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...

Alwayswriteagain: Great Lives, Savage Deeds

Alwayswriteagain: Great Lives, Savage Deeds: This is a sad day when I awoke to a grey, damp, freezing, morning – with news that rockets had been fired on Kiryat Shemona  from Lebanon an...

Alwayswriteagain: A Thousand Stars for Charity

Alwayswriteagain: A Thousand Stars for Charity: I’m unsure what the rest of the world was doing on Xmas Day night, but in our corner of Karmiel, Western Galilee  everything sparkled at the...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Star-Topped Christmas Mincemeat’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Star-Topped Christmas Mincemeat’: “What are little boys made of? Slugs and snails, and puppy dogs tails That's what little boys are made of! What are little girls made ...

Alwayswriteagain: WRITERS’ PERFORMANCE EVENING

Alwayswriteagain: WRITERS’ PERFORMANCE EVENING: A microphone stand is needed for a writers’ performance evening in Karmiel, Israel on Monday 06 January 2014. Any readers knowing where on...

Alwayswriteagain: ‘An Excuse for Squalid Triumphalism’

Alwayswriteagain: ‘An Excuse for Squalid Triumphalism’: There is a tipping point in religious extremism where the ultra pious of all faiths meet. They live monochrome lives in a monolithic world d...

Alwayswriteagain: Shine On Wayward Moon!

Alwayswriteagain: Shine On Wayward Moon!: Prize-winning historical novelist, Janice Weizman braved the first storms of the Israeli winter on Tuesday to travel from Rehovot near ...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The Killing Game’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘The Killing Game’: Frazer: Hi – Lily? Lily: Yes, it’s me. Frazer: I can hear you but I can’t see you. Lily: My webcam’s not working properly, so when I use ...

Alwayswriteagain: Missing Karmiel Soldier Returns Home

Alwayswriteagain: Missing Karmiel Soldier Returns Home: Daniel Kadosh , the 18-year-old soldier from Karmiel who went missing on Saturday evening has returned home safe and sound, according to the...

Alwayswriteagain: RE: MISSING ISRAELI SOLDIER - DANIELKADOSH

Alwayswriteagain: RE: MISSING ISRAELI SOLDIER - DANIELKADOSH: This is a reposting in approximately accurate English from a Hebrew bulletin about an I.D.F. man who's gone missing in Karmiel, Lower ...

Alwayswriteagain: Have Yourself a Merry ‘Pseudo-Christmas’!

Alwayswriteagain: Have Yourself a Merry ‘Pseudo-Christmas’!:   In my treasure box of best-loved ironies there’s one about the British Fascist Oswald Mosley having Handel ’s Judas Maccabeus Orato...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Saul Dislocates His Shoulder!’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Saul Dislocates His Shoulder!’: Gibeah Mental Health Centre Psych Consult – Schizophrenia Evaluation and Management (E/M) Patient SHAUL MATRITE-BENJAMIN IDENTIFYING D...

Alwayswriteagain: Gleanings

Alwayswriteagain: Gleanings: “And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corner of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleaning of...

Alwayswriteagain: The History of the Jews Unrolled

Alwayswriteagain: The History of the Jews Unrolled: The Internet is a wonderful thing, allowing me to view here in Israel BBC TV’s five-part series The Story of the Jews presented by Simon S...

Alwayswriteagain: A Nice Jewish Girl Behaving Badly!

Alwayswriteagain: A Nice Jewish Girl Behaving Badly!: To be a woman in the ninth century Middle East was to be faceless, shapeless, voiceless  – and powerless. But while some things do...

Alwayswriteagain: Their Knickers Are In A twist About Israel!

Alwayswriteagain: Their Knickers Are In A twist About Israel!: After some weeks away from this site, it’s a pity that I must return  in high defence mode: So:  Beware the Ides of March. Look out for ...

Alwayswriteagain: Why Most Jews Still Stand Alone

Alwayswriteagain: Why Most Jews Still Stand Alone: It was back to regular business in Israel after an uncommonly early month of Jewish New Year festivities. The main story for news outlets du...

Alwayswriteagain: Cutting-Edge Culture in Ancient Acco

Alwayswriteagain: Cutting-Edge Culture in Ancient Acco: I was most surprised to read a recent   Jerusalem Post piece decrying an alleged dearth of ‘cultural endeavour’ in Israel. Perhaps as I liv...

Alwayswriteagain: Cutting-Edge Culture in Ancient Acco

Alwayswriteagain: Cutting-Edge Culture in Ancient Acco: I was most surprised to read a recent   Jerusalem Post piece decrying an alleged dearth of ‘cultural endeavour’ in Israel. Perhaps as I liv...

