Help


[permalink] [id link]
+
Page "Eric Alterman" ¶ 8
from Wikipedia
Edit
Promote Demote Fragment Fix

Some Related Sentences

Alterman and was
In 2011, Goldberg was announced as one of four great Israeli poets who would appear on Israel's currency ( together with Rachel Bluwstein, Shaul Tchernichovsky, and Natan Alterman ).
Especially celebrated are works from the 1950s and the 1960s, when art in modern Hebrew was created, in contrast to the poetry written previously, like that of Nathan Alterman, Avraham Shlonsky, and Leah Goldberg, or the literary style of one of the greatest Hebrew authors, S. Y. Agnon.
That cachet, Alterman wrote, " was perhaps best illustrated when the dashing, young President Kennedy had been photographed boarding Air Force One holding a copy ".
I did not find in Gold's book an explanation to the concept ' national poet ' but in the first place, this concept appears in her book she is pointing to my article ( 1997 ) that says: " of all the poets who began to at the time of Amichai, or in later years, since Alterman there was not a poet more popular than Amichai.
Alterman was replaced by Huw Gower in 1978, crystallizing the new lineup with Gower ( lead guitar ) and Phil Brown ( bass ) now on board.
The well-known Israeli poet Nathan Alterman wrote a poem about Benjamin of Tudela, which was set to music by Naomi Shemer and was often heard on the Israeli radio.
Sutzkever's poetry was translated into Hebrew by Nathan Alterman, Avraham Shlonsky and Leah Goldberg.
In 1933 Shlonsky founded the literary weekly Turim, which was identified with the " Yachdav " society in which major poets Natan Alterman and Leah Goldberg were also members.
Nathan Alterman (, August 14, 1910, Warsaw – March 28, 1970, Tel Aviv ) was an Israeli poet, playwright, journalist, and translator who – though never holding any elected office – was highly influential in Socialist Zionist politics, both before and after the establishment of the State of Israel.
Nathan Alterman was born in Warsaw, Poland ( then part of the Russian Empire ).
Though maintaining close contacts with his family and friends in Tel Aviv and visiting them on vacations, Alterman spent three years in France and was highly influenced by his occasional meetings with French artists and writers.
Alterman is credited with bringing the seeds of the marmande tomato to Israel, where it was the main species cultivated in the country until the 1960s.
During the 1950s, Alterman was opposed to the martial law imposed at the time on Israel's Arab citizens ( until 1966 ), and was also strongly supportive of workers ' struggle such as the 1952 sailors ' strike which was suppressed by the Ben Gurion Government.
After the Six-Day War, Alterman was one of the founders of the Movement for Greater Israel, finding himself in alliance with right-wing activists whom he greatly opposed in earlier times of his career.
* In 1957, Alterman was awarded the Bialik Prize for literature.

Alterman and critic
* Eric Alterman, media critic, author of " What Liberal Media?

Alterman and for
" In support of this, he referred to " the paradox of Rush Limbaugh, ensconced in a Palm Beach mansion massaging the resentments across the country of white-knuckled wage earners, who are barely making ends meet in no small part because of the corporate and ideological forces for whom Rush has been a hero .... As Eric Alterman reports in his recent book — a book that I'm proud to have helped make happen — part of the red meat strategy is to attack mainstream media relentlessly, knowing that if the press is effectively intimidated, either by the accusation of liberal bias or by a reporter's own mistaken belief in the charge's validity, the institutions that conservatives revere — corporate America, the military, organized religion, and their own ideological bastions of influence — will be able to escape scrutiny and increase their influence over American public life with relatively no challenge.
" According to CUNY journalism professor Eric Alterman, “ Nothing has been as consistent about the past 34 years of TNR as the magazine's devotion to Peretz's own understanding of what is good for Israel … It is really not too much to say that almost all of Peretz's political beliefs are subordinate to his commitment to Israel's best interests, and these interests as Peretz defines them almost always involve more war.
* Contempt for the mainstream establishment, in particular for public figures who, in his view, gain mainstream respectability by criticizing those to their left ; targets have included The New York Times, President Barack Obama, Senator Bernie Sanders, the late academic Irving Howe, and some of his colleagues at The Nation, including Marc Cooper, David Corn and Eric Alterman.
Israeli grandmasters such as Boris Alterman play for Rishon.
Alterman also writes a regular media column for the Center for American Progress, where he has also been a fellow.
Alterman has also criticized Steve Jobs for his avarice and for never giving any of his wealth to poor people.
* Eric Alterman on Kabuki Democracy at the Brennan Center for Legal Justice, April 2011
* Eric Alterman and Neera Tanden discuss Kabuki Democracy at the Center for American Progress, February 1, 2011.
* Eric Alterman speaking at Strand Bookstore in New York City on May 6, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals.
* Eric Alterman speaking at Powell's Books in Portland, Oregon, on March 27, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals.
* Eric Alterman speaking at Authors @ Google on March 25, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals
* Eric Alterman speaking at Cody's Books in Berkeley, CA on March 25, 2008, as part of his 2008 book tour for Why We're Liberals
* Eric Alterman speaking at Center for Ethics at Yeshiva University, on Factors of Ethical Presidential Leadership, Jan. 30, 2008
* Eric Alterman: A Sharp Wit Plus a Sharp Pen Make for a ' Distinguished ' Career Fall 2007
An extreme example is the song " Eliphelet ": to a halting melody in a minor key by Sasha Argov, the song ( lyrics by Natan Alterman ) tells of a boy " without a penny's worth of character ", who is killed in combat for an unthinking error of judgment.
Alterman played on two early demos that were later included on the album Paying for the Summer of Love, before joining another band.
Columnist Eric Alterman, in a book review of The Race Beat ( 2006 ) for The Nation discusses how Carter and other Southern journalists were " moderate defenders ", of the South.
* In 1992, the Alterman Prize for the novel A Thousand Hearts ;
Guests included presidential candidate John Edwards, author Eric Alterman, reporters from The Nation magazine and commentators from The Center for American Progress.

Alterman and .
Tolek Alterman had returned from the colonies in Palestine and, before the national leadership, exalted the miracles of drying up swamps and irrigating the desert.
* Alterman, Hyman.
In the same web-article, Alterman also noticed, analyzing the game Count Bruehl – Philidor, F, 0 – 1, London 1783, that Philidor understood very well modern concepts like: power of passed pawns ; bad and good pieces ; space advantage ; open files ; pawn structure ; importance of center.
Grandmaster Boris Alterman assisted, in particular with the opening book.
Up until the late 1960s, the magazine had a certain " cachet as the voice of re-invigorated liberalism ", in the opinion of Eric Alterman, a commentator who has criticized the magazine's politics from the left.
Alterman calls the hire " probably [...] Peretz's single most significant positive achievement " in running the magazine.
Under him the section has been " simultaneously erudite and zestful ", according to Alterman, who adds, " Amazingly, a full generation later, it still sings.
Eric Alterman ( b. January 14, 1960
Also in 2008, Alterman published a lengthy essay in the New Yorker on the decline of American newspapers and the future role of new media news sites.
In contrast to conservative media commentators, Alterman argues that the press is biased against liberals rather than biased in their favor.
In 2008, Alterman also became a regular columnist to the Jewish magazine Moment, where he writes regularly about Jewish issues.

0.259 seconds.