Alwayswriteagain: Anglo-Jewry’s Social Revolution

Alwayswriteagain: Anglo-Jewry’s Social Revolution: Israel’s recent campaign in Gaza highlighted not only an unprecedented surge in modern global antisemitism but a seismic shift within Anglo-...

Alwayswriteagain: The Glory of Mount Atzmon

Alwayswriteagain: The Glory of Mount Atzmon: As British news sites wallowed in lurid descriptions of suffering snow-bound motorists in the Derbyshire Peak District, we enjoyed an exhila...

Alwayswriteagain: Graduation Day for Israel’s Top Guns

Alwayswriteagain: Graduation Day for Israel’s Top Guns: During a two hour spectacular that made infants jig and old men weep, the newest group of  Israeli military crème de la crème this week rece...

Alwayswriteagain: Mandy - Still up for Sale!

Alwayswriteagain: Mandy - Still up for Sale!: Mandy Rice-Davies was still up for sale today  - barely 24 hours after she died. An ‘ historic image’ of the Birmingham-raised former mo...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Just a Snippet’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Just a Snippet’: ‘Outcry over department store bras for two-year-olds’ (U.K. newspaper report) “Hey, sweetheart! Wake up!” Mel urged Angie. “I don’t want t...

Alwayswriteagain: Witnesses to Nazism

Alwayswriteagain: Witnesses to Nazism: The year is 2039, Jack Fisher is 100 years old and the final witness to the Nazi Holocaust.   Jack is especially close to his great-grandd...

Alwayswriteagain: Brian’s Personal ‘Oscar’

Alwayswriteagain: Brian’s Personal ‘Oscar’: A former Mancunian who immigrated to Israel almost five years ago has received an award for his volunteer work here. When Brian Fink ‘mad...

Alwayswriteagain: How the Holocaust is Sacrificed to Ignorance

Alwayswriteagain: How the Holocaust is Sacrificed to Ignorance: When a Canadian journalist and novelist asked local university students what they knew about the Holocaust, the answer was acutely embarrass...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Aunt Lucy’s Last Stand’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Aunt Lucy’s Last Stand’: (With apologies to Michael Bond and friends!) Aunt Lucy snapped back the brim of her  favourite black hat, then looked very hard and cross ...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Who by Sword and Who by Beast’?

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Who by Sword and Who by Beast’?: There are days when even the best wordsmiths are reluctant to write. “Really”, confessed David Horovitz soon after the slaughter at the B...

Alwayswriteagain: The High Priest of Modern Song.

Alwayswriteagain: The High Priest of Modern Song.: Among the forests of words devoted to the life and work of Canadian singer-songwriter, Leonard Cohen is a website that takes a wry...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Still Breaking News’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Still Breaking News’: ‘ Arbeit macht frei ’ November 10 2014 Today I was astounded to receive a letter from Hilde Herrmann. I was thunderstruck as I had neith...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘When Wee Willie Winked’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘When Wee Willie Winked’: ‘ Only connect’ – E M Forster   Wee Willie winked as he  shoved Ann away. What a thrill; such joy: the stabbing, the plunging in the ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘And the Rains Came’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘And the Rains Came’: There’s so much musical talent in the the Galilee, you may think that it  positively pours from the mountain tops and into the laps of the m...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Strangers and Friends

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Strangers and Friends: I must have first heard Acker ('really ‘ Bernard Stanley ’ ) Bilk ’s Stranger on the Shore when watching the BBC TV children’s series...

Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Lullaby of Birdland!

Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Lullaby of Birdland!: After a summer of  hysterical anti-Jewish hatred in many areas of France, it’s astounding to discover that Karmiel has enjoyed a twinning ar...

Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Lullaby of Birdland!

Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Lullaby of Birdland!: After a summer of  hysterical anti-Jewish hatred in many areas of France, it’s astounding to discover that Karmiel has enjoyed a twinning ar...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Two Witches Brood’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Two Witches Brood’: It was funny. The irony was clear. There they were - two fat, ageing witches huddling in a well. The same spot where their foremothers h...

Alwayswriteagain: From Highest – to Lowest - the Jewish Week that Wa...

Alwayswriteagain: From Highest – to Lowest - the Jewish Week that Wa...: A week that began on an emotional high for the Anglo-Jewish community, with the public broadcast of a Holocaust survivor’s testimony, was pl...

Alwayswriteagain: First Limmud Galil Conference in Haifa

Alwayswriteagain: First Limmud Galil Conference in Haifa: There may be English language sessions available at the first Limmud Galil Educational Conference to be held in Haifa – so long as suffi...