Alwayswriteagain: Great Charter - Huge Hatred - Nothing Changed

Alwayswriteagain: Great Charter - Huge Hatred - Nothing Changed: Magna Carta, described as “the greatest constitutional document of all times” and considered the cornerstone of the British constitution, de...

Alwayswriteagain: How He Raised the Roof for Succot!

Alwayswriteagain: How He Raised the Roof for Succot!: My husband’s Facebook friends have been lining up to congratulate him on his splendid ’balcony’ succah . This is the temporary ‘dwelling’ i...

Alwayswriteagain: Yom Kippur – Forty Years On

Alwayswriteagain: Yom Kippur – Forty Years On: I was a 19-year-old kid when the Yom Kippur War broke out. In North Manchester, U.K. you’d have thought all hell had been let loose. It ...

Alwayswriteagain: Standing On King Saul’s Shoulder

Alwayswriteagain: Standing On King Saul’s Shoulder: Last week we visited Mount Tabor in the Lower Galilee and I am still marvelling at the hair-pinned road  running rings round its precipitous...

Alwayswriteagain: God Interviews His Linkman

Alwayswriteagain: God Interviews His Linkman: “Hello, good evening and ….” “Welcome, Sir David . Here,  I do the interviews. So while you peer through the keyhole of My home, I’ll scr...

Alwayswriteagain: Shana Tova IRAC

Alwayswriteagain: Shana Tova IRAC: Mazel tov to Anat Hoffman on being voted Israel’s Person of the Year. I don't agree with everything that she and IRAC do but we must a...

Alwayswriteagain: Commemorated Thus Beautifully

Alwayswriteagain: Commemorated Thus Beautifully: "Lines written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin" O commemorate me where there is water canal water...

כתיבה וחתימה טובה

 

The first day of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, falls next week, Thursday 05 September 2013. May everyone who is celebrating have a great 5774.

Be well sealed!

Natalie Wood and Brian Fink

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Alwayswriteagain: Reading the Anti-Jewish Runes

Alwayswriteagain: Reading the Anti-Jewish Runes: Call me an old softie, but I can never think of Winston Churchill without becoming emotional. A visit to his war rooms at the Imperial War ...

Alwayswriteagain: Anti-Jewish Wolves In Ripped-Off Clothing

Alwayswriteagain: Anti-Jewish Wolves In Ripped-Off Clothing: I’d been having fun finding pictures to illustrate my latest flash story, when I found these two items among Google images under the key wor...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Crying Wolf’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Crying Wolf’:   Wolf had arrived late and barely gestured in greeting.   “M’friends call me ‘Wolfie’. Who are you?”, he barked at the woman on the oth...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Vine Leaves’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Vine Leaves’: “Friends,” said Anna rising to toast her guests, “o n nights like this, Shakespearian lovers mused on ancient Troy, sighing how the wind kis...

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s Stumbling Block Before The Blind

Alwayswriteagain: Israel’s Stumbling Block Before The Blind: Our crowd is now of an age when body parts drop off at a rate of knots. Coping with illness can be especially difficult for older Karmieli...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘In Gypsy Davy’s Locker’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘In Gypsy Davy’s Locker’: Rachel Leah, named for the lovely sister and the other who was weary and weak-eyed, sped on a plane to Spain to meet her feckless father. “...

Alwayswriteagain: Some Giraffe – Some Neck!

Alwayswriteagain: Some Giraffe – Some Neck!:   When the death of British travel journalist, Alan Whicker was announced on  Friday last week, I reflected not only upon his love of ecc...

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Home Alone’

PerfectlyWriteFamilyTales: ‘Home Alone’: Great Aunt Julia slumped in her seat, her ramrod-straight back sagging beneath the weight of the news she must convey. Then, as she began ...

Alwayswriteagain: An Eye for Jewish Study – In Israel

Alwayswriteagain: An Eye for Jewish Study – In Israel: The idea of importing  study to Israel may seem like wedging a truism between a commonplace and a cliché. You can almost hear the bookcase g...

Alwayswriteagain: Glastonbury – And All That Israeli Jazz!

Alwayswriteagain: Glastonbury – And All That Israeli Jazz!: If you haven’t made it to this year’s Glastonbury Music Festival in Somerset, England perhaps you’d care to change your plans and join Ameri...

Alwayswriteagain: A Royal Anointing: Not Power But Destiny

Alwayswriteagain: A Royal Anointing: Not Power But Destiny: When Queen Elizabeth II   concluded her Diamond Jubilee celebrations with a coronation anniversary service, it was  instructive to note th...

Alwayswriteagain: Without Peres Would Israel’s Vision Perish?

Alwayswriteagain: Without Peres Would Israel’s Vision Perish?: Mention the name ‘ Shimon Peres ’ almost anywhere in Israel and those listening smile broadly. What’s more, scores of the world’s most...