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Santa In The City – A Winter’s Tale

Posted on December 24, 2021 by

One of the novelties of coming to live in Israel is the way that the holidays are celebrated. Not just in terms of religious observance, but small, public acknowledgements of the Jewish calendar. Festival greetings are displayed on the buses … Continue reading →

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SPIRITS OF JERUSALEM

Posted on December 2, 2020 by

In this age of Corona, some businesses are finding it hard to keep afloat, whilst others are using the time to tweak their products to stay relevant. There are a very few who are making inroads into a competitive market … Continue reading →

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Amazing Grapes

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

Sometimes the nicest things come in the smallest packages. The same holds true for wineries. It is no secret that Israeli wines have finally lost their reputation for being sickly sweet, heavy wines used for religious rituals and have been … Continue reading →

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What Did The British Do For Us?

Posted on December 10, 2017 by

The news of the past few months has been full of stories relating to the British mandate in Palestine. At the end of October, we commemorated the centenary of the Battle of Beersheva, where the bravery and resourcefulness of Anzac … Continue reading →

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If I Forget Thee O Jerusalem (Psalms 137)

Posted on April 26, 2017 by

A majority of tourists and locals have a good idea what they want to see when they go to Jerusalem’s Old City. Most of them don’t think twice about the fact that it is divided into sections or “quarters”. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Music Makes The World Go Round

Posted on January 29, 2017 by

What do you get if you mix a Breslav Hassid with a Frenchman? Well, in this particular case the answer is music. Both gentlemen in question share the surname “Levy” and are descended from the musicians who played in the … Continue reading →

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Those Canaan Days

Posted on April 19, 2016 by

I have always found the narrative at the beginning of the book of Exodus to be somewhat abrupt when describing the change of regime that occurred in Egypt. The opening paragraph relates how the Jews prosper and increase in number … Continue reading →

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And Now For Something Completely Different

Posted on March 18, 2016 by

If you were to ask people around the world what Hebrew vocabulary they know, most of them would recognize the word “Mossad”. Israel’s intelligence organization has a global reputation and is generally mentioned with respect and awe. It is not … Continue reading →

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The Circle of Life

Posted on February 9, 2016 by

One of the many things I love about Israel is the interplay between ancient and modern; the ability to connect between the very new and the very old, often in the most surprising ways. Theodor Herzl was perhaps the first … Continue reading →

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The First Start-Up Village

Posted on September 6, 2015 by

Israel is frequently referred to as a “Start-up Nation”, owing to the originality and success of its hi-tech industry entrepreneurs. The moniker is taken from a book of the same name by Saul Singer and Dan Senor, published in 2009. … Continue reading →

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