Alwayswriteagain: 'Operation Protective Edge' - from the Eagle’s Ne...

Alwayswriteagain: 'Operation Protective Edge' - from the Eagle’s Ne...: ESRA Karmiel-Misgav Branch members are to be treated to an eagle-eyed account of this summer’s war in Gaza by a leading  political and milit...

Alwayswriteagain: The Tale of the Gold-Plated Pee!

Alwayswriteagain: The Tale of the Gold-Plated Pee!: As the boys from Dickens’s classic begged for more and  other actors offered their hands in love, those running  tourist services at this ye...

Alwayswriteagain: Reading the Real Story …

Alwayswriteagain: Reading the Real Story …: There is a determined congruity to the life of New Yorker Paul LaRosa . So why have no previous reviews of the CBS News producer’s warm-h...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: In Search of a Common Humanity

PerfectlyWritePoetry: In Search of a Common Humanity: Despite the best efforts of a local MP and assorted fathers of terrorism, the Yorkshire city of Bradford has not become an Israel -free zone...

Alwayswriteagain: The Life and Death of a Lone Wolf

Alwayswriteagain: The Life and Death of a Lone Wolf: The Jewish world is very small. In Israel where there have been seven full-scale wars and innumerable ‘armed conflicts’ since  the state was...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Beach Picnic at Sunset

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Beach Picnic at Sunset: There was no wine. But a woman in fine shoes And ornate earrings unpacked A tiny box of j ewelled, fragrant Rice that s he pecked with...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Writ on Water, but Far Too Early ….

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Writ on Water, but Far Too Early ….: I dislike the growing trend for immortalising celebrities while they are still alive, most especially those who announce they are suffering ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Recalling Film’s Great Laureate

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Recalling Film’s Great Laureate: There was a distinctly old-fashioned English air to a charity film show in Karmiel on Sunday. This was no surprise as the event, arranged b...

Alwayswriteagain: The Enemies Within

Alwayswriteagain: The Enemies Within: “Oh, what a tangled web we weave When first we practise to deceive!”  (‘ Marmion’ , Walter Scott) So i...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Be Happy – Sing ‘Adon Olam’!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Be Happy – Sing ‘Adon Olam’!: Adon Olam , among the most popular hymns in Jewish liturgy,  is supposed to have been composed by Solomon ibn Gabirol , one of the great fig...

Alwayswriteagain: “Say ‘No’ to Yachad”!

Alwayswriteagain: “Say ‘No’ to Yachad”!: Barry Shaw is a Manchester-born Israel advocate who has lived in Netanya for many years. Below I post without comment a letter he has cir...

Alwayswriteagain: Copy-Cats!

Alwayswriteagain: Copy-Cats!: What a cheek!                   Technorati Tags: #Alwayswriteagain , #Natalie Wood , #Copy Cats , #Titanic E...

Alwayswriteagain: To Warm the Heart …. and Chill the Blood!

Alwayswriteagain: To Warm the Heart …. and Chill the Blood!: In this clip, members of the Muslim Circassian community of Israel speak of their pride in being Israeli and their support for Israel. The I...

Alwayswriteagain: To Trust and Trust Not!

Alwayswriteagain: To Trust and Trust Not!: All the must-read, trendy liberal lefty news outlets that have done their utmost to harm Israel are now hand-wringing about the massive spi...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Allah Gave Israel to the Jews’!

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Allah Gave Israel to the Jews’!: From the impossible to the improbable! Eliyokim Cohen of Jews News   recently introduced baffled readers to a real live  Zionist  Moslem sh...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Thursday’s Child – What a Disgrace!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Thursday’s Child – What a Disgrace!: I was about to write about an Irish poet offering aspiring writers an online English language poetry workshop and who has been given free sp...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘At Seventy For Grey Hairs’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘At Seventy For Grey Hairs’: The departure from Karmiel of Rabbi Michael Schultz and his wife, Rachel   and with it, the end of a four year cycle of  Torah study, coinc...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘’Sleeping the Big Sleep’’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘’Sleeping the Big Sleep’’: Betty bounded the final flight of steps two at a time. No-one – nothing – must stop her now. The door at the top on the right was barely aj...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Moderate’ Fatah Resumes Anti-Israel Terror!

