A Soulful Journey

Ringo Starr, Leonardo Da Vinci, Charklemagne, Charlie Chaplin, Marilyn Monroe and Jack the Ripper were all left-handers, southpaws.  "Southpaws, sinistrals, port-siders, lefties.  Editor H.L. Mencken traced the word southpaw to Chicago sportswriters int he late 19th center who used it while writing about the city's west-side ballpark.  Pitchers faces west into the setting sun, so that their left arms were to the south." - Kiwanis Magazine

“Sinister” is the almost exact translation in Latin for “left.”  The left hand or side is associated with weakness, evil and the feminine. Gauche is French for “right” and is related the words gawky and to gawk. Navelo is Russian for left. Navelo also means surreptitious. Mancino , Italian for left, also means deceitful. The etymology of the world left is lyft , Anglo-Saxon for weak or worthless. What is a left –handed compliment but one whose real meaning is disguised?

"Israel has its doves and its hawks, but few are just clay pigeons."  - Rabbi Saul Teplitz Israeli mentality is generally not wishy-washy.  People are opinionated and stand on either the right or left.  Indifference is nonexistent.