did the performance, with Donald, seeing all the cartoons on stage that the range of Ages in the audience cuz a lot of people brought their kids and the fullness of the was amazing in quite different to the symphony. Just doing a symphony that wasn't even filling the the main floor was amazing. So I was thinking is: is this something that's more unique to Anchorage, with having the vocal as well as the orchestra really trying some different things or what's happening. And specifically to Donald Duck, you know, a lot of people got introduced to Opera through the rabbit of Seville, which was The Bugs Bunny counterpart to The Barber of. I think what we're seeing is a radical change in terms of how works are all of the classical industry. Staples are. I don't like saying that out loud, but the truth is, is, compared to where we were 30 years ago, 20, all of the footprints, it's. It's been a big pivots, I think, because there is a lot of history, there is a lot of clinging to. Well, if it worked in, how can we get more people to understand what that passed is so that we can do that? And I think that rapid. It is my firm belief that clinging to the not a great way to relate to how we should do something in the future. I think we need to find and we need to experiment with what relates. And so the symphony doing that, the symphony, the Buster Keaton, fabulous, and it shows you, Opera and Symphony became film music. You know there tragedy of Arnold estate being burned in Los Angeles recently. But in the Jewish people from Europe, there's an astonishing movement from Germany to Los Angeles because that's sort of where the center of culture was at the time in terms of actually being able to go and make money doing this, and so we get all of these fantastic composers like korngold or like Schoenberg, their composing. That's where the medium Focus we went from stage to. We have to keep on constantly Reinventing, and you know track record points to that. If we try something new and we find ways to make it relevant that people all of a sudden they get it. It sells. It sells seats, it sells tickets and you know, I think, opening on the very least a national scale. I was mentioning that. You know, in Europe This is a more subsidized art form and they've been doing all sorts of wacky things with Opera and Symphony for decades and it's almost expected because everybody's- you know, if they're coming to see Barber of Seville, chances are the average person in Germany's. You know- scene Barbra Seville, let's say 6 times by the time, they 25, or something like that, and so on. You know time number seven. You're really ready for a different version of Barbara, and that's simply, I think, what there's, this Balancing Act between considering the people who have never tried this before and wanting to give them something as authentic as possible and as relatable as possible. But also that makes them say this doesn't feel like it belongs in a museum or I don't want to be intrusive, but I want to know more. A couple of things and a very fast story I entered. I have two degrees in voice performance and my introduction to Anchorage Opera was singing in shows up here. I did five different shows up here, starting in. So I started working with a teacher in in high school after my voice changed, who said you might have the ability to be able to do something different and I would like you to listen to this style of singing. And it was with that help and some, some wonderful teachers I was. I was very fort play some excellent teachers and being exposed to some really interesting things. I grew up in Raleigh, North Carolina, and I was just introduced to some things that an interesting in an interesting way. That said, the funny is- I don't know if any of you saw La Traviata, that Anchorage Opera produced last year, but the baritone singing, your mom was another teacher of mine at one point wonderful artist. I actually just worked with him this last month in Iowa doing a production of play, reminded every time that I see him I remember, distinctly remember sitting following the line to the library in elementary school- I think 3rd- I'm sitting on the Paving and seeing Opera in school. I mostly remember that it was a styrofoam, Rococo style sets. I remember powdered wigs and as my Opera training matured I was like: oh, this is probably with some Mozart Opera that was on an education tours to schools around and I thought no of all the Mozart things add powdered wigs and that kind of said. It had to have been one of the Mozart, the Ponte Aria Opera. So it's probably Marriage of Figaro Donovan. So I was taking voice lessons with this guy who lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana- what year are you talking about? And turns out that he was singing sing count in the marriage of figger in a touring production that went through Raleigh, North Carolina, at the exact time that I'm in third grade and there's no doubt that it was anybody but him. That was one of my, you know, core first memories of what this could be. So every time I go anywhere and try to take Opera to an audience hasn't seen it before. Perhaps that in the back of my mind is there was something about that that special that when I was, whatever age, you third grade 8, significant. 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She recounts her experiences as a wife and mother, particularly her struggles in raising a son with primary microcephalies. The narrative highlights her dedication to her son's care despite the challenges, her husband's unwavering support, and the emotional toll the experience took on their family. She also emphasizes the importance of education for women and the need for societal support for families facing similar situations. Tsiuri expresses her enduring desire to be a mother and her belief that she served as a role model for other mothers of children with special needs.