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Moderate’ Fatah Resumes Anti-Israel Terror!: A new video released on YouTube by Fatah’s Al-Aqsa Martyrs’ Brigades military wing, declares the unity of the terror group’s military branch...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Poetic Twists On Child Sacrifice

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Poetic Twists On Child Sacrifice: The row about an advertisement condemning the Hamas terror group’s use of Gazan children as human shields shares a haunting echo with one of...

Alwayswriteagain: Hamas Combat Manual Reveals Truth of ‘Human Shield...

Alwayswriteagain: Hamas Combat Manual Reveals Truth of ‘Human Shield...: Officers in the Israeli Defence Forces struck gold when they captured a Hamas Combat Manual explaining the benefits of using human shiel...

Alwayswriteagain: Hate the Hatred: A Survivor’s Guide to Beating Ter...

Alwayswriteagain: Hate the Hatred: A Survivor’s Guide to Beating Ter...: “ Out of millions of people in this world I find myself in ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Falling Through the Sky

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Falling Through the Sky: The tradition from which I come insists that nothing is haphazard; that there’s no such thing as ‘co-incidence’. So there must be a good re...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Israel’s Constant Lover

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Israel’s Constant Lover: One of the most touching displays of loving support for Israel during the current hostilities has surely come from feisty U.K. journalist, J...

Alwayswriteagain: Are There Terror Tunnels On Israel’s Northern Bord...

Alwayswriteagain: Are There Terror Tunnels On Israel’s Northern Bord...: When Karmiel Mayor Adi Eldar addressed a pro-IDF solidarity rally at the entrance to the city on Wednesday, he hinted that there may be ter...

Alwayswriteagain: Hamas and the Tunnels of the Terrorist Mind

Alwayswriteagain: Hamas and the Tunnels of the Terrorist Mind: “ Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own … Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind  …” Global antisem...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Choose Life, Choose In Life

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Choose Life, Choose In Life: As Israel’s latest war with its neighbours in Gaza becomes markedly worse I’m bound to say that terrible situations invariably produce the b...

Alwayswriteagain: Everyone’s a ‘Martyr’ in ‘Palestine’

Alwayswriteagain: Everyone’s a ‘Martyr’ in ‘Palestine’: Although even some of the world’s best–known Jewish talking heads would have us believe otherwise, many ordinary Arabs are becoming increas...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Gaza Beach, July 2014’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Gaza Beach, July 2014’: The sea’s not calm today. Rough waters have sent the surfers home, leaving the coast clear for marauding zealots who craft their murder  r...

Alwayswriteagain: Not Jewish At Heart?

Alwayswriteagain: Not Jewish At Heart?: Dozens of tributes have been paid these past few days to the late South African Nobel literary laureate, Nadine Gordimer . But while all hav...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘Grandfather Afrika’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘Grandfather Afrika’: The passing this week of Nadine Gordimer ,  South Africa’s Nobel literary laureate,  reminds us that she confined herself largely to writing...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: The Poetry of Pistols

PerfectlyWritePoetry: The Poetry of Pistols: I’d been living in Israel for barely weeks when I spotted a young soldier chuck his machine gun on a car rear-seat like it was a bag of laun...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Spreading the Love

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Spreading the Love: I anticipate  a lot of criticism for daring to invoke the shade of the late and inordinately great Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook in reference to...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Clasping Mystery in Your Palm!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Clasping Mystery in Your Palm!: As Twitter becomes an increasingly important platform for micro-mini creative writing, it’s  no surprise that publishers are  willing – no, ...

Alwayswriteagain: Why All Decent People Condemn This Murder

Alwayswriteagain: Why All Decent People Condemn This Murder: Below, as a matter of extreme urgency, I reproduce as invited, an open letter condemning the murder of 16-year-old Arab, Mohammed Abu Khdeir...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Where Ireland and Israel May Meet

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Where Ireland and Israel May Meet: The day the Irish literary world plunged into deep mourning on the passing of a favourite son, Israel cheered an honorary degree from Trinit...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: They Were Here But Yesterday

PerfectlyWritePoetry: They Were Here But Yesterday: Three sets of parents are in mourning following the abduction and murder of Israeli Jewish students, Naftali Fraenkel , Gilad Shaar and Eya...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Nor Any Drop To Drink’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Nor Any Drop To Drink’: “So, you want to know why I didn’t want to visit France for the 70th anniversary of the D-Day Normandy landings?” “Yes. That’s why I’m here...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Written Back Into History!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Written Back Into History!: It is fashionable among feminists – I write as a mere egalitarian – to insist that previous generations of women have been written out of hi...

Alwayswriteagain: Kings of the World!

