Jan 15, 2017
WISDOM FOR AN ICY CHILLY MORNING
“Wherever you have friends, that’s your country. Wherever you receive love, that’s your home. Whoever gives you love, that’s your parent.” – Tibetan saying. As quoted by the Dalai Lama.…
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Jan 15, 2017
RECOLLECTING LISBOA.. FEW HOURS IN LISBON WELL SPENT
On arrival at the LISBOA airport, the exit was speedy, as there were no passport controls, coming in from Nantes in France. Quickly making myself familiar with the arrivals area,…
Apr 15, 2016
THE FUTURE OF MIZRACHI JEWS DUDU TASSA, NASRIN QADRI, FARID EL ATRACHE, UMM KALTHOUM
DUDU TASSA, NASRIN QADRI AND THE FUTURE OF MIZRACHI JEWS My brother who was born in Bombay but grew up in Kobe and now lives in Portland, Oregon and I…
Apr 15, 2016
PESACH CAME A LITTLE EARLY THIS YEAR…. MIAMI FRIENDSHIP AND CONTENTMENT
When I left the Old Lisbon Restaurant in Coral Way in Miami today, I felt such a contentment. I was with my good friends M and W and their good…
Apr 15, 2016
SODADE FOR CABO VERDE ON A SNOWY BOSTON MORNING
SODADE FOR CABO VERDE ON A SNOWY BOSTON MORNING It had been snowing since the morning and it was gaining strength. I had to go from the Hilton Hotel in…
Mar 15, 2016
PURIM IN LA HABANA, JOY OF PURIM FROM COCHIN
The Purim greetings I fondly recollect was the one my younger brother Ricardo sent me from Jerusalem in 2009. Two young orthodox Jewish children were dressed in Arab costumes of…
Jan 15, 2016
REMEMBERING CHARLIE HEBDO JANUARY 7TH IN MIAMI SENTIMENTS OF A JEWISH TRAVELER
During the years I lived in Europe, I had to tragically witness three terrorist attacks, two of them involving mainly Jews and the last one in November 2015 of the…
Jan 15, 2016
FOOD AS CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE
FOOD AS A CELEBRATION: NEW YEARS EVE IN QUIBERON, BRITTANY, FRANCE. When you are working with the American Indians, one becomes aware of the superficial and deep symbolism attached to…
Nov 15, 2015
CRYING FOR PARIS, THE FRENCH NATION AND THE FRENCH PEOPLE 13.11.2015
First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the Communists and I did not speak out…
Sep 15, 2015
NINE DAYS WITH ETIHAD AIRWAYS: BRASIL, ABU DHABI, SOUTH AFRICA, INDIA, BELGIUM
I am grateful for being able to travel more often, due to my unconventional lifestyle. I had always wanted to travel, and still maintain that the desire to travel and…
Jul 15, 2015
THE CHAUFFEUR WITH A BIG SOUL : ATMANE THE FRENCH ALGERIEN AMAZEGH
he was dressed impeccably, waiting for me at 17 boulevard vaugirard, the address of the Montparnasse Station in Paris. His car was clean and shiny. He looked me as I…
Jun 15, 2015
LONGINGS FOR MY LITTLE ISLAND, CUBA
QUESTIONS What makes the tenderness tick that part of the brain that floods your heart and eyes with love and affections? How did I ever get to Boa Vista? A…