Richard Gordon, at The Blogs

Aug 31, 2020, 8:08 PM

Montefiore’s Jerusalem Windmill – the full story….

Etching from the diary of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore of Windmill and Alms Houses (Jerusalem Foundation)

Designed in Kent, saved by Ramsgate, now a £1M wine-shop (almost)! In 1857 Sir Moses Montefiore built a Kentish windmill overlooking the Holy City of Jerusalem. Today more than 150 years later, it is alive and kicking though not quite as Sir Moses could have...

Apr 23, 2017, 12:49 AM

“Shokel at the Kotel” – A Bar Mitzvah at the Wall!

Ever wanted to celebrate a Bar Mitzvah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem? Here’s how….. On an August Monday a while ago, my darling wife Yehudit and I organised at the Kotel in Jerusalem, the final part of the Barmitzvah of our son Sha’uli Gordon....

Apr 21, 2017, 12:10 AM

Der Rebbe’s Tisch

“Der Rebbe’s Tisch” “Hey, after dinner tonight, come with me to the Belzer Rebbe’s Tisch!”, said my rabbinical nephew on a Pesach chol hamoed Friday night in Jerusalem. “I’ve an invite from his son and we’ll be sure of a good place”. The “Belzer Rebbe”...

Apr 19, 2017, 11:16 AM

Post-Holocaust Philosophy?

Post-Holocaust Philosophy – a brief essay! Preamble These are some thoughts after attending a brief course on “Philosophy after the Holocaust” at London School of Jewish Studies (LSJS) a while ago which quickly explored the works of a handful of philosophers. The course[1] was marketed as addressing...

Apr 4, 2017, 10:22 PM

The Old Man and His Course…..

This is my very first blog. So by way of introduction, I’m publishing an award-winning article I wrote about Jewish Studies for the King’s College London Post-Graduate Fresher’s magazine: The Old Man and his Course “Are you faculty staff?” I was occasionally asked during my...

About Me

Richard Gordon, retired computer consultant and business man with a degree in physics and a post-graduate diploma in Jewish Studies from KCL; interested in Jewish affairs, history of Zionism, and Israel (married to an Israeli and his son and daughter have followed his example)