Lizrael Update

Category: conflict management/negotiation

  • What is NOT a cease-fire.

    Does anyone hear something wrong with this Jerusalem Post headline from yesterday? Palestinians: Israeli attacks on Kassams ‘will end cease-fire’ Guys? Do you call continuous launching Kassams over the border to the Negev a cease-fire? What about the two seriously injured teenage boys who couldn’t get to a shelter in time on Tuesday? Is that…

  • On lacking style… American style.

    The (typically quiet) religious Ethiopian Israeli girl in my class was up for talking about her thesis topic and getting suggestions. She began to describe her topic, having to do with religious authorities in Israel discriminating against religious Jewish Ethiopian practices. One student in the class, a (typically argumentative) Ashkenazi secular guy, offered some information…

  • Theory & practice

    Since my charedi mother-in-law has come to stay with us, I have had more contact and insight into the diaspora charedi world than I did even living in NYC for 22 years. I guess you could say I spent years, after my initial becoming religious, turned off from wanting to know about the ‘ultra orthodox’…

  • The Cuban Missile Crisis and me.

    I’m reflecting on a little something from class on the Cuban Missile Crisis yesterday: “We and you ought not to pull on the ends of a rope which you have tied the knots of war. Because the more the two of us pull, the tighter the knot will be tied.” – Nikita Khrushchev, 1962 “That’s…

  • Onward and forward…

    You know what’s interesting? So now we have this Kadima party, supposed to be centered and all. We have political figures quitting their old parties to join from both the left and the right. This basically means that within the political party Kadima will be the neccesity for negotiations – level 2 negotiations, which happen…

  • When I grow up.

    I’m in love. It hit me today, like a club, like an enormous brainstorm. I want to be a mediator. Obviously, this was something I thought I want to do. I thought I could do. But as of today, I know: This is what I will do. I want to help people communicate. I want…

  • Derech eretz kadma l'?

    I took the sheirut from Bar Ilan to Geula, where it ends, instead of getting off earlier at Binyani HaUma because I decided to experiment with the timing of that route and meanwhile get a little tour of Geula.As we (the driver, 6 charedis, and me) were driving through Geula, (which for your reference looks…

  • hell is the floor of the 400 bus

    to clarify: the 400 bus is the bnei brak bus. shudder. I feel: Defeated. I went to my Conflict Management and Negotiation orientation at Bar Ilan and it was a complete failure. It took 3 hours to get there and when I did, I got there late, so late that the stupid thing was only…

  • lizrael update: back to school edition

    registered for my courses today. since it’s grad school and my first year, i’m mostly signed up for required classes (it just took me a good 10 seconds to remember how to say that in english, weird).here’s a synopsis – ניהול סיכסוכים בקהילות יהודיות בעת החדשהמודלים וגישות במו’מ וניהול סיכסוכיםגישות חברתיות–פסיכולולגיות למשא ומתןסמינר בינתחומי אינטגרטיבי…

  • conversation peace.

    Subject: HiDate: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 Hi Liz, It was nice meeting you last night at XXXXX. I enjoyed hearing about your interest in the “conflict management and negotiation” program at BIU. I thought that it would be nice to share some ideas on the subject. It’s interesting that the program title contains the word…

  • everyday is monday when you're an office monkey.

    oh my god.an actual conversation i just had with my boss: marc: any questions?liz: no… but a man called from the taipei group asking about bringing 2 presents for the raffle at the convention. i wasnt sure what he meant, so i told him he should see ruth at the reception when he gets there.marc:…

  • mind, body, conscience

    i’m really stressed out. i want things to go back to the way they were. is that jaded of me? am i too young to be jaded? is it too late to care? the world is really really stressing me out, politics is grating on my nerves. i want the election to be over but…