Violent Streets and Their Collateral Damage

Oct 11, 2015, 7:16 PM

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EVOLUTION OF THOUGHT:

A POEM ON COLLATERAL DAMAGE

Prehistoric Times: Will Enemy Come with Knife?

Greeks: What Is Beauty? What is Democracy?

Medievals: What is Logic? What is the Perfect Being?

Renaissance: How can Human Life Flourish? What is at Centre, Earth or Sun?

Modern: What Are the Limits of Science? What is Language?

Postmodern: What is Identity? What is Narrative?

21^st Century Jewish: What was the Holocaust? What is Zionism? What is an Israeli? Religion and State? Land for Peace? Does Tradition Evolve? What is Halacha/ Role of Feminism/ the Root of Anti-Semitism? Who is a Jew? What About Homosexuality?

Streets of Jerusalem, October 2015. British-Israeli woman, several university degrees, loves to think, debate and discuss:

…Will Enemy Come with Knife?

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(With thanks to Dr Sam Lebens for his philosophical help)

About the Author

Yael Unterman is a Jerusalem-based international author, lecturer, Bibliodrama facilitator and life coach. Her first book "Nehama Leibowitz, Teacher and Bible Scholar" was a finalist in the 2009 National Jewish Book Awards . Her second book, a collection of fictional stories, "The Hidden of Things: Twelve Stories of Love & Longing", was a finalist for the USA Best Book Awards. Contact Yael if you would like to participate in Bibliodrama sessions on Zoom. www.yaelunterman.com