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David Ranan: The Truth
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Sunday, 12 July 2015. This is what I had to find out at a party in Romania, a couple of weeks ago. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To David Ranan's Blog. Back from Temple Bayreuth. I hope that you have all registered, as I no longe. Donald Trump and John McCain. Berlin and its Condoms. Just in case you are at one or more of the followi. The X-Claim Argument Against Religious Belief - pre-publication draft. Simple template. Powered by Blogger.
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David Ranan: July 2015
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Thursday, 30 July 2015. Today is the 100. Birthday of my mother’s first cousin, Germaine Davys. Germaine was murdered in 1944, as she – according to an eyewitness – tried to flee from Auschwitz. She was born in Bucharest, had apparently been an active youth leader in the communist cell in Bucharest before leaving for Paris to study for her doctorate in philosophy at the Sorbonne. This portrait of Germaine. Hung in my great-aunt Feli’s small flat in Tel Aviv. After Tristan and Isolde. Monday, 27 July 2015.
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David Ranan: Opera (this) Week
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Thursday, 30 July 2015. After Tristan and Isolde. In Bayreuth, there was Figaro. In Salzburg and last night Evgeny Onegin. With the great Anna Netrebko as Tatyana) in Munich. The week will end with Norma. Cecilia Bartoli) in Salzburg. BUT, someone must put an end to all these tiresome directors who force their irritating productions on the opera loving public. A difficult-to-pronounce and no-reason-to-remember named director turned Evgeny Onegin. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Berlin and its Condoms.
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David Ranan: November 2014
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Tuesday, 18 November 2014. Don’t be Chickenshits. As part of its continuous, concerted and successful action-plan to hold onto the Occupied Territories, Israel is cold bloodedly taking advantage of today’s murderous attack by two Arabs from East Jerusalem, to slander the Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas. Netanyahu: “the terrorists’ act was a. Direct result of incitement led by Hamas, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and irresponsibly ignored by the international community…”. Israel’...
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David Ranan: October 2014
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Friday, 17 October 2014. Money Weighing Machines – Beware! I was standing in line at an HSBC branch, as the man in front of me wrote out and cashed a cheque for £2,500. The cashier took a pack of £50 notes, put them on a money-weighing machine, told the customer that the amount was right and asked him whether he also wanted them manually counted. Yes, was the customer’s response. And… surprise, surprise… it was £500 short. Neither alternative is very attractive. Not only, because I do not have a five yea...
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David Ranan: Germaine Davys
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Thursday, 30 July 2015. Today is the 100. Birthday of my mother’s first cousin, Germaine Davys. Germaine was murdered in 1944, as she – according to an eyewitness – tried to flee from Auschwitz. She was born in Bucharest, had apparently been an active youth leader in the communist cell in Bucharest before leaving for Paris to study for her doctorate in philosophy at the Sorbonne. This portrait of Germaine. Hung in my great-aunt Feli’s small flat in Tel Aviv. 30 July 2015 at 12:38. 30 July 2015 at 13:25.
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David Ranan: March 2015
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Sunday, 22 March 2015. It is the time of year for St. John Passion and last night I heard a splendid rendering of Bach’s Johannes Passion. In the Freiburg Münster. Bach in his great talent managed to vividly bring home the story told in the Gospel of St. John. Almost like an impressionist painter, with his choir, Bach brings out the atmosphere, the [Jewish] crowds and hysteria. The result is anti-Jewish agitation to the most beautiful music. 45 Year later, leaving the Freiburg Münster. Depicting the Jews...
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David Ranan: The Iran Deal
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Thursday, 23 July 2015. Both sides are feeding us spin. The American administration, through all avenues open to it, is explaining why the Vienna agreement - that will bring an end to the sanctions on Iran - is the best we can all hope for. In Israel, virtually the whole of the political class - including the parties that call themselves opposition - are briefing against. Netanyahu is the leader of the doomsday evangelists. And of the Shin Bet. So what to think? Netanyahu has a long track record of lying...
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David Ranan: Berlin and its Condoms
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Sunday, 19 July 2015. Berlin and its Condoms. Berlin – as the posters around town are proclaiming – is using condoms, and… there are even bins that welcome the used ones. Now, what would my Berlin grandmother, who left the city that was by no means coy in the Weimar years, have thought of that? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To David Ranan's Blog. Back from Temple Bayreuth. I hope that you have all registered, as I no longe. Donald Trump and John McCain. Berlin and its Condoms.