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","channel_title":"Sermon Series","thumbnail":"https://storylearning.org/s/topic_art/families_relationships.png","captions":"Welcome to Global moms initiative. This is a podcast of a series of moms stories across the world. Today we're traveling to the country of Georgia. Do You Hear the story of a mother whose life was really just as tapestry of dedication, love and resilience, and her story really highlights the universal Joys and challenges of motherhood, no matter where you are? Yeah, it's a story that's both deeply personal and Incredibly insightful, offering us a glimpse into the realities of raising a child with special needs in a society where support systems were often. What's fascinating here is how this mother managed to balance her demanding personal life with a long and ful, dedicated an incredible 56 years of her life to teaching, shaping the minds of generations of students in her community. That's amazing. Can you imagine the impact it's really? Alongside her dedication to her career, she also raised three sons, one of whom was born with microcephaly, a condition where a baby's head is smaller than expected and which often leads to developmental. That must have been incredibly difficult, especially considering that she didn't always have the support, absolutely. But what struck me was her resilience and unwavering posit. She found solace and purpose in her work, her hobbies and, most importantly, her Rudolph. She never stopped advocating for better. That's a powerful message and it really underscores the need for greater awareness and understanding. But I think to truly grasp the depth of her exper, we need to hear it in her. Are you ready to dive into her story? Let's hear it directly from her. Here's the full article. Word for when I became a mother and found out that my son was born with primary microcephaly, that's when I got married at the age of 30. My husband and his parents were outstanding individuals. I was 33 when I had three. I live with my in-laws for 25 years, however, we. It's interesting how she starts her story by highlighting the strength of her family unit, particularly the support she received from her husband. That must have been crucial, especially given the challenges she faced with her youngest son. Absolutely, it speaks to the importance of having a strong support network when navigating the complexities of raising a child with special. It's clear that her family played a vital role in her ability to cope. I never asked for leave. My in-laws help me with my youngest son, and my mother took care of my second son while I. I used to come back home in the afternoon and take care of all the other. When my in-laws became older, it became harder for me to manage responsibilities at work and, however, her work ethic is incredible. Even with all the demands at home, she never missed a beat. It makes you wonder how she managed to juggle it all. It speaks volumes about her determination, and she clearly had a deep sense of responsibility both to her family and to her. She also mentions the support she received from her own mother, further emphasizing the importance of familial. Looking after my son with Microsoft, the energy I spent on his care was equivalent to bringing up the desire to save his life with my source of to cope with the night tantrum in search of a cure. In treatment, we took my son. You can really sense the depth of her love and dedication to her son. The challenges she describes must have been incredibly draining, both physically and emotionally, and yet she never gave up hope. It's heartbreaking to hear about her tireless efforts to find a cure for her son. Taking him abroad in search. Her dedication to his well-being is truly. Let's hear more. We were told that it was the 6 Richard. They suggested that we leave him at the hospital. I remember what my husband said at that moment: I would never leave my puppy here. How can I possibly wow? That must have been a devastating moment to be told that there was no cure and to even be advised to leave her son at the hospital. Her husband's response is incredibly powerful. Yeah, it really underscores the unwavering love and commitment they shared absolutely. This part really highlights the emotional toll that such a diagnosis can have on. Despite the Heartbreak, they chose to face it together, United in. It's a testament to their strength and resil his body, change his teeth and he got a beard. Good care of him for 24. You seem to be happy. I said about my husband. It's heartwarming to hear