Tisha B'av & 3x3
3x3x3x3=Tisha B'Avis a fast day, that commemorates two of the saddest days in Jewish history— the destruction of both the first Temple (
587 BC) originally built by King
Solomon, (see
Solomon's Temple), and the
Second Temple in
70 on this same date. Also on this date in 1290, King
Edward I signed the edict compelling the Jews to leave
England. The
Jewish expulsion from
Spain in 1492 also occurred on this day.
World War I also began on this date (which is seen as connected to World War II and the Holocaust).
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World War Threeis a term used to describe a
hypothetical conflict on the scale of
World War II or larger. Most usages of the term assume the use of
weapons of mass destruction such as
nuclear weapons.
In the latter half of the 20th century, military confrontation between the two
superpowers was considered to pose an extreme threat to establishing
world peace, when the
Cold War saw the
capitalist United States face the
communist Soviet Union. If this confrontation had
escalated into full-scale war, it was widely thought that the conflict would become "World War III," and that the end result would be the destruction of most life on Earth, an
extermination of human life or, at the very least, the partial collapse of
civilization, with total casualties exceeding 1 billion. (See also
Mutually Assured Destruction.) This outcome ranks with
asteroid or
comet impact events, worldwide
pandemics, and catastrophic
climate change as one of the major
mass extinction events that could befall humanity or even all life on Earth.
The term has carried on beyond the Cold War, and now usually refers to any potential future global conflict which would involve nuclear weapons. In modern times, the possibility of WWIII taking place between superpowers has been replaced by the threat of a nuclear attack by a smaller party, which could incite retaliation and cause a destructive domino effect.
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Three Cities Against the Wallbrings together Palestinian, Israeli, American and European artists in a unique and historic 3-city exhibition to protest the "Separation Wall" Israel is building in the Occupied Territories. Each artist is represented by works in all three cities.
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About World War 3 IllustratedWW3 isn’t about a war that may happen, it is about the ongoing wars our so-called leaders have been waging all our lives around the world and on our very own doorsteps. WW3 also illuminates the war we wage on each other and sometimes the one taking place in our own brains.
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Contemplating the destruction of old ideas, and the construction of new ones.
Last night a friend and I talked about how it is impossible to stay living on Israeli land and remain left-winged.
This led to beginning to think of a different way of having a people, a nation
that is self-contained.
A way that is not continuing old zionizm, not escaping war in Europe, not facing genocide,
a way that has room and respect for Jewish heritage and is embedded in every-day life.
Tel-Aviv style spiritual/ secular.
Utilizing the metaphore of WW3 in the global sense. The new war may have already begun,
it is not up to us. The new war is determined perhaps by 3 people.
The rest of the globe can either follow, or choose to stop CONSUMING.
--- more to follow, would love your comments.
Shiri.