Humanitarian aid arriving in Haiti? Essential goods finally delivered to Gaza?
Oh wait, it’s just the opening of the first H&M store in Israel last week…
i just listened to the yiddish version of the song. hmm. well scenes like these are pretty disgusting. i google translated some of the comments and the one guy that was upset with the juxt got negative feedback. im stil not sure how i feel about it, but it seems that uninhibited consummerism is interpreted as todays “fire”, while many are just standing around and leting it burn [Israel/World] thus reducing humanity to stampeding beheymes (or beheyme worshiping pagans as some of the comments would have it) thirsting for a new store to open its doors.
there must be a song out there that reflects the de-humanizing effect of consumerism and isnt originally written about a pogrom or holocaust. whatever that song is would probably be more fitting.
Right, thats a Mordecai Gebertig song – its become a kind of anthem in Israel – akin perhaps to Bialik’s City of Slaughter, which was also read in Yiddish. Its a bizarre choice of song.
What resistance? The total resistance in the Krakow ghetto (where Gebertig lived) was the bombing of 1 cafe. Gebertig (who had military training as he had served in the Austro-Hungarian army)was shot in 1942. Unarmed of course.
What’s the song?
what would herzl do?
http://www.shiron.net/artist?type=lyrics&lang=1&prfid=806&wrkid=6008
The song is called “HaAyara Boeret” which means “The Little Town is Burning”
I think the editor was trying to use some Holocaust imagery but I’m not sure exactly what the point is.
Apparantly this song was a bit of an anthem of the resistance in the Holocaust and is song at a lot of Holocaust memorial ceremonies.
http://www.ushmm.org/museum/exhibit/online/music/detail.php?content=burning
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mordechai_Gebirtig
i just listened to the yiddish version of the song. hmm. well scenes like these are pretty disgusting. i google translated some of the comments and the one guy that was upset with the juxt got negative feedback. im stil not sure how i feel about it, but it seems that uninhibited consummerism is interpreted as todays “fire”, while many are just standing around and leting it burn [Israel/World] thus reducing humanity to stampeding beheymes (or beheyme worshiping pagans as some of the comments would have it) thirsting for a new store to open its doors.
there must be a song out there that reflects the de-humanizing effect of consumerism and isnt originally written about a pogrom or holocaust. whatever that song is would probably be more fitting.
Right, thats a Mordecai Gebertig song – its become a kind of anthem in Israel – akin perhaps to Bialik’s City of Slaughter, which was also read in Yiddish. Its a bizarre choice of song.
I don’t even know what H&M is.
Clothes. Very cheap, cute clothes.
What resistance? The total resistance in the Krakow ghetto (where Gebertig lived) was the bombing of 1 cafe. Gebertig (who had military training as he had served in the Austro-Hungarian army)was shot in 1942. Unarmed of course.