that, despite the challenges, they were able to provide a loving and supportive environment for their son. Yeah, giving him a happy. But you can also sense the personal sacrifices they had to make. 24 years is a long time to live with that level of constant care and worry. Yes, she's very honest about the toll it took on her and her husband, both physically and emotionally- their dedication to their son's well-being- undoubtedly if my mother had experience went differently, I would definitely be a mother of. I would give birth to every child. That would be. He was 24 years old when he. It was the most difficult and unbearable. This part is just. You can feel the depth of her grief and the profound impact her son's passing. But even in her sorrow she expresses a deep love for had a longing for a different. It's a testament to the depth of her maternal. It's clear that she found a men's Joy even amidst. Let's continue with the next part of her story after a quick word. So we left off on a poignant note, hearing about the loss. I'm ready to hear more whenever you are okay, picking up where we left off, perfect. The happiest moment that I experience was when my second son called me a mother. There was big Sweetness in our family. My husband was very supportive and we were. Despite his busy work life, you would always find we didn't have any difficulties in the family apart from our son. It's touching to hear about the love and support within her family unit, those moments of Joy amidst the, and. It speaks volumes about her husband's character, always finding time for her despite his busy. It's a reminder that even in the face of adversity, those small moments of connection and love can susd. She clearly cherish those times. My childhood and youth were careless and happy. We would travel. I love being active in many ways. Living with my first family was a totally different. My father died when he was 51. My mother tried her best to let us experience different things and supported us all the time. It sounds like she had a very different upbringing, full of travel and care. Is interesting to hear her reflect on those early years, particularly the loss of her father had a. It makes you wonder how her own childhood experiences shaped her approach to Motherhood, and her resilience in the face of contrast between her Carefree Youth and the later demands of raising a child with special needs is quite striking. Let's see what she says next. I started work for the same school where I studied after obtaining my degree. My school is a century and a half years work life, Columbus certificates, ACH 56 years that I spent. I also was a deputy. I heard dedication to education is spending her entire career at the same school. Rising to the position of deputy, it's clear that she found immense fulfillment in her work. It's interesting to consider how her career might have provided her with a sense of purpose and stability during those difficult years. Raising her teaching can be such a rewarding profession, shaping young minds and contributing to the. Let's hear more about her life outside of. I played in the regional team of the volleyball. Nobody could take my hit. At school. Children were asking me to throw the ball even when I was already old, and I enjoyed playing with them a lot. I was good at sports, both I and my husband I. It's so great to hear about her passion for volleyball, even in her later shows that she had interests and hobbies outside of her. Demanding roles as a mother speaks to her vitality and well-rounded. It's a reminder that it's important to maintain those things that bring us joy, those activities that feed our soul and keep us connected to our play. What comes next? At the age of 73, I started to experience vision problems and this became the reason to leave the otherwise I still feel energetic and capable of. Now I worry about my sons, who are not painful for mother when you can't imagine their. It sounds like retiring from teaching was a difficult decision driven by health issues rather than a desire to stop a common worry for mothers as their children into adulthood. It's a natural instinct to want the best for our children, including seeing them find love and build their own. Hurry highlights the ongoing nature of a mother's love and concern, even as children grow older. Let's continue. I contributed to the growth of so many children within 56 years, but never had experience what. That must be a Bittersweet feeling: to have dedicated her life to nurturing so many children yet not experience the joy of being what's a reminder that life doesn't always unfold according to our plans, but we can still find meaning and fulfillment in the past. It also makes you appreciate the unique and profound connection between a mother and her own, a bond that can't be okay. I'm ready for the next. I didn't get any support from society in the government when I was a mother of a child with an incurable now the number of children with a variety of autism. It would be good if there would be any kind of from my own experience as a mother- and it's a mistake to put these children together with the others in the same can't avoid an escape. Bullying from other students side, and this has a negative impact on the