Marxist Dogma Doesn't Fade Away

I saw this advert for the HaShomer Hatzair gathering:



and it immediately reminded me of these posters and others of the Soviet propaganda machinery:



and even this




And I found this:-

Art in the Service of Ideology: HaShomer HaTza'ir Political Posters HaKibbutz Ha'Artzi, Engaged Art, and the Historical Background by Eli Tzur.

HaKibbutz Ha'Artzi was the settlement arm of HaShomer HaTza'ir youth movement. Established in Eastern Europe on the eve of World War I, HaShomer HaTza'ir underwent a process of ideological and political radicalization during its first two decades of existence. This process was also manifested in the artistic media. Reflecting by the atmosphere prevailing in 1920s Europe, the process was influenced by currents of pacifist, socialist revolutionary and anti-establishment artistic movements that had deep impact on artists who, as youngsters, were members of HaShomer HaTza'ir. This trend was reflected in the politics of the Yishuv mainly from the 1930s, using posters and other visual means of political propaganda. Although ready to use these works of art, the Kibbutz Ha'Artzi leadership was reluctant to exert direct pressure on artists to make them "politically useful"

Old Marxist dogmatists die hard.

Diehl: No Deal

In the Washington Post, of all places, we read of the expiration of the Bush/Rice peace push on Israel to recognize the need for a Pal. state, refugee return and, ultimately, Israe'l weakening.

Jackson Diehl writes:-

...the Bush administration's attempt to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal has quietly expired. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's 16 trips to the region over the past 21 months; last year's Annapolis peace conference; months of meetings between Israeli and Palestinian negotiating teams -- all have sunk under the weight of the corruption charges against departing Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and the competition of crises from Georgia to Pakistan.

Nor is the peace process likely to revive anytime soon. The winner of last week's party primary election to replace Olmert, Tzipi Livni, will probably be mired in efforts to form a new government for weeks or even months. To succeed she probably will have to make promises to coalition partners that would make a deal impossible. If she fails, Israel will have an election in which the favorite, for now, is hard-liner Binyamin Netanyahu.

Those are just Israel's hurdles. The Palestinians are still split between Mahmoud Abbas's Palestinian Authority in the West Bank and Hamas in the Gaza Strip. And if the presidential campaign is any indication, promoting a Middle East peace won't crack the top 10 on the next administration's list of priorities.

What does he suggest?

...a different approach to an intractable problem, one that focuses on building a foundation for peace from the ground up, rather than pushing fickle and fragile leaders to dictate a settlement from above. The timeline for success would be measured in years, not months. The goal would not be a document that Livni and Abbas could sign but the construction of a healthy and vibrant Palestinian civil society -- that is, independent media, courts, political parties and nongovernmental organizations that could stand behind a settlement with Israel.

Not bad.

First, the onus is on the Pals. Prove you deserve a state.

But that's, I believe, an insurmountable challenge. They'll never do it. Palestinianism is the polar negative to Zionism. Without Zionism and Jewish nationalism, Palestinianism doesn't exist.

Waqf Discriminates Against Black Muslims!

Diplomatic incident on Temple Mount:

A Muslim minister from Ivory Coast, on an official visit to Israel as a guest of the Foreign Ministry, was required by the Supreme Muslim Council (Waqf) of Jerusalem to recite verses from the Koran before entering the al-Aqsa Mosque in order to prove that he is Muslim. The insulted minister left the Mount immediately.

Minister Moussa Dosso is in charge of professional training and technical education in the Ivory Coast government. His visit to Israel was part of the Jewish state's efforts to tighten its cooperation with African countries.

During the trip, which was deemed a success, Dosso visited welfare institutes and institutes for youth rehabilitation and professional and technical training in tours organized by the Foreign Ministry's Africa department.

The minister also toured the Old City of Jerusalem with an escort appointed by the Foreign Ministry, and asked to pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque.

As he arrived after the official closing hours, police officers stationed at the entrance to the site asked Waqf officials to approve his entry. The Supreme Muslim Council officials asked to see the minister's identification card, but he told them that he had left his passport at the hotel and was an official guest of the Foreign Ministry.

