Jun 15, 2020
REDISCOVERING BRASILIAN MUSIC
BRASIL has always been in my mind’s horizon. I have been lucky to see a small part of this immensely diverse country, from the Argentina border at Foz do Iguassu…
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Jun 15, 2020
A SPECIAL SHABBAT SHALOM FROM MIAMI
The Sun has set in Miami, the three stars have appeared, bursting through the still blue skies. Today is a special welcome to the Shabbat I prepare to light the…
Jun 15, 2020
MIGRATION AND LIFE NEW OUTLOOK AT THE POST CORONA TIMES
MIGRATION THROUGH LIFE A threat to the Planet as well as at an individual level is/has been present over the past three months. We have become open to the sufferings…
May 15, 2020
WHAT ALL HAPPENS IN THE COURSE OF A DAY
I became aware of both masculine and feminine sides of both sexes very early on life, in heterosexual people. When in medical school, you could see the faculty, masculine and…
May 15, 2020
THE NIGHT OF FULL MOON, TENDER AND RAW EMOTIONS AND SAUDADE
During these days of tranquility and silence, I have been able to experience solitude and emotions in their rawest form. Emotions so raw and tender that tears flow. While cities…
Apr 15, 2020
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION IN MIAMI …
A FANTASTIC DAY IN SOCIAL ISOLATION ? NO ANXIETY NO FEAR BUT SHEER JOY OF FRIENDS FROM NEAR AND FAR. 30 APRIL 2020 IN MIAMI WHICH IS UNDER LOCKDOWN The…
Apr 15, 2020
IRAN. THE WALL OF KINDNESS. TAAROF AND PHILANTHROPY IN PERSIAN CULTURE
Everyone knows of my obsession with Persia IRAN, something dating back to the time when we had some family connection to that land. As I grew up I became enchanted…
Apr 15, 2020
IN WHICH COUNTRY WOULD YOU BE THE SAFEST DURING THIS EPIDEMIC… LIST BY THEIR EFFORT AND RESULTS
THE USA is ranked at Number 70.. I applaud ISRAEL for its efforts and early containment. Both Germany and Austria did well. so did Australia and New Zealand. Kudos to…
Apr 15, 2020
THE KATHAK DANCERS OF KARACHI
From Al Jazeera TV It is not often one sees such a bold documentary, this is the fire, the men of these countries are afraid of. They are afraid of…
Mar 15, 2020
Le petit poète de Côte Sauvage
Many years ago, I encountered a little poet at Cote Sauvage in the Bretagne peninsula that houses the vacation spot of Quiberon. I have been lucky in that over the…
Mar 15, 2020
SPRING EQUINOX AT DZIBILCHALTUN IN YUCATAN…TRAVELS WITH MY BROTHER YITZHAK
Meet me in the evening of this coming Thursday at Parque Santa Lucia in Merida, Yucatan, said the message from my brother Yitzhak who lives in Portland, Oregon, USA. I…
Mar 15, 2020
WHY DO WE LISTEN TO MUSIC AND LOVE IT EVEN IF YOU DONT UNDERSTAND THE LYRICS
I have always wondered why we listen to the music that we listen to. Cesaria Evora from Cabo Verde sang in Portuguese Creole that no one, not even Portuguese speakers…