"Lily's Room"

This is an article collection between June 2007 and December 2018. Sometimes I add some recent articles too.

Entries from 2016-12-01 to 1 month

Before this year 2016 ends

I would like to extend my heartfelt New Year wishes to all of my blog readers! (Lily)

Toledot Yeshu

Tablet(http://www.tabletmag.com/)The Jewish Jesus Story In the mysterious and controversial ancient Hebrew text ‘Toledot Yeshu,’ a counterlife of the Nazarene ‘bastard, son of a menstruant’ that criticizes Jews as much as Christians by E…

The dark side of Christmas

Malay Mail Online(http://www.themalaymailonline.com/) The dark side of Christmas, 23 December 2016 DECEMBER 23 ― Many people forget that Christmas actually started with the massacre of babies. The Jewish King Herod, like most people with…

Primates’ Christmas Message

As for this Malaysian Archbishop of Anglican Church, please refer to my previous postings (http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng%20Moon%20Hing%22&of=50)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily2/archive?word=%22Ng+Moon+Hing%22). (Lily…

Legacy of the late Edward Said

Middle East Quaterly(http://www.meforum.org/6400/celebrating-orientalism)"Celebrating" Orientalism by Richard Landes Middle East Quarterly Winter 2017 Whether one views the impact of Edward Said (1935-2003) on academia as a brilliant tri…

Alberto M. Fernandez

I have quoted MEMRI articles translated into Japanese for a long time on my Japanese blogs(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/archive?word=%A5%E1%A5%E0%A5%EA&of=100)(http://d.hatena.ne.jp/itunalily/archive?word=%A5%E1%A5%E0%A5%EA&of=50)(…