Bogotano between Italy & Cyprus after a decade in Istanbul. Working on time, archaeology, & contemporary art. Co-editor @perambulati0n.
Nov 30, 2021 • 16 tweets • 6 min read
.@TurkishFacade: "Captive Communities: New Challenges to Religious Freedom in Turkey" organized by @StAFreedomForum@HellenicLeaders, starting now. Remarks by @RepSarbanes@RepGregoryMeeks@RepMaloney & now @RepGusBilirakis talking about Turkey's violations of religious freedom.
.@RepSarbanes introduces @RepMaloney, is founder and Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Hellenic Issues: Why Turkey is not included in a list of major violators of religious freedom? Gov continues to discriminate & seize property from minorities.
Nov 29, 2021 • 7 tweets • 2 min read
Jokes aside, back then when I was in yeshiva, the rabbis used to be reluctant to discuss "Tarbut Yunan" (Greek culture), & spoke disparagingly of "Aristos" (Aristotle, and they were right!), but also said the only real contribution of Greeks to the human soul was in fact sports.
Then there's also that story as to how technically Greek is the only language other than Hebrew in which a Torah scroll can be read? But this applied only to the Septuagint & guess not seen except in 2nd century BC? This is according to Maimonides, Hilchot Sefer Torah 1:19
Jun 25, 2021 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
This article is so grandiose, so epic, so absolutely stunning in its untruth, that it needs to be translated as a case study of what not to say. yenisafak.com/yazarlar/yusuf… "Archaeological imperialism is erasing the traces of Islam from these lands, but we are still sleeping!"
"Archeology is the shortest way to make history without war. Distorting and rewriting history... imposing history on others..." "Whoever masters archeology will also dominate the world: He writes history; He sells the history he wrote to the world as "this is the truth"."
