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Handel's Israelite Oratorio Libretti: Sacred Drama and ...
Deborah W. RookeThe main actors in the libretto, as in the biblical story, are Deborah, Barak, and Jael, and so they will be discussed in turn, beginning with Barak. a. Barak The libretto's presentation of Barak is perhaps its most important difference from the ...
Lebanese Army, The: A National Institution in a Divided Society
Oren BarakComprehensive study of the Lebanese Army from Lebanon’s independence to the present.
The Pragmatics of Humour across Discourse Domains
Preview(1) Barak: I finish work early today. Sagit: So, do you want to go to the movies? Barak: I don't really feel like seeing a movie. Sagit: So maybe we could go dancing? Barak: No, at the end of the night my feet will hurt and I'll be tired. Sagit: You're ...
Eve's Garden
J. Hannah OrdenDiana laid her hand on Barak to calm him, desperate to be of use somehow. She imagined the scene that had taken place in the orchard, pictured Benny scrambling to his feet while Simon went after Barak. Then, as if she too had been ...
Israeli Peacemaking Since 1967: Factors Behind the ...
Galia Golan149 Yet Barak was not known to be indecisive but, rather, calculating if impulsive; he presumably calculated that he could not overcome the domestic obstacles in the face of a referendum. Clinton, however, attributed this to Barak«s relatively ...
Deborah and Barak: If God Be with Us
Trudy J. Morgan-ColeAfter two years of raids and ambushes, Barak's band had grown to about 120 men. Everyone — Hebrews and Canaanites — now recognized him as more than a bandit chief. The word was out that the king of Hazor had put a price on the head ...
Six Days of War
Michael OrenThere are many contexts in which this story makes sense, but only Michael Oren, a widely published American-born Israel scholar and historian, has so far knitted the diverse strands into a cohesive fabric that remains vital and relevant ...
Power, Faith, and Fantasy: America in the Middle East: 1776 ...
Michael B. OrenDrawing on a vast range of government documents, personal correspondence, and the memoirs of merchants, missionaries, and travelers, Michael B. Oren narrates the unknown story of how the United States has interacted with this vibrant and ...
Honor Bound: Race and Shame in America
David Leverenz75. Quoted in Danner, Torture and Truth, 18. Oren notes that GIs were given a “ laminated Iraqi Culture Smart Card” with advice about manners and cultural conflicts; Oren, Power, Faith, and Fantasy, 591. See also Malini Johar Schueller, ...
The Dismantling of Japan's Empire in East Asia: ...
PreviewDeimperialization, Postwar Legitimation and Imperial Afterlife Barak Kushner, Sherzod Muminov ... search for postwar legitimacy BARAK KUSHNER 4 The collapse of the Japanese empire and the great migrations: repatriation, assimilation, ...
I Sleep at Red Lights: A True Story of Life After Triplets
Bruce StocklerBarak will yell. Barak is still exploring his feminine side. He loves to play with Barbies and requested a Barbie cake at his fourth birthday. He owns a pair of plastic high-heeled shoes—after screaming in jealousy over Hannah's pair— which he ...
Slurp! A Social and Culinary History of Ramen - Japan's ...
Barak KushnerBarak Kushner explores the history of ramen and Japan's noodle culture over the last 1000 years.
Native Men of Courage: Revised Edition
Vincent Schilling—CHIEF OREN LYONS Very few Native Americans have achieved so much for the rights of Native people as Oren Lyons, Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga and Seneca Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy. As faithkeeper, he is ...
Sand Devil
Michael B. OrenThe heat of the Negev Desert is captured in this collection of three novellas.
Dog story
Oren LyonsAn Indian boy recounts his relationship with the unusual dog that becomes his hunting partner.
The Odyssey Gene:
Kfir Luzzatto... anymore, avoice came from the communication panel onBarak's desk. “The Deputy Minister willsee you now,” said Eva. “Come on, John,” said Barak. He gotup quickly and walked to the door without looking back toseeif Johnwas following.
Practical Soldiers: Israel’s Military Thought and Its ...
Avi KoberAlthough Israeli officials like former Defense Minister Ehud Barak and former Chief of AMAN Amos Yadlin have stressed cyber warfare's defensive value, it can also be applied in an offensive manner, as happened in the case of the destruction ...
Constitutional Limits and the Public Sphere: A Critical ...
Oren Ben-DorDr. Ariella Atzmon provided fruitful exchanges and linguistic turns which sparked me off to broaden the perspective and scope of what Bentham's thought might be about. I was inspired by many discussions with Eccy de Jonge and Dr. Michael ...
Book of God (Reissue)
Walter WangerinArise! Even peasants must take the field! For the Lord is emerging from Sinai! Look how the heavens crack and tremble at his coming! The earth shakes! Mountains roar before the Lord! Barak, arise! Man of lightning, come and take captives!
Ally: My Journey Across the American-Israeli Divide
Michael B. OrenAlly is the story of that enduring alliance—and of its divides—written from the perspective of a man who treasures his American identity while proudly serving the Jewish State he has come to call home.
Japanese Confucianism: A Cultural History
Kiri ParamoreThe book's outlook has since been enriched by conversations with Milinda Banerjee, Benjamin Elman, Matsuda Ko ̄ichiro ̄, Sugawara Hikaru, O ̄kubo Takeharu, Chen-Tao Shih, Barak Kushner, Hans Martin Krämer, Mark Teeuwen, ...
Towards an Ethics of Community: Negotiations of Difference ...
PreviewPrivileging aparticular spirituality marginalizes all spiritualities but one. Honouring the two fires brings about not the conflagration but the vitalization of a self-governing community. Notes 1. Oren Lyons, “Spirituality, Equality, and Natural Law” ...
Examining Japan's Lost Decades
PreviewYoichi Funabashi, Barak Kushner. Conclusion In this context, it is correct to observe, as Shiraishi Takashi does in Chapter 11, that Japan's decline was in some sense a byproduct of Asia's rise. Indeed, Asia's rise, including that of China, ...
The Middle East and North Africa 2004
Taylor & Francis GroupA fine of 13.5m. new shekels was imposed on Barak's One Israel, although the Prime Minister himself disclaimed any responsibility for the origin of party funds. On 8 March 2000 the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport, Itzhak ...
Six Days of War: June 1967 and the Making of the Modern ...
Michael B. OrenMy deepest appreciation goes to Moshe Fuchsman, Yemima Kitron, Elisheva Machlis, and Alexander Pevzner. Thanks are also due to editorial assistants Aloma Halter and Michael Rose, and to graphic artist Batsheva Kohay. I am particularly ...
The Origins of the Second Arab-Israel War: Egypt, Israel and ...
Michael B. OrenThis book represents the first scholarly examination of the origins of the 1956 Sinai campaign between Egypt and Israel.
Divided We Stand: American Jews, Israel, and the Peace Process
Ofira SeliktarAWACS sale, 67-68; and Barak government, 182; and Breira group, 38—39; Camp David II, 191-192; and Carter administration, 49; congressional lobby, 9-10 . 32; criticism of, 84, 104- 105; defeat of, 103; and Ford administration, 37; internal ...
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