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The Last Month in Israel … in Ladino Sayings

Avram Piha — Sun, 19 May 2013 06:23:55 +0000

When I read Sarah’s “Sometimes you need Yiddish to get the job done” last week, not only did I think it was a great read, but I also thought something similar should be done in Ladino. My father’s family is from Rhodes and Southern Turkey, and the songs and sayings (not to mention food, but [...]

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Out of the blue, into the green

Avram Piha — Fri, 03 May 2013 06:42:14 +0000

A regular Monday. My wife took one kid to daycare, and I took the other. Arrived at work at 9:00 o’clock and the usual routine begun. Work. Lunch. Work some more. The day was almost over. The phone rings. Unknown number – I wonder what survey I’m needed to participate in this time. “Hello, if [...]

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A Christian, a Muslim and Me

Avram Piha — Thu, 11 Apr 2013 06:42:37 +0000

“There’s a sign for a multi-faith prayer room,” my wife said and off I went to see if it was a fitting place for shacharit. I found the room on the 2nd floor of the 3rd terminal, and walked in. Sitting down were a Muslim and a Christian. I smiled as a few [...]

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Ten down … no more counting

Avram Piha — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 18:13:09 +0000

As I got off the El Al flight on February 17, 2003, I smiled nervously…I had done it. I had done what my parents had done some 20 years earlier. I had come home. I was nervous but I had wanted this for over three years, and I was ready to make it happen. Ten [...]

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My First Time

Avram Piha — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 19:27:38 +0000

Despite the ongoing Operation (or can we call it a war now?) in Gaza, Shabbat started as normal in Jerusalem. I took my four year old son to synagogue, while my wife stayed with our two year old and her 90 year old grandmother, a Holocaust survivor. While my son started eating parts of the [...]

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… And on the Bus

Avram Piha — Sat, 14 Jul 2012 20:00:28 +0000

I was deep into the chapter in In Ishmael’s House, which discusses Mizrachi Jewry’s interaction with Zionism during World War I, when I heard a discussion on the Tal Law taking place right in front of me. I looked up and saw two young looking Ultra-Orthodox men (No hat for those wondering – I think [...]

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804

Avram Piha — Thu, 05 Jul 2012 17:32:14 +0000

A few weeks ago, I got an e-mail from Telfed, the South African Zionist Federation, informing me of an upcoming documentary they were showing in Jerusalem: In 1948, immediately following the Declaration of Independence, Israel was attacked from all sides by six armies. Outnumbered and out-armed, the country was facing the threat of destruction barely [...]

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Blurring the Point: Selective, Star-struck Coverage and its Aftermath

Avram Piha — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:26:00 +0000

On Wednesday, February 11, Aharon Davidi passed away at the age of 84. Even though Davidi was a famed paratrooper whose leadership was key during the Suez War and Six Day War, his passing received little press coverage. My Israel, a right wing Zionist advocacy group, took issue with the quiet: Aharon Davidi, one of [...]

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