In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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25,000 Jews in Iran
Mon, 2008/03/17 - 4:52am — Benjamin MelançonReuters:
Iran's Jewish population has slumped to about 25,000 from 85,000 at the time
of the revolution, but is believed to be the biggest Jewish community in the
Middle East outside Israel.Late last year, a prominent Jewish group in Iran sought to distance itself
from a secret exodus to Israel by 40 Jews. They rejected any suggestion they
were involved in the group's departure and said Jews enjoy good living
conditions in Iran.An Israeli immigration official said the influx was the largest from Iran as
Henry Kissinger
Thu, 2007/08/23 - 7:33pm — Benjamin MelançonWhen my Dad was in Israel, he was asked: "Isn't Kissinger a Jew?"
Dad replied: "No, he's a Nazi."
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We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.