"My name is Moussa Dosso and I am Muslim. All I want is to pray on the Mount," he said

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Pic here

But the Waqf officials were determined not to let him without an identification card. According to Dosso, they asked him to prove that he is indeed Muslim and demanded that he recite the opening verses of the Koran.

"I am a faithful Muslim. There is no reason for me to start reciting verses here. You have insulted me," he told the officials before leaving the place.

Funny, he doesn't look Jewish.

And her,




French Justice Minister Rachida Dati puts on a headscarf during her tour of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound , no problem there:

Pic.

And considering she's pregnant and not married, this Immam



is being very tolerant.

Breaking: Kidnapping in Egypt

Report: 2 Israelis kidnapped in Egypt

Egyptian security sources report group of 10 to 15 tourists abducted in south of country. Egyptian Foreign Ministry confirms five Italian tourists kidnapped

Shiloh (USA) in Rezoning Dispute

And here I thought that only those of us termed pejoratively "settlers" and live at locations, as I do, like Shiloh, are suffering from pressures not to zone, rezone or otherwise organically grow.

But, I caught this story:-

Tamarack Country Club's owners sue village of Shiloh

SHILOH --Tamarack Country Club's owners group, Community Sports Inc., has filed a lawsuit against the village of Shiloh for rejecting the rezoning of the golf course.

The lawsuit, filed recently in St. Clair County Circuit Court, contends the village denied the country club's rezoning request for no reason and the village purposefully ruined a business deal the club had secured allowing it to sell a golf course for $6.3 million.

The country club is seeking $15,000 in damages related to the severed sales contract and the right to rezone its land from nonurban to single and multifamily residential.

...At the time, Trustee John Vassen listed the following reasons for denial:

• The request was previously denied by the Shiloh Planning Commission.
• The Village Board thinks Shiloh has enough multifamily housing.
• The property is best suited for single family residence.
• The zoning request is not consistent with Shiloh's development plan or comprehensive plan.
• The rezoning would not benefit Shiloh residents...

Gee, people have to fight all over for their land.

Temple Mount in Religious Freedom Report

Here is the section on the Temple Mount from the US International Religious Freedom Report 2008, Released by the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, September 19, 2008 -

Restrictions on Religious Freedom

The Israeli Government prevented most Palestinians from the West Bank and Gaza from reaching the Haram al-Sharif by prohibiting their entry into Jerusalem. Restrictions were often placed on entry into the Haram al-Sharif for Palestinian residents of Jerusalem, especially males under the age of 45. During the clashes surrounding the excavations at the Mughrabi Gate ramp in 2007, males under the age of 50 were prohibited entry to the Haram al-Sharif.

Oh, really?

Well, this picture



shows, with the Dome of the Rock Mosque seen in the background, thousands of Palestinian Muslim worshippers praying during the third Friday prayers of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, Sept. 19, 2008.
(AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

Brutal discrimination, I'd say.


More excerpts from the report as it relates to the Temple Mount, with my comments in brackets [ ]:-

PA government policy contributed to the generally free practice of religion, although problems persisted. The Haram al-Sharif (Noble Sanctuary) contains the Dome of the Rock and the al-Aqsa Mosque, among the holiest sites in Islam. Jews refer to the same place as the Temple Mount and consider it [consider? but it is! there is not one archeologist that agrees with Arafta that the Temples weren't there!] the location of the ancient Jewish temple. The location has been, as with all of East Jerusalem, under Israeli control since 1967, when Israel captured the city (East Jerusalem was formally annexed in 1980, and thus Israel applies its laws to East Jerusalem). The Haram al-Sharif is administered, however, by the Islamic Waqf, a Jordanian-funded and administered Muslim religious trust for East Jerusalem with ties to the PA. The Israeli police have exclusive control of the Mughrabi Gate entrance to the compound and limit access to the compound from all entrances. The Waqf can object to entrance of particular persons, such as non-Muslim religious radicals, or to prohibited activities, such as prayer by non-Muslims [so, Jewish and Christian prayer is prohibited. and that's religious freedom?] or disrespectful clothing or behavior, but lacks effective authority to remove anyone from the site [no they don't. they throw stones.] In practice Waqf officials claimed that police often allowed religious radicals (such as Jews seeking to remove the mosques and to rebuild the ancient temple on the site) [if I don't agree to the removal of mosques idea but only want to pray, will the Waqf permit me?] and immodestly dressed persons to enter and often were not responsive to enforcing the site's rules. During Passover in 2007, Israeli police escorted more than 100 activists affiliated with the right-wing group "The Temple Mount Faithful" to enter the compound on two consecutive days, the second day while carrying a model of the Second Temple. [and nothing bad happened]

