Category: Opinion

My Real Israel: A Testimony of an Italian from Central Israel

Article by Lara Baumann

I don’t usually write about politics – especially Italian – and I don’t feel I have what it takes to be able to criticize the choices and votes of the citizens of a country where I haven’t lived for a long time and whose daily reality I no longer know. But these days, Facebook is full of criticisms and judgments towards Israel, also expressed by Jews, non-Jews, Arabs and anyone who thinks they know the facts because they have seen two minutes of the news.

Mi verdadero Israel: Testimonio de una italiana del centro de Israel

Articulo escrito por Lara Baumann – Video: Lisa Picerno

No suelo escribir sobre política, especialmente sobre italiano, y no siento que tenga lo necesario para poder criticar las elecciones y los votos de los ciudadanos de un país en el que no he vivido durante mucho tiempo y cuya realidad diaria que ya no conozco. Pero estos días, Facebook está lleno de críticas y juicios hacia Israel, también expresados ​​por judíos, no judíos, árabes y cualquiera que crea conocer los hechos porque ha visto dos minutos de la noticia.

What do we do with trespassers? Throw them out

TORONTO – When the trustees at the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB) told the Cardinal to “stick it in his ear” they touched off a firestorm of rejection, local and beyond. The public would seem to object to their religious and legal rights being usurped by entry-level politicos. A blogger from far away Texas has initiated an online petition calling for the ouster of these “pretenders”.

Gastrodiplomacy

Chicken and pork adobo, photo credit, Lutong Bahay

I’ve been eating adobo ever since I can remember. My adobo is the chicken and pork preparation, cooked exactly as it appears in the photo accompanying this article. It is the national dish of the country I come from and a derivation of the Spanish word adobar, which means to marinate raw food in a stock of vinegar and herbs. This is one legacy of Spain to the Philippines after three and a quarter centuries of colonization. Spanish presence is evident in my old country, not just in foods but also in Filipinos’ names, like mine.