children with this is such an important point. She's her personal experience highlights a systemic. The lack of adequate support for families raising children with special drawing on our own challenges is incredibly power. Support systems often lag behind the needs of families facing unique. Her perspective, as both a mother and a teacher, is she brings first-hand knowledge to the conversation about inclusion and the importance of creating appropriate learning environments for children with special. Let's hear more about her thoughts on this issue. The death of my son put a big mark on my other son. I remember my second son was lying on the ground, crying loudly. Mother, don't let him die or I will kill myself too. It was this difficult. His brothers were neglected at some point. They never had enough attention from their parents. They have never spent any vacations with. That's why I say that it would be better if we provided a separate space for children with special. This part is the ripple effect of her son's condition and, passing on, it underscores the importance of addressing the needs of the entire family, not just the child with special needs. Yes, her story highlights the unintended consequences that can arise when families lack sufficient. The emotional strain on her other Sons is evident and it raises important questions about how we can better support siblings of children with special. It's a reminder that these challenges don't exist in isol. The impact the entire family. Let's see what else. I am extremely kind and I will share my last bite with the. I can't hurt anybody. I will never insult anyone, nor do I tolerate it from anyone. I would leave my worries at home and put all my energy into work, organized events and celebrations and leave people. It's amazing how she was able to maintain such a positive and giving, despite the hardship. Her dedication to her work and her ability to compartmentalize speaks to her Incredible strength. It's a powerful Testament to the human capacity for resilience and even in the face of personal challenges, she chose to focus on bringing Joy. I'm leaving a positive. It is necessary for a woman to have a job in an occup, my. Despite the sadness, I stood on my legs at work. I hadn't lost. I let my creativity. Her words are so powerful and it sounds like her work was more than just a job. It was a a source of strength and purpose that helped her navigate those difficult. It highlights the importance of finding fulfillment and meaning in our work, particularly for women, who often face societal pressures and expectations surrounding- let's continue with the next. I feel like I took away. She didn't accept my son. She begged me to leave him. I didn't. I couldn't imagine that he wouldn't sleep next to me for a single night, even though I had to feed him three times a day and me and my husband had to wake up at night a my mother. This part of her story reveals the complexities of family Dynamics and differing perspectives on caring for a child with special. You must have been incredibly difficult to navigate that conflict with her own mother. It's a poignant reminder that even within families there can be disagreements and differing. Her unwavering commitment to her son, even in the face of opposition from her own mother, Max volumes about her stren. It also highlights the emotional burden that mothers often carry, having to make difficult choices and navigate complex family relationships. Yes, and the fact that she blames herself for her mother's death adds another layer of complexity to the. It shows the depth of her empathy and the weight of responsib. I call for all mothers to do everything for their children and give them play- crucial. I am pleased to see that nowadays, parents choose schools and early years education centers. Their children will be educated, and that's a. Her passion for Education shines play. Despite our own challenges, she remained a staunch advocate for the importance of Education, recognizing its transform. It's a message that resonates across cultures and Jenner. Education can Empower individuals, open doors to Opportunities and contribute to a. Let's move on to the next part. I regret that I didn't move to the capital city and that I didn't give my sons. I feel like this is my once I plan to move, but I changed my mind after my sister-in-law reminded me of the responsibility of taking care of my. I chose to hurt myself instead, and so we stay. It's interesting to hear her Express regret about not moving to the capital city, wondering about the opportunities, for it's a common sentiment for parents reflecting on the choices we make and their potential impact on our children's lives. It also highlights the pool of family obligations and the difficult decisions that arise when trying to balance personal as with the needs of, and once again we see the importance of her extended family Network, her sister-in-law playing a significant role in her decision making. It's a reminder that family can be a source of both support and constraint, shaping our choices and influencing the course. Let's hear more about. It's funny that my in-laws lived in. They moved to the Village because they enjoyed Village. My mother-in-law was a