Non-Muslims may visit the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount, with advance coordination with Waqf officials. The Israeli Government, as a matter of stated policy, has opposed worship at the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount by non-Muslims since 1967. [and that's religious freedom?] Israeli police generally did not permit public prayer by non-Muslims and publicly indicated that this policy has not changed in light of the renewed visits of non-Muslims to the compound. However, Waqf officials contended that Israeli police, in contravention of their stated policy and the religious status quo, have allowed members of radical Jewish groups to enter and to worship at the site, including during Passover 2007. Representatives for these Jewish groups claimed successful attempts to pray inside the compound in interviews with the Israeli media. The Waqf interpreted police actions as part of an Israeli policy to incrementally reduce Waqf authority over the site and to give non-Muslims rights of worship in parts of the compound.

There were several violent clashes during the reporting period between Israeli police and Muslim worshippers on the Haram al-Sharif, which Waqf officials alleged were due to the large police contingent kept on the site. At times Muslim worshippers threw stones at police, and police fired tear gas and stun grenades at worshippers. Muslim worshippers also held demonstrations at the site to protest reported right-wing Israeli nationalist plans to damage the mosques or create a Jewish worship area at the site. Israeli security officials and police were generally proactive and effective in dealing with such threats.

Citing violence and security concerns, the Israeli Government has imposed a broad range of strict closures and curfews throughout the Occupied Territories since October 2000. These restrictions largely continued during the reporting period and resulted in significantly impeded freedom of access to places of worship in the West Bank for Muslims and Christians.

There were also disputes between the Muslim administrators of the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount and Israeli authorities regarding Israeli restrictions on Waqf attempts to carry out repairs and physical improvements on the compound and its mosques. Israeli authorities prevented the Waqf from conducting several improvement projects and removing debris from previous restorations to the site, alleging that the Waqf was attempting to alter the nature of the site or to discard antiquities of Jewish origin. Israeli authorities began excavations near the Mughrabi gate, preparing to build a permanent ramp onto the Haram al-Sharif/Temple Mount. Waqf officials were not allowed access to the excavations in early 2007 and claimed they were not consulted in any part of the planning process for either the excavations or the ramp that will be constructed to replace the existing ramp. At the end of this reporting period, the excavations were suspended.

(Kippah tip: EH)

Sidewalk Snapshot: Haya Esther

Recognize this lady, here on a Jerusalem street?



She's Haya Esther (Godlevsky).

She was born to an Orthodox family in Jerusalem in 1941. She received a BA in Jewish history and an MA in education from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and studied art at the Israel Museum. She has taught and written Bible study programs for secondary school. Haya Esther is a painter, poet and short-story writer. She has held many solo exhibitions around the country and has participated in group shows in Israel and abroad. Haya Esther has received the Tel Aviv Foundation Award (1989), the Writers` Association Prize (1995), the Prime Minister`s Prize (2002) and the President`s Prize for Literature (2005). Hebrew resume here and another here.

To get a sense of her writing, here's a blurb and review of Soft Stones, Stories, Tel Aviv, Ekked, 1983; 1988. 112 pp.

Soft Stones depicts an Orthodox Jewish community which makes unrelenting ritual demands on its members, but cannot extinguish imagination and emotions. The story "Nehama Gittel" follows an Orthodox woman to the ritual bath, where the odors of sweat, chlorine and perfumes plunge her into a reverie about the love of her life, lost to her because of his arranged marriage. In "Something Like Love", young unmarried people know they are forbidden to meet unchaperoned. But the forbidden occurs: they talk intimately, look at each other and touch. The style is strong, subtle and compelling, with heart-stopping moments.

If you read Hebrew, here's a shortstory.

I receive all her invitations to various readings and exhibits such as for example (here) and several works in this exhibit and, as is usual here in Israel, it happened that I employed her husband many years ago to install a new heating system in our Bayit VeGan apartment.

