Aug 3 2010
Earth Charter at the Peace Palace in the Netherland brought together people from all over the world after 5 years. It was a phenomenal event that had such energy, it left all the participants feeling and thinking about the impact long after the final...
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May 10 2010
Beneath the dust and dirt of western industrialisation and the cries of street traders pushing three hour boat tours on the Bosphorous, there is a melancholy that ebbs through to you, if you just stop and listen. From the top balcony of the Hagia...
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Dec 17 2008
Dear readers, amidst all the mayhem, I just couldn`t pick up my pen to write these words until the dust settled a little. The infamous Crisis is by now becoming somewhat of an irritation to all those in power, who are now having to give-up their...
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Sep 20 2008
September, Salzburg. Now that the tourists departed from their star-gazing vacation of the Festspiele, Salzburgian’s can now enjoy enclosed harmony the joys of ländler dances complete with hopping, stamping and if you are lucky-yodeling, they...
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Sep 14 2008
With the end of the Summer Salzburg Festival, I think back to the founders of such an event. Two of the prime movers were Jews: the magnificent theater director Max Reinhardt and the poet and librettist Hugo von Hofmannsthal. The hope, originally was...
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Sep 12 2008
This week in Vienna sees a series of events to co-inside with autumn season. There is the Jewish Festival: Yiddishkeit, that is advertised on the Ubahn with a gigantic picture of Ariel Muzicant, president of the Viennese Jewish community and the...
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