Mar 15, 2018
WHY IS ISRAEL SO MUCH MORE INNOVATIVE THAN ITS NEIGHBOURS? ONE EXPLANATION
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Dec 15, 2017
LISTS FOR 2018 TRAVEL AND MUSIC AVOID THE FIRST AND EMBRACE THE SECOND
Towards the end of the calendar year, popular travel magazines and websites begin to predict or adivine the best places to travel for the coming year, predicting that they would…
Dec 15, 2017
FORT COCHIN FOODIE SCENE IS GETTING BETTER FARMERS CAFE FACING PARADE GROUND
I have a photograph of Cochin taken in 1932 when it was literally a backwater village. Backwaters here in Kerala has another connotation which commemorates the birth of Cochin in…
Dec 15, 2017
THE MAN IN SEAT 1 K
Because of the generosity of my middle brother, Eliyahu, I will be flying to SE Asia in style, in accordance with our Sefardi traditions. Flight Departs Arrives Flight 1 of…
Nov 15, 2017
A DOCTOR WITHOUT BORDERS WITH A GROUP OF INDIGENAS SIN/SEM FRONTERAS/FRONTEIRAS
What is the nationality of this man, who is saying his Shabbat Brachas in a Moslem country with a glass of wine (sorry it was a white wine from South…
Sep 15, 2017
SIEM REAP IN CAMBODIA : TWO DAYS TO CHILL OUT
Most people come to Siem Reap, to base themselves there for three days to visit the largest archeological ruins in the world, Angkor. I have been to Siem Reap three…
Jul 15, 2017
FRENCH ARE LEARNING ENGLISH SO TIME TO POLISH YOUR FRENCH
Two things stood out on my recent trip to PARIS.. Unlike the disdain the locals exhibited towards English, majority of the people I encountered were speaking English! No more, pas…
Jul 15, 2017
THE LATEST QATAR AIRWAYS FLIGHT DOHA TO NEW YORK 16 JULY 2017
I look forward to my Qatar airways flights. In May, I flew 10 long haul flights back to back with them and in the first two weeks of this month…
May 15, 2017
Thenew World Order Has Arrived And
THE NEW WORLD ORDER HAS ARRIVED AND THE PERSIAN GULF STATES HAVE THEIR VIEW, AND ITS INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS Recently I have been spending short spurts of time in QATAR, mainly…
May 15, 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS DOHA TO KUALA LUMPUR SEAT 1 F 9 MAY 2017
QATAR AIRWAYS Flight from Doha to Kuala Lumpur 9 May 2017 I like it when they put this calming Quranic verse just before the planes leave the gate. I assume…
Apr 15, 2017
TEN DAYS OF LIFE WITH THE OMAHA INDIANS
On the foyer of the Omaha Indian Health Clinic, one can see photographs of their ancestors who went to Paris in 1898 and they were away for nearly two years…
Feb 15, 2017
WARNING TO VISITORS TO HAVANA AND CUBA
WARNING TO VISITORS TO CUBA Recently there was an article in the American Media to avoid certain places in Cuba... and it included the tourist ghetto of Varadero, the false…