Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Hill of Treasured Scrubland

Alwayswriteagain: Karmiel’s Hill of Treasured Scrubland: If, like me, you’ve ever wondered why the Galilee city of Karmiel is such a great example of ‘countryside in the city’ there appears to be a...

Alwayswriteagain: Why Tony’s Still Here!

Alwayswriteagain: Why Tony’s Still Here!: Anthony Wright is a medical curiosity. After struggling to be diagnosed correctly with rare, hereditary and incurable Neurofibromatosis t...

Alwayswriteagain: Domestic Abuse ‘Like Terrorism’ - Karmiel Mayor

Alwayswriteagain: Domestic Abuse ‘Like Terrorism’ - Karmiel Mayor: Karmiel Mayor Moshe Koninsky has equated domestic violence with terrorism.     The courts should impose maximum sentenc...

Alwayswriteagain: Celebrating Social Justice in Britain and Israel

Alwayswriteagain: Celebrating Social Justice in Britain and Israel: Against a backdrop this past weekend of unpleasant weather and political unrest in Britain and Israel , celebrations at two Progressive syn...

Alwayswriteagain: Buxton, Silk: Game, Set - but Barely Matched!

Alwayswriteagain: Buxton, Silk: Game, Set - but Barely Matched!: The slew of global tribute s to Anglo-Jewish tennis star Angela Buxton has fallen on her lifelong fight against antisemitism. But none, ...

Alwayswriteagain: The Dark Heart of Black Lives Matter

Alwayswriteagain: The Dark Heart of Black Lives Matter: Just as I had mastered the mantra ‘ Black Lives Matter’ , a wave of guilt, then a rush of resentment washed over me. I felt dee...

Alwayswriteagain: Eritrea: Little Corona but Plagued by Fear

Alwayswriteagain: Eritrea: Little Corona but Plagued by Fear:   When Israel’s next ambassador to Eritrea presents his credentials to President Isaias Afwerki , he will discover a tiny country ...

Alwayswriteagain: A Bottle of Water; a Knee on the Neck

Alwayswriteagain: A Bottle of Water; a Knee on the Neck: Few people reading this post will have forgotten the protests of 2015 and 2019 that followed alleged ‘police racism’ and discrimination ag...

Alwayswriteagain: How Things Were in Knockanore

Alwayswriteagain: How Things Were in Knockanore: A recent chance reference to the double Oscar-winning movie, The Quiet Man , has led me to view the movie but first, read the short story fr...

Alwayswriteagain: Viral Marketing with the Human Touch!

Alwayswriteagain: Viral Marketing with the Human Touch!: We're told never to judge a book by its cover. But it's clear from the front of Mitch Albom's new work in progress that i...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Young Lives Dished up on a Silver Platter

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Young Lives Dished up on a Silver Platter: As luck would have it, the conclusion of Israel's spring festive season coincides neatly with the last week of Global Poetry Writing Mo...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: HOW THE CORONA PASSED OVER

PerfectlyWritePoetry: HOW THE CORONA PASSED OVER: My kids spent Corona Passover wandering like Arameans, skipping upstairs and down, inside and out, playing the goat, waving and blowin...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Passover Super Moon 2020

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Passover Super Moon 2020: (With apologies to Yip Harburg and Billy Rose) I s it really a super moon floating over a bloated sea lighting a way to save...

Alwayswriteagain: Corona and the Myth that’s Called ‘Goodwill’

Alwayswriteagain: Corona and the Myth that’s Called ‘Goodwill’: Most people are so determined to keep cheerful during these terrible times that many have invoked the mythical spirit of public goodwill di...

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Passover in a Year of Modern Plague

PerfectlyWritePoetry: Passover in a Year of Modern Plague: Passover in a Year of Modern Plague "What's true of all the evils in the world is true of the plague as well. It helps men to ris...

Alwayswriteagain: Coronavirus – Don’t Succumb to Fear!

Alwayswriteagain: Coronavirus – Don’t Succumb to Fear!: Today I declined an invitation to join a ‘Coronavirus’ Facebook group. This is despite reading that last week an infected individua...