She is fashionably flagrant and, as you can see, a bright deep cooper-red head.

Her poetry has been termed "Auto-erotic cosmogenies".

She attends most of the Uri Tzvi Greenberg House events and somehow manages to walk a lot around downtown Jerusalem. Conversing with her demands strict eye-level contact and I don't know who gets more stares: her due to her dress or me talking to her in her state of relative less-than-dress.

May she continue to be productive.

Again, Rosner

Again, I am amazed at Shmuel Rosner.

He writes for Israel's most liberal-minded newspaper, Haaretz (but is no longer employed by them but is a free-lancer)..

That paper supports the partition of Jerusalem and the yielding of all of the territories gained in the Six-Days War. It is anti-religious establishment. It is the place where the most viscious anti-Yesha / pro-Pal. writers publish.

And yet, here's what Rosner has written recently regarding the anti-Iran rally:-

Thus, what I think now is that the organizers’ real mistake was not disinviting Palin but inviting Clinton. If they had decided early on that the rally would not host politicians this year, the whole embarrassing affair would have been avoided. Apparently, they were giving Clinton credit that she doesn’t deserve, believing that she would be able to ignore the political pressures of the season in order to send a clear message. In that, they forgot that she is after all a Clinton.

Amazing.

And the funny thing is that Israeli journalists on tour of the US usually end up melding into the average American Jewish liberal mold.

Dawn is Breaking

Dawn breaking in the east seen at Shiloh.

More Wall Posters

More in the ongoing series of wall posters found in the Hareidi neighborhoods.

This one continues the protest of the taking over of the Meiron compound surrounding the tomb of Shimon Bar Yochai and is headed "To War!":





And this one, by Neturei Karta, is protesting the 'destruction' of the Orthodox education system and is head 'R.I.P.':

Isn't America a Democracy?

In 2005, Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm was a media attaché at the US Consulate in Jerusalem. Today she is the US Consul for Public and Media Affairs.



But I think she needs a lesson in the essence of the democratic process.

In an interview with an Arab press service, Bluhm was quoted as saying:-

...that whoever wins [the presidential election] will not change America’s commitment to Palestine. “We are all still concerned, and whoever wins will be just as committed to creating a state called Palestine,” she said.

ElderofZiyon has tracked down another not-so-smart remark of hers in 2007 here.


Now she should know that, in America, policies can change.

After all, those "settlements" - aka, Jewish communities - were once an obstacle to peace in the Carter era policy concept and under Reagan, that policy changed.

Maybe a future president will not be that enthusiastic about the need for a "state" for Arabs who refer to themselves as "Palestinians".

Bluhm shouldn't be that gung-ho about a policy that is dangerous for an American ally, dangerous for local Arabs and ultimately, not very good for America.

How can I be so sure? Well she herself ennunciated it in the past:-

The US said on Sunday it was ready to deal with Palestinian government ministers who were not members of Hamas, which is regarded as a terrorist group by Washington.

"Individuals who are not members of foreign terrorist organisations but who do hold office in the unity government, we do not rule out contact with those individuals," said Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm, spokeswoman for the US consulate in Jerusalem.

It seems the US has decided to subtly change its stance towards the Palestinian government, our correspondent says.

Funnily enough, Bluhm, was not very helpful in this case:-

The American Consulate in Jerusalem has denied a visa to the Filipino caregiver of an 86-year-old American immigrant who planned to travel to the US this fall for the wedding of her grandson, the family said Tuesday.

The consulate has refused to provide Cabullos with a visa, even though she was issued one last year for a similar trip that fell through due to Weitz's poor health.

..."The consulate does not discuss individual visa cases. If a visa is denied, it is because the individual's circumstances do not make them eligible for the visa under US law," US Consulate spokeswoman Micaela Schweitzer-Bluhm said in a written response.

Maybe she needs a brush-up on the democratic process?




(Kippah tip: Mere Rhetoric)

Israeli Court: Disengagement Was Traumatic

I am not happy with the circumstances of this judgment but in the legal system, precedents are precedents.

Today, Sunday, the Nazareth District Court sentenced a man to seven years in prison for stabbing his wife over suspicions she was in a relationship with another man.

