Essays, Articles & Stories
JEWISH EXPLORATORIA OF THE FUTURE
Dror, a former Jewish Museum curator, advocates a shift from Greek to Jewish paradigm of art and turning the museum visitor to an active participant.
MEDITATIONS ON THE NAME OF JERUSALEM
The crucial Arab-Israeli conflict over Jerusalem has its own logic that is not rational but semantic. Understanding the names of Jerusalem-Yerushalayim and Zion-Tsion gives the clue for resolving the conflict.
Heavenly Jerusalem, its invocation and modern function
John Michell, the master writer on Sacred Geometry and secret history, summarizes the desirable realization of the Heavenly and our work towards this.
I WILL BUILD AGAIN
In the darkness of WWII and the Holoucast Hugh Schonfield's vision of re-establishing the Holy Peoples of the Universal .
The Case of the Lost Imam
A key player in disarming/using the Iranian Bomb is the long-awaited Imam Mahdi who disappeared long ago. Why is he hiding? What kind of character might he be? and how would he approach the contemporary waring parties? Would he ever want to use th...
CONVERSATION THEORY AND CONVERSATIONAL ENVIRONMENTS
Short Survey of Pask's Conversation ory and its possible applications for social nets and net games: 1. Conversation ory; 2. Main Concepts; 3. Strict Conversation; 4. Generalizations; 5. Novel Conversational Environments; References.
RAV KOOK ON EVOLUTION
Religions are often set against the of Evolution. Here the greatest Jewish thinker of the 20th century puts a contradictory and optimistic view.
Enhancing AMITY through Knowledge Architecture
… we are.. dealing with actors who interact and their evolving meshes ... The quality and quantity conserved and generated in this interaction is AMITY, or, if you prefer it, LOVE…. Gordon Pask.
Jerusalem: The Scandal of Particularity
Discussing apparent "scandal" of Jerusalem's particularity - and that of belief of choseness of Jews - writer Norman Podhoretz shows m to be paradoxes, not scandals. He brings empirical grounds to accept this particularity as a gift to world.
A LOVE For The WORLD
"Great souls cannot dissociate themselves from the most universal concerns...The whole cannot achieve its highest fulfillment except through the perfection of its particular individuals, and the particular communities, whether small or large, of w...
CYBER - ZIONISM
Moshe Dror calls us here to enact the Zionism for the 21st century, based on "Virtual Aliyah" and world-wide Zionist involvement. This article may become a kick-start for many comments, certainly by me (Yitzhaq Hayut-Man)
The Love of Humankind and The Love of the Nation
A strong voice against religious (even Jewish) chauvinism. "It is only a person rich in love for people and love for each individual person who can reach the love for his own nation in its noblest dimension, spiritually and practically", plus more...
Rav Kook on Relating Israel and Humankind - 2
We bring here two more entries of Rav Kook relating Israel and humankind, sequel to note 162
Rabbi Kook Understanding of Israel and Humankind
Israel as the servant Nation for the process of humankind's unification into One Family.
RAV KOOK - Master Of The Lights
Published in 2010 in Tikkun Magazine, this article introduces the enlightened universal teachings of the premier modern Jewish sage.
Echoes of a WORLD INSTITUTE - Purpose and Outcome, Julius Stulman
Written in 1973, when the World Institute Jerusalem operated, It was followed the next year by a major turnaround (see below)
The Cosmotheistic Hypothesis of Mordechai Nessyahu
How could the People of Israel be leaders of the ultimate development of the Universe (An appendix of the Book "Futurizing the Jews").
THE FUTURE OF JEWISH SPIRITUALITY
Chapter by Moshe Dror of the Book "Futurizing the Jews". From discussions of Values and of Light and of cyberspace to spirituality in real life - "From Information to Action - From Torah to Mitzvot".
Dr. Moshe Dror on VIRTUAL MINYAN
Statements by with some responses by Yitzhaq Hayut-Man
Moshe Dror: What the New Age Means to Me
was a founding associate of the "Bridges to the Future" (Sha'ar Yamim) group that was meeting in the early 1980's. Here is his statement, one of the 13 members of the group who gave their understanding of "The New Age".