Alwayswriteagain: Kings of the World!: I know. I should be typing this post wearing full evening dress while a full orchestra plays Nearer, My God, To Thee ! Instead, while I’m ...

Alwayswriteagain: Prayers for #Bring Back Our Boys Cross Religious D...

Alwayswriteagain: Prayers for #Bring Back Our Boys Cross Religious D...: The video clip below has been  created by Shmueli Music as part of the international   #Bring Back Our Boys campaign being run on behalf o...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Voices Israel Reuben Rose Poetry Competition

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Voices Israel Reuben Rose Poetry Competition: Entries are open for this year’s Voices Israel Reuben Rose Poetry Competition.   ( http://www.voicesisrael.com/reubenrosecompetition.htm )....

Alwayswriteagain: Daniel’s Early Encore

Alwayswriteagain: Daniel’s Early Encore: Karmiel-trained pianist Daniel Neyman is returning home for another recital a little more than month since he played to a sell-out crowd at...

Alwayswriteagain: Ultimate Penalty In Israel for Kidnap and Murder?

Alwayswriteagain: Ultimate Penalty In Israel for Kidnap and Murder?: Recriminations don’t help. But five years of captivity for one fine Israeli soldier and 1,027 freed murderous terrorists later,  we seem to ...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘She’s Got Them – Under Her Skin!'

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘She’s Got Them – Under Her Skin!': Dr. Ludovic Bouland gripped a scalpel between his right thumb and forefinger, using his left hand to smooth the wide rectangle of flesh he w...

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!: When Reuven Rivlin , Israel’s new president, made his acceptance speech on Wednesday – he remembered to thank everyone responsible- includin...

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!: When Reuven Rivlin , Israel’s new president, made his acceptance speech on Wednesday – he remembered to thank everyone responsible- includin...

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s New President Thanks His Main Sponsor!: When Reuven Rivlin , Israel’s new president, made his acceptance speech on Wednesday – he remembered to thank everyone responsible- includin...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Poet’s Salad

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Poet’s Salad: Even ethereal poets have to eat. So when members of Voices Israel meet for a workshop later this month they’ll need to break for lunch.   ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘That Cottage of Darkness’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘That Cottage of Darkness’: Mystical or practical, there are as many theories as there are scholars explaining why Jews stay up all night to study Torah on Shavuot . ...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Granta Israel’ Is Launched

Alwayswriteagain: ‘Granta Israel’ Is Launched: Granta Magazine , the prestigious publication founded by Cambridge University students in 1889, has just been launched in Israel as -  well ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘Poets Must Engage General Public’–Discuss!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘Poets Must Engage General Public’–Discuss!: British journalist Jeremy Paxman bears a personality which serves as a fine antonym for his name. Since the veteran BBC Two – Newsnight  ...

Alwayswriteagain: Expensive Tributes; Purple Rain

Alwayswriteagain: Expensive Tributes; Purple Rain: There cannot be a heart in the Western Hemisphere that has not melted on learning about the life and premature death from cancer of British ...

Alwayswriteagain: The Great Torah Cover-Up!

Alwayswriteagain: The Great Torah Cover-Up!: Torah study may be minority viewing in cyberspace but the clip below, which  was first published only a couple weeks ago,  has already won ...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘A Blaze of Light in Every Word’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘A Blaze of Light in Every Word’: The stilted Romereports.com blurb about Pope Francis ’s trip to Israel on Sunday and  Monday explains: “This children’s choir welcomed Po...

Alwayswriteagain: Where Dancers’ Sparks Leave Their Marks!

Alwayswriteagain: Where Dancers’ Sparks Leave Their Marks!: Twenty-two women line up post-performance in a large, spot-lit, open space. They may have been playing soccer!   But the well-toned ...

Alwayswriteagain: A Festival of Faith, Luck and Heavenly Food!

Alwayswriteagain: A Festival of Faith, Luck and Heavenly Food!: Last month’s Passover celebrations in Israel were marked by unusually hot weather and record crowds at national parks throughout the country...

Alwayswriteagain: How ESRA Rallies Support For Karmiel Kids

Alwayswriteagain: How ESRA Rallies Support For Karmiel Kids: They won’t be hunting for Easter eggs or even the proverbial crock of gold! But when ESRA Karmiel members hit the road for their car rall...

Alwayswriteagain: The Youth Orchestra That’s A Wind For Change!

