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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...

Nov 3, 2020, 10:04 AM

All come to look for America….

So I looked at the scenery She read her magazine And the moon rose over an open field "Kathy, I'm lost", I said Though I knew she was sleeping "I'm empty and aching and I don't know why" Counting the cars On the New Jersey Turnpike They've all...

Oct 29, 2020, 3:38 PM

Don’t Mask the Love for your Fellow Jew

25 years since the murder of Yitzchak Rabin z'l . I had been in Israel only 5 years. In Aliya terms that's a blink of time to get used to this country. But I remember very well the political atmosphere of this...

Oct 22, 2020, 5:31 PM

Corona, an opportunity for new ideas

A few weeks ago when my son was physically at school, but his day ended at 12pm, I asked him how much he was in fact learning in a much shorter day? He said because of the shorter format, it...

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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 because the distance between Left and Right is too great, and I want to know what they're up to! Whether I'm writing about the state of world politics or a couple having a cuppa, my real aim is to close the gaps between us.