Jan 15, 2021
END OF AN ERA… WE HAD A GOOD TIME, DIDNT WE?
It has been a long haul.. long stretched out dinners full conversations late into the night.. catching up on the news of your dear friends.. spontaneously running into faces familiar…
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Jan 15, 2021
NEVER BEFORE HAVE I FELT THIS IMPOTENT ABOUT INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
It was March 18, 2020 and I had packed my bags and ready to go to the airport to leave the USA. My sister and her husband begged me to…
Dec 15, 2020
MOROCCO-ISRAELI FRIENDSHIP IS CENTURIES OLD.. A NICE HANUKKAH GIFT OF INCREASED MUTUAL COOPERATION
Jews must have lived in Morocco ever since 70 CE but the definite change came after they were expelled from Spain 1492. Even before the expulsion, there was migration of…
Oct 15, 2020
PSYCHOLOGICAL PANDEMIC IN THE TIME OF CORONA VIRUS PANDEMIC
DUNBAR NUMBER IN THE TIMES OF COVID This morning BBC Future had an article, How solitude and isolation can affect your social skills. Humans are deeply social creatures, so what…
Oct 15, 2020
DURING THESE TIMES, WHAT WE LOSE WHEN WE KEEP OUR DISTANCE
I am curious about printed matter, but it is not often that I read ELLE or COSMOPOLITAN.. In the living room at my sisters house I saw this magazine and…
Oct 15, 2020
GO FORTH WITH THE MOUNTAINS AND THE WINDS, DEAR FRIEND AND TEACHER, MAY KNOWLEDGE COME TO YOU
I am very busy, is a refrain one often hears, then i wonder what are they busy with ? I can imagine you are running a big corporation or a…
Oct 15, 2020
OH. INDIA. WHO CAN KNOW THEE? NOT EVEN “INDIANS”. THE WONDER OF THE PAST
This is a quite an impressive book. There is a six part series of a BBC documentary that goes with it. Lots of research has gone into unearthing the history…
Oct 15, 2020
OCTOBER 5 2019. TO OCTOBER 5 2020. GIVE ME THE EIGHTY DAYS OF LOVE
On the morning of October 5, 2019, I knew my. life was going to change, but did not expect so many changes. I am used to unexpected pleasures but this…
Sep 15, 2020
MY DREAM OF FLYING TO TEL AVIV VIA DOHA ON QATAR AIRWAYS MAY BE A REALITY IN THE JEWISH YEAR 5781
Today is the third day of the New Year 5781.. A bit of good news from Qatar, a country that I am fond of. Home of my favourite airlines, Qatar…
Sep 15, 2020
WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO KNOW INDIA ?
When someone, especially a westerner who has spent some time roving around the subcontinent, says they know INDIA, I cant but smile. It is impossible to know INDIA, even for…
Aug 15, 2020
JE SUIS UN JUIF MIZRAHI. IF YOU NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO, I AM HERE …
Here we are in Miami where the worst thing is the vitriol of the local and national politicians. I think of the winds hitting the fragile houses and farms of…
Aug 15, 2020
HISTORIC DAY FOR ISRAEL. THANK YOU COURAGEOUS PEOPLE OF THE EMIRATES. A NEW ERA DAWNS IN THE MIDDLE EAST
Whenever I am on board Qatar Airways, I think, when will I be flying QR to TLV???? Looks like it might soon.. after the covid 19 scare is over. For…