Alwayswriteagain: The Youth Orchestra That’s A Wind For Change!: As one born tone deaf and who never graduated beyond playing Chopsticks on the piano or learning the first few notes on a kid’s descant re...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Look At All The Kindness!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Look At All The Kindness!: Cathy Bryant is generous to  fault! Almost every poem in her new  collection bursts with warm-hearted, no-frills kindness, bearing testam...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘A Foot For Every Year’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘A Foot For Every Year’: Part of the oddity of ‘virtual’ acquaintance is that it may bond people over thousands of miles although they never meet in the material wor...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The House That Was Leper, Heretic, King’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The House That Was Leper, Heretic, King’: ‘Without his evil inclination, a person would not build a house, marry, or have children’ (Bereshit Rabbah 9:7). “In my beginning when I...

Alwayswriteagain: National Service – An Experience Shared

Alwayswriteagain: National Service – An Experience Shared: I realise I’m a little late posting this heart-warming clip but I think it deserves as much publicity as possible. It features the decade-...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Taste of Edible Poetry!

PerfectlyWritePoetry: A Taste of Edible Poetry!: During a week that BBC Radio 4’s Poetry Please celebrated food and had the good sense to include a piece by the lovely Cathy Bryant ,   th...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Bombs Don’t Always Turn Houses Into Ashes

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Bombs Don’t Always Turn Houses Into Ashes: I am pleased to publish the piece below as the first of many guest contributions to PerfectlyWritePoetry . Andy Nicholson , known professio...

Alwayswriteagain: How Hamas Helped Yom Ha’atzmaut Fun!

Alwayswriteagain: How Hamas Helped Yom Ha’atzmaut Fun!: For the first time anyone I know can remember, there was a religious dimension to this year’s Yom Ha’atzmaut celebrations in Karmiel, Israel...

Alwayswriteagain: Daniel’s On Key!

Alwayswriteagain: Daniel’s On Key!: One of Karmiel’s rising musical stars returns home soon for a piano recital at the Iriyah – the town hall. Daniel Neyman , the son of Ta...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘I Bite My Lip, and Begin To Cry’

PerfectlyWritePoetry: ‘I Bite My Lip, and Begin To Cry’: Israeli poet and novelist, Elisha Porat died last year aged 75. I have chosen his poem below both in tribute to him as a fine writer whose...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: My Saturday Night Rose

PerfectlyWritePoetry: My Saturday Night Rose: The self-authored piece below is a tribute to Israel’s two major days of springtime remembrance. This week, Yom Hashoa (Holocaust Memoria...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: The Muses Live On

PerfectlyWritePoetry: The Muses Live On: Night has fallen in Israel, bringing with it one of the most solemn 24 hours in the calendar – Yom Hashoa   – Holocaust Memorial Day. So th...

Alwayswriteagain: This ‘Noah’ Doesn’t Float My Boat!

Alwayswriteagain: This ‘Noah’ Doesn’t Float My Boat!: The biblical story of Noah is supposed to be about the stuff of  life. But Darren Aronofsky ’s film version will be forever cast as the ‘...

Alwayswriteagain: Gambling - A Stake in Jewish Identity

Alwayswriteagain: Gambling - A Stake in Jewish Identity: It’s  been Easter Saturday and so one of the best days of the year for chocoholics and less savoury folk addicted to Jew-bashing. First of...

Alwayswriteagain: Words Kill, Words Cure

Alwayswriteagain: Words Kill, Words Cure: As Rabbi Lord Sacks   published a powerful biblical commentary discussing the dangers of evil speech, the municipality of Karmiel posted adv...

Alwayswriteagain: Freedom Is, As Freedom Does

Alwayswriteagain: Freedom Is, As Freedom Does: "An Aramean [sought to] destroy my forefather, and he went down to Egypt and sojourned there with a small number of people, and ther...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Like Putting Band Aid on a Weeping Wound’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Like Putting Band Aid on a Weeping Wound’: It wasn’t all peaches for Ms Geldof. She preferred Sprouts. Or juice. Once a day.   So she’s been returned from Whence she came to th...

Alwayswriteagain: My Case Against Same-Sex Marriage

Alwayswriteagain: My Case Against Same-Sex Marriage: British Reform Rabbi Laura Janner-Klausner insists that everyone in the Movement for Reform Judaism is wildly enthusiastic aboPublish Postut the start o...

Alwayswriteagain: How Joanne Entered the World of Sound

Alwayswriteagain: How Joanne Entered the World of Sound: I don’t normally post items like this but Joanne Milne ’s story deserves special mention. X Ms Milne, from Gateshead, U.K.  and now age...

