Oct 15, 2018
MIAMI IS A BILINGUAL CITY ENJOY IT TWICE AS MUCH
If you are monolingual and harping about it at supermarkets and cafes in Miami, you are halving the pleasure of living in Miami. If you can communicate in Spanish, the…
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Medical Themes: <span>Food Culture</span>
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Oct 15, 2018
JEWS AND THE NOBEL PRIZES
One fringe benefit of being a International Humanitarian Physician who is an Anthropologist and is Jewish, is that the Jewish aspect is stressed a lot in countries where the inhabitants…
Oct 15, 2018
FALLING IN LOVE WITH CUBA
People fall in love with Cubans, Cubanas or Cubanos, pero, but you have fallen in love with Cuba! said my Cuban mother many years ago. Occasionally in the olden days,…
Oct 15, 2018
HAPPINESS IN HAVANA FOOD OR FRIENDS OR FAVOURITES
Normally my friend and taxista, Yodel, picks me up in a 1958 Chevrolet. This time he surprised me on this very well kempt 1949 Oldsmobile.. remainders/reminders of a glory past..…
Sep 15, 2018
TRAVELLING QATAR AIRWAYS IS AN UNENDING PLEASURE
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Sep 15, 2018
SHANAH TOVAH TO THE JEWS OF INDIA AND IRAN … MAY ALL OF US BE UNITED SOON
I have nurtured a love for smaller jewish communities around the world ever since I became aware of them and was able to visit them. Currently I live in an…
Sep 15, 2018
24 HOURS IN LA HABANA, CUBA EVERYONE FALLS IN LOVE WITH HAVANA AND CUBA
How wonderful it is to be back in La Habana, Cuba. I can proudly say and feel, I live in Havana, Cuba. I will upload pictures of my first 24…
Sep 15, 2018
ISRAEL : A LOVE STORY
I have been lucky to visit Israel three times so far in 2018 and more importantly to be present there on 1 Tishrei 5779..the beginning of the Jewish New Year.…
Aug 15, 2018
FOOD TO BE TASTED IN ITS NATIVE ENVIRONMENT
Whenever I see a LIST of places to visit, hotels to enjoy, or the word BucketList, I think of it as a clue to avoid those places. But not when…
Aug 15, 2018
LONG JOURNEY FROM MIAMI FLORIDA TO QUIBERON BRITTANY FRANCE
If not for a turn of fate, France would have not been in my worldview. During the time I studied in London, did not have much of a desire to…
Aug 15, 2018
WELCOME TO MIAMI BY DEAR FRIENDS …
It was a lovely afternoon, the sun was in the wane, and in preparation for an evening of friendship, talk and food,wine, I took a taxi from my sister's house…
Aug 15, 2018
LOVES AND AFFECTIONS IN LA HABANA
Enjoying a quiet moment in my flat before the guests start arriving. It is always good to have my Cuban mother present. I had prepared for a dinner for 7,…