The judges, Hashem Khatib, Ziyad Hawari and Binyamin Arbel, cited mitigating circumstances for their leniency towards the defendant, to whit: the impact of having been evacuated from his home in the 2005 Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip.

To be exact, as exact as any newspaper report is:

The judges explained their decision, citing "crises he has been through, being forced to uproot his life and to move from his home twice, causing him severe shock and possibly even a lack of stability and confidence."

On the one hand, finally, the elite establishment in Israel has recognized that in addition to the lack of security the disengagement has resulted in, the tremendous expenditures in infrastructure, albeit woefully behind the schedules and the all-around malaise of public confidence that does not exist, the act of evacuation and expulsion caused shock, instability and lack of rational behavior.

On the other hand, one hopes this isn't a license to do harm, commit violence or otherwise assassinate public officials responsible for the disengagement.

An Article on the Local Blogosphere

In Haaretz.

Excerpts from:

This blog keeps the Sabbath

"Thanks to the singles forums in recent years, being single is such a common phenomenon in the religious community that it is no longer even a question," says Boaz Nachtstern, CEO of the Kipa site. "Even couples who decided not to get pregnant in their first year of marriage are discovering they are not alone, and also that rabbinical views regarding this are not so uniform or strict."

While ultra-Orthodox rabbis condemn surfing the Internet, it is highly popular in the national-religious sector, a large number of whose leading rabbis acknowledge the medium's power. "The Internet is here to stay," says Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, head of the hesder yeshiva (combining religious studies and army service) in Petah Tikva. "The question about whether you are for or against it is like being for or against life. And just like in life, the Internet requires that you choose between good and bad."

Marriage and relationships in general are among the most popular subjects for religious blogs. Most have adopted the language and style of the secular blogosphere, except that they "observe" the Sabbath or post messages asking surfers not to enter the site on the Sabbath and holidays.

The leading Hebrew blog in this realm is "Certified Datelog," which for four years has posted anecdotes about dating and "thoughts on singlehood." These include dozens of stories about failed encounters, as well as about phone calls with matchmakers. The latter come under heavy attack in the blog.

...Rabbi Cherlow agrees: "The Web sites of the religious community deal on an almost daily basis with issues that until recently had not been addressed. There are open, liberal debates about every subject in the world. It certainly poses a threat to certain institutions, like the family. The Internet is responsible for creating some difficult problems in the family, as it offers access to X-rated sites and chats with strangers, and raises subjects that make couples themselves ask questions."...

Tourism: The Next Victory

Tel Shiloh, at my home community, is doing well. Two buses a day plus other activities and groups.

Here's part of the story:-

Crossing the line: West Bank tours gain popularity

Judea and Samaria tourism up as settlers encourage Israelis to visit sites beyond Green Line


In recent years, a growing number of Israelis have been visiting tourism sites located beyond the Green Line. Sites such as Gush Etzion, Wadi Kelt, and Mt. Hebron – previously shunned due to security concerns – are quickly regaining their status as some of Israel's most popular destinations.

This booming tourism industry is the result of some hard work by settlers...

..."Our goal is to break down the mental walls about the Green Line," he added. "We have concluded that the way to the Israeli public's consciousness is not through political battles, and decided to focus on tourism. If we invite the people of Israel to come and get to know these beautiful places they will fall in love with them and acknowledge their significance."

More...

Bar R.: Not Only Jewish But Israeli

But she doesn't know the difference between Uganda and Israel.

Dumb blonde?

Found here.

Mordechai Gafni is Back

Here's his site.

Marc who?

Marc Gafni has been a beloved and sometimes controversial spiritual teacher on the cutting edge for many years. He has inspired many, comforted the afflicted, and afflicted the comfortable. He reflects back to people their most gorgeous selves, shares teachings of love, pricks egos, and calls others, by his very being, to truth and integrity. For some Marc is a teacher, for others a spiritual friend, for still others a spiritual artist, and for still others a revolutionary catalyst of social change and evolution.

That's Mordechai's version. Oh, Mordechai is his Hebrew name.