Alwayswriteagain: Anti-Jewish Feeling Used As Weapon In Ukraine’s La...

Alwayswriteagain: Anti-Jewish Feeling Used As Weapon In Ukraine’s La...: There is more than a whiff of  times past in the latest wave of violence engulfing the Ukraine and Russia’s role in the heightening drama. ...

Alwayswriteagain: It’s Only a Waxing Gibbous Moon!

Alwayswriteagain: It’s Only a Waxing Gibbous Moon!: I can’t resist accepting the invitation to share this stunning image .   Captured by US cameraman, Mike Taylor ,  it first appeared on...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘It Was a Gas, Gas, Gas!’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘It Was a Gas, Gas, Gas!’: Hey! Is that Jumpin’ Jack Flash? I’ve run of cash. You’ve always been So big down under.   And that’s where you were When I needed y...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘What Made Maggie Fly?’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘What Made Maggie Fly?’:   There had been the gorgeous gown,  splendid church service and a sumptuous banquet with dancing till dawn. No wonder Maggie saw stars. ...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The Charge of the Hate Brigade’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The Charge of the Hate Brigade’: ‘All things move, not in progress, but in a ceaseless round’ (William Hazlitt) Aunt Khava had sliced lemon, sliver-thin. “This is how w...

Alwayswriteagain: Unveiling the Secrets of ‘The Fed’

Alwayswriteagain: Unveiling the Secrets of ‘The Fed’: Strange but true! I re-post in full a story which first appeared in SWNS.com – the South West News Service news agency on 25 April 2013. I’m...

Alwayswriteagain: #140 Characters + 6 Actors Find Their Author!

Alwayswriteagain: #140 Characters + 6 Actors Find Their Author!: Sporting a taut-torsoed Romeo ( Natey Jones ) and a raw-boned, bawdy script, the TNT Britain-ADG Europe theatre company has this week thrill...

Alwayswriteagain: The Many Faces of God’s Military Lion

Alwayswriteagain: The Many Faces of God’s Military Lion: The incident is burned into my brain. I’ll never forget how 44 years ago as a preliminary to a UK ‘A’ Level History course, our teacher in...

Alwayswriteagain: Wherefore Art Thou?

Alwayswriteagain: Wherefore Art Thou?: Due to cancellation, there is one ticket available for anyone able to travel from Karmiel to see 'Romeo and Juliet' at Zichron Ya&#3...

Alwayswriteagain: Humanity’s Ever-Spreading Stain

Alwayswriteagain: Humanity’s Ever-Spreading Stain: I’ve been  daydreaming about going to the local  fleapit and seeing an image of the cinema projectionist on screen in place of the latest Ho...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘”My Kingdom for a Horse!”’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘”My Kingdom for a Horse!”’: Later – much later – Fiona realised she’d won. “At first,” she told Phil when she felt like talking, “the pressure in my chest became so in...

Alwayswriteagain: Karmielis Get Their Skates On …!

Alwayswriteagain: Karmielis Get Their Skates On …!: All the generations were represented when hordes of children  and teenagers on scooters and skateboards were joined by their parents and gra...

Alwayswriteagain: Modern Bedouin: A Tale of False, Fashionable Agitp...

Alwayswriteagain: Modern Bedouin: A Tale of False, Fashionable Agitp...:   I’ve spent too much time recently worrying about artistic integrity. Perhaps I should instead save some of my energy for the unfounded...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Hag Sameach!’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Hag Sameach!’: “I wonder,” mused Annie as she and Bernie climbed into bed, “if Moses ever did book signings”. “You never know,” said Bernie, stretching fo...

Alwayswriteagain: Sharon Interred in Mother Earth

Alwayswriteagain: Sharon Interred in Mother Earth: As so much has already been written about Israel’s late, great former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon , I want to look at something  different –...

Alwayswriteagain: Didn’t We Do Well?

Alwayswriteagain: Didn’t We Do Well?: A record 67 people this weekend helped to raise more than 1500 NIS (about £271.00 / US $443) for local needy children at the fourth annu...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Love Without Women’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Love Without Women’: From Kish M Benjamin   Kfar Shoftim Nr. Gibeah     Israel 06 January 2014 Shaul - As you won’t pick up the phone I’ve decided to writ...

Alwayswriteagain: Piquant Pizza, Perfect Prose!

Alwayswriteagain: Piquant Pizza, Perfect Prose!: Age proved to be no bar for a group of English language women writers who on Monday showed off a huge diversity of work before a packed  and...