Oct 15, 2017
RAV KOOK AND BOUNDLESS LOVE. BREAKING THE FAST 5778 IN MIAMI
It was Yom Kippur and I was on my way to Miami to be with my good friends. We broke the fast together. The hours we spent chatting was an…
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Sep 15, 2017
SHIMON PERES:always remain Jewish and ensure the Jewish people always remain.
There is a beautiful recounting of the wonderful friendship Shimon Peres had with the French PM who on the last night of his stewardship before being thrown out, made concrete…
Sep 15, 2017
A JEWISH ANTHROPOLOGIST IN THE LAP OF ARAB LUXURY IN QATAR
I am beginning to understand Qatar a little bit and I like it. The Qataris, native to this desert peninsula with a long history dating back to the beginning of…
Sep 15, 2017
JE SUIS JUIF ESPAGNOL SONG BY ENRICO MACIAS ALGERIA MADE HIM A REFUGEE IN FRANCE
I have flown this route many a times, and each time I pass over Constantine, I cannot help think of the Algerian Jews made homeless and made into refugees by…
Sep 15, 2017
YOM KIPPUR 5778 DANCE ME TO THE END OF LOVE
Today is YOM KIPPUR, the most important day in Jewish Calendar. I thought fondly of the other times, when and where I had been present to be with my fellow…
Aug 15, 2017
THE JEWISH GENERAL AND CREATION OF A MUSLIM COUNTRY AN ARTICLE BY BERNARD-HENRI LEVY
It’s quite a story. This story may seem unlikely in this era of generalized war between cultures, civilizations, and religions. And I am grateful to British journalist Ben Judah for…
Aug 15, 2017
MARRIOTT MARQUIS CITY CENTRE HOTEL IN DOHA QATAR: A STAY THAT BECAME A VACATION
A HOTEL STAY THAT TURNED ITSELF INTO A VACATION And that mood followed me to Casablanca. I love flying Qatar Airways; it means frequent transits through Doha. Before, I was…
Jul 15, 2017
QATAR A WELCOMING COUNTRY OF A MIXTURE OF HUNDRED NATIONALITIES
I am in Doha to show solidarity with the country, which is facing a diplomatic crisis, forced on them by Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain and Egypt, all I suppose stalwarts…
Jun 15, 2017
LOVE IN THE TIME OF THE INTERNET: CONNECTIONS WITH IRAN
Love in the time of Internet: Connections with Iran MY love affair with Iran seems to have been born with me, as I can always remember a time when I…
Jun 15, 2017
TRAVELS IN THE MONTH OF MAY 2017 : MEETING WITH EXCEPTIONAL PEOPLE: THE CUBAN AMBASSADOR TO QATAR
I have to do more justice to this meeting, however short it was, with the Cuban Ambassador to Qatar..I have to write in detail later.. except to say that HE…
May 15, 2017
THOUGHTS FROM KUALA LUMPUR: KARMA AND MAY THIS HAPPY MUSIC BE WITH YOU ALWAYS MIZRACHI MUSIC OF ISRAEL
TODAY is 11th May 2017, I am in Room 3401 of the Executive Floor of Double Tree Hotel in Kuala Lumpur. I had come to Kuala Lumpur to find solace…
May 15, 2017
I BELONG TO THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE AND THIS GROUP OF PEOPLE BELONG TO ME
I was driving down the coast from Salalah, towards the border with Yemen. On my left, empty beaches, on the right, typical omani houses, with their fort like appearance standing…