Here's a recent example of his teachings:

Being on the inside means not on the inside of your sexual partner, for that is limited to the masculine sexual experience – rather it is about being on the inside of the experience itself. Yearning is of the essence of the sexual. So much so that it is often thought by poets and psychologists to be more pleasurable and intense than the fulfillment itself. Interconnectivity is nowhere more clearly manifested than in the sexual drive. We are born with an urge to merge. Finally it is in the sexual where - in its ideal expression- we are most fully present to each other. Every gesture, fragrance, sigh and whisper ripples through us as we listen deeply to the erotic instruction that well up from the depth of our soul’s body.

As my only real connection with him in any form of a working relationship was his role in trying to promote Techiyah in English, an Israeli political party 1978-1992, I cannot comment with authority on any other phase of his life, this despite reliable knowledge and information. (Gee, I'm beginning to write like him).

But if you want to know, I'll quote from an interview with him that he has up at his site:-

Gafni’s main vulnerability was his counter-cultural and often bohemian lifestyle. Throughout his career, Gafni had several love affairs outside of marriage. “I tried to push the boundaries of what was possible. I experimented,” Gafni admits. “I sometimes chose a moment of love over other loyalties. Sometimes I was right, sometimes dead wrong. Where I was wrong, I’ve tried to ask forgiveness.”

During the period following his divorce from his third wife, his lovers included a few women who had worked with him in his community, taught with him, or served on the board of his organization. “I was working literally 24/7, teaching and traveling around the clock,” he says. “It seemed natural to be involved with people who were part of my circle. At the time, in my hubris, disguised even from myself, it felt to me that there wasn’t a moment free for anything like normal dating or personal life.”

He says he kept these relationships private, not because they seemed inappropriate or “wrong,” but because, like many people in his position, he preferred not to have his personal life the subject of gossip or attack.

But I can say that he has a typo here:-

I have been asked whether I had, or have, Ordination from Reb Zalman Schachter. I retain in my records a document that Reb Zalman wrote for me several years ago. The document is not an Ordination, but rather an [???] of my previous Ordination from the Orthodox institution mentioned above. When I returned that Ordination in 2004, Reb Zalman’s letter, which was based on my first Ordination, ceased to be valid. I have never held, nor do I seek, independent Ordination from Reb Zalman.

An...what? Approbation? Authorization?


Kippah tip to a critic, Failed Messiah.

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Kippah = head-covering; yarmulka.

Is He Playing, or for Real?

Haveil Havalim is UP - #183

Here.

A really good job.

Heard the Latest Pal. Joke?

The latest Pal.(*) joke: -

PA chief of staff: We must be ready to retake Hamas-ruled Gaza by force

The punch line:

RAMALLAH - The Palestinian Authority must be ready to use force against Hamas in Gaza "to reunify the homeland," said the head of PA forces in the West Bank, Gen. Dhiab al-Ali (Abu al-Fatah), considered the Palestinian chief of staff.

"If Gaza remains mutinous, the Palestinian Authority will have no choice but to use force against it," Ali said in a recent interview with Haaretz at his Ramallah offices.

Ali said the PA has not ruled out using force if the territory remains in Hamas' hands.

First, the Americans assure us the Pals. can take care of Jenin.

Second, we're to forget that they already lost to Hamas in Gaza.

Somehow, this isn't very funny.


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(*) My abbreviation for "Palestinian" which I don't use due to my ideological position that there really isn't a separate national community called "Palestinians".

Looking for Rosh Hashana Food?

Meet Wagyu, the "new" kosher meat:



The news for all you cooks:-

Wagyu, the Japanese cattle breed that produces tender, abundantly marbled meat, is now available with kosher certification...Strube Ranch in Pittsburg, Tex., is raising the cattle, which are slaughtered and dressed under kosher supervision by Elkhorn Valley Packing in Harper, Kan. The beef is served and sold at Le Marais, the glatt kosher steakhouse and butcher at 150 West 46th Street. Retail prices range from $29 to $85 a pound. Delivery is available: (212) 869-0900.

Wagyu?

Wagyu meat is striking because of its wonderful marbling which results in a never-before-experienced succulence that sends the taste buds reeling. The fat in the meat has more monounsaturated fats and melts at room temperature which makes Wagyu beef suitable as part of a lower-cholesterol diet.

The high degree of marbling adds an extraordinary depth of flavour which makes Wagyu beef a culinary delicacy. Wagyu meat is suitable as part of a low-cholesterol diet.