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Jun 28, 2021, 10:32 AM

An outsize cheesy tale

A blissfully happy Hugo Bliss clutched the 5,000-page opus to his heaving chest. At last he could embrace and contemplate his work in print safely ensconced between the covers. The huge tome, entitled “Albor, The Cheese-Making King”, represented 30...

Jun 1, 2021, 11:22 AM

Chelsea’s soccer victory – A truly bright moment

Life in Israel has its bright moments, even for elderly Anglos like me, and after the trying corona year and the brutal Gaza war. But all of a sudden, this past Motzei Shabbat there came a ray of light...

May 12, 2021, 6:45 PM

The power of prayer: Ben Reuven’s song of hope

In these nerve-wracking days of worry and anxiety as we live through the seemingly ceaseless Hamas rocket barrage and wonder when and there it will all end, and hope that it will be soon and peace and calm will...

May 7, 2021, 7:26 PM

‘Jerusalem Rock’: The rock song about Jerusalem

Everybody knows Naomi Shemer’s beautiful song tribute to Jerusalem Yerushalayim Shel Zahav “Jerusalem of Gold” and its historic association with the Six Day War and the Reunification of Jerusalem in 1967 when sung so beautifully by Shuli Nathan. It...

Apr 9, 2021, 10:45 AM

Gee, I’m so proud to be a Jew

Gee, I’m so proud to be a Jew Despite all that we’ve been through I’m still here to tell the tale About the trials and triumphs of Israel. You may not believe it, but it’s true In this big world we’re just a few 16...

Mar 24, 2021, 10:46 AM

Passover appeal to President Putin

Dear President Putin, I am writing this appeal to you here in Jerusalem on the eve of our Passover Festival, our Festival of Freedom, on behalf of all those throughout the world who wish to know finally about the fate...

Mar 17, 2021, 12:41 AM

Israel’s Anglow election revolution

The recent stunning and unparalleled influx of Anglows from all parts of the Inglish-speaking world in record numbers, the equivalent of doubling the Israeli population, has led to a seismological transformation of the Israeli political scene just as the...

Nov 18, 2020, 1:33 PM

A towering Montefiore vision

This is the remarkable story about two Jerusalemites – a leading rabbi and his Kablan colleague – who together have a vision which they believe will soon become reality – to establish a museum in honor of Sir Moses...

Nov 2, 2020, 3:46 PM

Sinai Shalom – A real songpoem gem

SINAI SHALOM – A REAL SONGPOEM GEM Sifting through my collection of David Ben Reuven songs recently, I came across one which I consider a real gem particularly in view of its historical context - the 1979 peace agreement with...

Oct 13, 2020, 8:44 AM

An outsize work of literature

A blissfully happy Hugo Bliss clutched the 5,000-page opus to his heaving chest. At last he could embrace and contemplate his work in print safely ensconced between the covers The huge tome, entitled “Albor, The Cheese-Making King”, represented 30 years...

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About Me

London-born David Herman came on aliyah in 1966 after graduating from Cambridge University. In the 1960s, he founded the Good Times Publishing Company specializing in publishing newspapers in simplified English, French and Arabic for the Israeli school system. David currenty works as a translator, and is also very active in the field of songwriting and performing under the musical name, David Ben Reuven.