Esor Ben-Sorek

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Jun 22, 2023, 7:04 AM

Once I Was But Now I’m Not

I am sitting up uncomfortably on a swivel chair. Looking up at the wall staring at me I count 19 framed certificates, among them two doctorates.. an Litt.D. (Doctor of Literature) and a Ph.D. (Doctor of Philosophy). I have...

Dec 8, 2022, 5:04 AM

The Segals of Rishon

Anyone who did not know Shlomo and Elisheva Segal missed out on a friendship superior to many others. There are hundreds of Segal families in Israel and tens of thousands throughout the Jewish world. It is an ancient name...

Nov 27, 2022, 7:02 AM

Going through the Latin alphabet in search of names connected to the State of Israel four in particular come to mind. Three who were born outside the borders of the Jewish State but who belong to it in heart,...

Oct 18, 2022, 8:18 AM

Poland and its Jews

For centuries Poland was known as the most anti-Semitic country in Europe. Pogroms were frequent and Jews were tormented, killed and abused in most of the areas of Russian Poland and later by the Polish Republic. In 1935 my wife's...

Oct 13, 2022, 6:17 AM

The Joys of Travel

One of the Joys in my traveling is the two passports I carry with me. Like a roulette wheel I enjoy spinning to decide which passport I will use to enter and/or to leave from the country of my...

Oct 10, 2022, 5:42 AM

Love and Marriage

It began on an Israeli ship in Italian waters nearing the port of Naples. A lovely young lady had just returned on deck from her short visit to the famous Italian city. I met her as she took a...

Aug 29, 2022, 6:42 AM

Our German-Speaking Prophet

In Paris he was astounded and was left speechless by the unjust trial of a French Jewish military officer, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, falsely accused of providing secret military information to the Germans. Stripped of his rank and humiliated by...

Jul 3, 2022, 6:41 AM

A Rumor of Humor

It is true that our new Prime Minister, Yair Lapid, himself a former journalist, is an ardent daily reader of our TIMES OF ISRAEL. Accordingly he must have been (not a devout) but a casual reader of my past...

May 9, 2022, 6:42 AM

A Building Built Of Love

(DEDICATED TO RONNIE BUCHBINDER) Among most buildings built in order to preserve its strength, there was one such building built more than 100 years ago in an area of New York City which added to the bricks and stones the...

May 8, 2022, 6:39 AM

Remembering and Sharing

As I am approaching the age of 90, I wanted to share with my youngest daughter memories which are forever in my mind and heart. She is one of my three children, all in the fields of medicine and...

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About Me

Esor Ben-Sorek is a retired professor of Hebrew, Biblical literature & history of Israel. Conversant in 8 languages: Hebrew, Yiddish, English, French, German, Spanish, Polish & Dutch. Very proud of being an Israeli citizen. A follower of Trumpeldor & Jabotinsky & Begin.

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