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...