Am I naive, or is it amazing ( dismaying and pathetic ) that in the Jewish state not one person whose power lies in the realm of ideas and the spirit is on the list?
1. this is only haaretz' opinion, so does it really matter? 2. which academic-type would you put on the list? which academic is well-known, or influential, on the israeli scene? [even yeshayahu leibowitz is no longer with us...]. [and the various rashei yeshiva are of little import outside their little world...]
The list includes about 90 businesspeople/bureaucrats, 5 politicians, and 1 rabbi (who is named neither Eliyashiv nor Yosef). Olmert is ranked #100 (although I think that's supposed to be a joke). That should tell you the list is representative of little more than the social circle the author travels in.
1. this is only haaretz' opinion, so does it really matter?
ReplyDelete2. which academic-type would you put on the list? which academic is well-known, or influential, on the israeli scene? [even yeshayahu leibowitz is no longer with us...]. [and the various rashei yeshiva are of little import outside their little world...]
The list includes about 90 businesspeople/bureaucrats, 5 politicians, and 1 rabbi (who is named neither Eliyashiv nor Yosef).
ReplyDeleteOlmert is ranked #100 (although I think that's supposed to be a joke). That should tell you the list is representative of little more than the social circle the author travels in.
You mean you don't consider Yaakov Yisrael Ifergan (Rabbi "X-ray") a man of ideas or spirit? ;-)
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