SJ Arieh Selig

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Jun 1, 2025, 11:04 AM

Harvesters Of Lies

A Mandala artist was giving a demonstration of her art. She said the most important part of a Mandala is the centre. This is the beginning. Everything starts from the centre. So it must be drawn and painted with absolute...

Sep 14, 2024, 10:59 PM

What we did NOT do…..

After WW2 When 6 million Jews were murdered with industrial efficiency, among them 1 million children. What did the Jews do.... What did the Jews NOT do. We didn't riot in European Cities and destroy your businesses. We didn't march AGAINST the countries that...

Nov 21, 2023, 12:15 PM

Antisemitism Then and Now

When I was at school growing up in Belfast, there were probably about 20 Jews max in the school I went to, Belfast Royal Academy. Traditionally more Jews probably attended BRA than any other school in Northern Ireland. In general I...

Feb 14, 2023, 2:26 PM

Maltesers, Burt and Scout Songs

Maltesers in the glove compartment, a Burt Bacharach 8 track Cassette playing, and when we were not listening to Burt, we sang scout songs, or made up phrases based on the letters of passing car number plates. When we weren't...

Sep 14, 2022, 7:27 AM

Making Peace The Queen’s way.

There are so many interesting and fascinating stories about the Queen that I've heard in the last few days. Has been quite a roller-coaster. All the interviews I heard of people who met her, from young children to the very elderly...

Aug 19, 2022, 4:14 PM

Peace, from Belfast to Jerusalem

The Good Friday Agreement in Northern Ireland came into effect on Dec. 2, 1999. 71.1%of the population in Northern Ireland voted for it. 94.4 %of the Republic of Ireland voted for it. Once firebrand politician Rev Ian Paisley said he would NEVER...

Mar 1, 2021, 3:32 PM

In times of stress being a Rock can be useful

Welcome to the 420 club! No not the cannabis kind. 4.20 a.m. The caffeine kind, when the mind is full of ideas and they have to be written down. Or... When G-d taps you on the shoulder and says... "If you can't sleep at night,...

Dec 25, 2020, 7:38 AM

Herman Wouk and the Convert

Herman Wouk fascinates me, because not only was he a great writer, he was an Orthodox Jew, and was obviously very worldly wise and open to studying the world around him. He also fascinates me because if what has been...

Dec 21, 2020, 7:18 AM

Mrs Roberts and Corona

I remember once sitting in classroom during an English essay exam, and none of the subjects offered to write about inspired me, except for one, which I thought had potential to it. "Write about a harrowing or stressful situation you...

Nov 13, 2020, 9:46 AM

My Thought For The Day

A crossbencher is NOT an angry Birchon! A crossbencher is someone sitting perpendicular to the government and the Opposition in the British House of Lords. Often religious figures would sit there when no longer in their previous official leadership role. In other...

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About Me

Northern Ireland born & bred. Made Aliya in 1990 just before the Gulf War. WUJS in Arad (World Union of Jewish Students) graduate. Worked and lived in Baka Jerusalem since 1992 I'm a Centrist by default, the distance between Left and Right is too great. Whether I write about the state of the world, politics, or a couple having a cuppa, my real aim is to close the gaps between us.

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