singer at the Tbilisi women's choir, and you could always hear her singing and playing piano. My father-in-law was the best human being: very play Love. It's heartwarming to hear her speak so fondly of her in-laws painting a picture of a close-knit and loving family. Dynamic. It sounds like her mother-in-law brought a lot of joy and music into their home, yes, and it further emphasizes the importance of family in her life. It wasn't just her immediate family, but also her extended family that provided her with support, and a sense of cultural politeness in education are so important, for I have seen mother and daughter-in-law hitting each other. They are usually illiterate and bearers of you would never see such. Looking back at my life, I have her perspective on the importance of education and cultural politeness. It seems like these values were deeply ingrained in her and shaved her worldview. It's a reflection of her own upbringing and the emphasis placed on education and social decorum. It also speaks to her belief in the transformative power of do you elevate individuals and Foster a more harm? Meet me and tell me that I was the light of the whole Province. It means a lot to me. I think I am a role model mother among those who have had a sick child. When the school principal came to my place, she was surprised by what she saw. I was taking care of my three children at the same time, all of them. It's heartwarming to hear her recognized for her contributions to her being seen as a role model, especially for other mothers who have faced similar challenges, must be incredibly validating. It speaks to the impact she had on those around, inspiring others with her strength, resilience and unwavering dedication to her family and her work, and I didn't take a day off that day at work. I never missed any work-related events either. Her work ethic is truly. Even with her children sick, she still went to work and fulfilled her. It's a testament to her commitment to her profession, and her unwavering sense of it also makes you wonder about the societal expectations and pressures that she might have felt potentially limiting her options, for I did not fall. I didn't bother anyone with my problems. It is possible to be a mother and to also live your life. However, Family Support is very. Her determination shines through. She faced her challenges head on, never giving up or letting them. It's a message of Hope and empowerment for mother. It's possible to balance motherhood with other aspects of life, to pursue our passions and find fulfillment outside of our roles. As badass, she emphasizes crucial okay, let's move on to the. If there is an afterlife, would you like to be a mother? There too, I would definitely be a mother in that life as well, a mother of many children. What a beautiful and poignant way to end her story. It speaks volumes about her love for children, and the deep-seated maternal instincts that shaped her motherhood was clearly her calling a source of both immense joy and profound. Her story is a testament to the resilience of the human, the unwavering love of a mother and the importance of finding Joy even in the face of. Let's delve deeper into the meaning of her story after a quick word from absolutely. Her story is like this tapestry, woven with threads of resilience, love and Prof, and it's truly inspiring to witness how she navigated those complexities of motherhood, career and personal with such Grace and determination. It really makes you think about those Universal experiences of. You know the joys, the challenges, the sacrifices and that unwavering love that transcends borders and cultures. It's a powerful reminder that, despite our differences in culture, there are these shared experiences that really connect that so many. On raising children, what's truck be the most was for unwavering dedication to her son. With micro Play Shape not only her family life but also her outlook on society, and she became such a powerful advocate for greater understanding and support for families like hers. Yeah, and despite experiencing so much personal loss and hardship, she never lost sight of the importance of Education, both for her own children and for future. Clear that teaching was more than just a. It was a calling, a way to empower Young. Tribute to your dedication to her work. Her family and her community is truly in. What are some key takeaways you think our listeners can glean from well. I think her story really challenges us to be more mindful of the diverse experiences Within. It encourages us to advocate for greater support for families with special needs and to recognize the importance of strong support. She also emphasized the importance of finding fulfillment and meaning, of balancing our roles as mothers with those other aspects of life that bring us joy and, despite the hardships she faced, she never gave. Her story is a testament to the resilience of the human Spirit and the enduring. Thank you for joining us on this deep dive into the life of this remarkable mother from Georgia. Your story reminds us that even admits those extraordinary challenges. Human connection, love and a positive spirit can truly shine through. 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