Alwayswriteagain: Why This Writer Turned to Crime!

Alwayswriteagain: Why This Writer Turned to Crime!: There is nothing professional writers enjoy more than some serious literary research. Today, for example, I have followed an intense soc...

Alwayswriteagain: Murder, Mayhem – but No Medicine!

Alwayswriteagain: Murder, Mayhem – but No Medicine!: Fans of Israeli detective novelist, Sivan Kish call her ‘the Israeli Agatha Christie ’ . But it may be an even greater compliment t...

Alwayswriteagain: The Road to the People on the Beach

Alwayswriteagain: The Road to the People on the Beach: To scan the first pages of The People on the Beach is to be drawn into a Holocaust story with all the hallmarks of a compellin...

Alwayswriteagain: Not Bedtime Reading!

Alwayswriteagain: Not Bedtime Reading!: The stories in Tamel Win o’s debut collection ** start in an sinister emotional twilight and peak at what Tennessee Williams ’s fans may s...

Alwayswriteagain: When the Cradle Still Rocked

Alwayswriteagain: When the Cradle Still Rocked: Barely three months after the end of World War 2, hundreds of bewildered Jewish children were flown from what had been the hell of Nazi Euro...

Alwayswriteagain: If Trees Could Talk!

Alwayswriteagain: If Trees Could Talk!: I’m beginning to wonder if Israel’s ancient trees could talk, what they would tell future generations about living through this time of plag...

Alwayswriteagain: Tinker, Tailor–Unlikely Traitor!

Alwayswriteagain: Tinker, Tailor–Unlikely Traitor!:   If you have £2.5M to spare you may fancy buying Bridges Court , once the country home of former British spymaster, Sir Stewart Menz...

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...