Wednesday 29 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s Dog Day Afternoons

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s Dog Day Afternoons: Israel is a happy society. But it’s become a tough job explaining why. The dog days hang low with sullen menace and all the talk is ...

Monday 27 August 2012

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘What Made Jimmy Run’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘What Made Jimmy Run’: Jimmy was puzzled. He couldn’t stop flailing his legs or cease swirling around in the strange, grey gloom. Had he been here forever? It was ...

Friday 24 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Unbounded Joy In Israel’s Mystic City

Alwayswriteagain: Unbounded Joy In Israel’s Mystic City: The founders of the Ghetto Fighters’ House Museum have an awesome claim to fame. Situated in the heart of the Galilee near the seaside reso...

Sunday 19 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s ‘Perfect Place’

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s ‘Perfect Place’: One of my  chums has whipped through Hilary Mantel ’s Wolf Hall   not once, but twice at break-neck speed. I also think it’s a great read...

Thursday 16 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Filming the Jews Of Jew Town ….

Alwayswriteagain: Filming the Jews Of Jew Town ….: This clip was published yesterday by Mark Ulyseas of Live Encounters magazine. He says: “ Synagogueinte Naatil ( I...

Friday 10 August 2012

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Birds On A Wire; Songsmiths Unbound’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Birds On A Wire; Songsmiths Unbound’: Remember the time you said you’d never heard of Leonard Cohen?   (A comment since repeated with most horrid glee at every music festival b...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Grilled in Burgas’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Grilled in Burgas’: It was ninety degrees in the shade. But Eli Lobel couldn’t stop shivering.     “Look at me,” he demanded as he and his wife, Anelie, wait...

Monday 6 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Why the U.K.’s Losing A ‘Mensch'?

Alwayswriteagain: Why the U.K.’s Losing A ‘Mensch'?: Louise Mensch says she has resigned as  an MP due to an ever-increasing clash of professional and family responsibilities. Mrs Mensch,  i...

Sunday 5 August 2012

Alwayswriteagain: Round the ‘Racist’ Rabbi, Friends of IRAC Run!

Alwayswriteagain: Round the ‘Racist’ Rabbi, Friends of IRAC Run!: Israel’s Reform movement is fighting the appointment of ‘racist’ Rabbi  Shmuel Eliyahu to the State’s renowned emergency service, Magen Dav...