Apr 15, 2009
Pesach in Paris
today is 14 Nissan 5769, it is also the birthday of one of our greatest philosophers, Maimonides born in Cordoba and died in Cairo. best known for his treatise: The…
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Mar 15, 2009
Thinking about Mamma Loshen.. Yiddisch
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20090316-0806a.mp3 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/worldservice/docarchive/docarchive_20090316-0806a.mp3 one of the few advantages of driving through large swathes of plain countryside in the USA, in a rented car, is the ability to listen to BBC
Mar 15, 2009
Shabbat Shalom from Yerushalayim
I am a little groggy from my flight from Miami and how nice to receive this photo from my brother Ricardo who is at present in Yerushalayim with his wife…
Mar 15, 2009
Bernard Lewis and the future of Arab Freedom..
Historian Bernard Lewis breathes a fresh perspective into the cultural conflict between the Arab and Islamic world and the west. Even as early as 1950, he had thought that the…
Mar 15, 2009
Purim Pictures from Israel
My Brother Itzhak is in Israel with his wife and son, Shmulik. He sent me these lovely photos of the Purim celebrations in Jerusalem.
Feb 15, 2009
Three things the Blind Astrologer wanted me to do in India
Dear Friends: I was in India for six days, but in three states, three cities and three nights spent on trains! The Blind Astrologer had wanted me to do three…
Jan 15, 2009
Welcome to France and to 2009
It is by the sacrifices you do for another person that you would be judged on the capacity to help that person. I have always done what I wanted, but…
Dec 15, 2008
Israel and the Family of Jewish People
. The general perception from outside about a visit to Israel, concerns itself with Security, Terrorism, religious and national fanaticism and the brashness of its inhabitants. I was reminded of…
May 15, 2008
Meet the Top 100
Meet the Top 100 The May/June issue of Foreign Policy, a global magazine about Politics, Economics and Ideas, named its list of top 100 public intellectuals. I was drawn initially…
Apr 15, 2008
Guanabacoa In Far North Of Australia
Guanabacoa in the Far North of Australia You were here a couple of years ago, I asked the Peruvian lady selling trinkets in the shade of a gorgeous banyan tree…
Apr 15, 2008
Miami to Houston on a Continental Airlines Flight
I firmly believe that things are meant to happen; you must stop expecting them to happen and of course, accept it with grace when it does happen. Casualidad no es…
Mar 15, 2008
CAMBODIA BECOMING CLOSER TO THE HEART
My name is Sudha, Su in Pali, I am told, signifies that which is good, and in many languages, this name is associated with Food, for which I am very…