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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 21, 2020
- 5 min
Petah Tikvah Memorial Park
Bring me Cappuccino (hafuch in Hebrew). He lowered his mask, put the opening of the cover to his lips, no coffee came out.
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 16, 2020
- 5 min
Rendezvous with Noga
Dying of starvation, at 12 Ettie asked, am I hungry. The midday meal would be ready in another hour.
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 14, 2020
- 4 min
Tel Aviv journey
Etti lowered her feet from the bed to the floor, slowly as usual. I was in the kitchen, following my routine
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 4, 2020
- 3 min
My Aunt the Lion Tamer
My Aunty Mona never planned to be a lion tamer. An accident forced the choice on her after she had won the 220 m hurdles. She was prepari...
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 2, 2020
- 4 min
My Russian Grandmother
She cherished everything natural and hated artificial things, which were usually found in human beings. Her instincts were as sharp as an...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 17, 2020
- 3 min
The Loyal Friend
The old horse turned his head to the scratching noise that came from the stable door. This was the sign he'd been waiting for. He nudged the
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 14, 2020
- 3 min
Ma and Pa
Bring your arithmetic homework, Ma ordered
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 14, 2020
- 15 min
Manke Leaves Poswil
Manke, his student cap on his head, on his way to Heder, looked into the stable watching how Scholem struggled, pulling the animal this way
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 7, 2020
- 3 min
My Bar-Mitzvah
Every Jewish boy has one, but I was scared as hell my parents expected me to have a barmitzvah.
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Convent.
My young nanny came fresh from the kraal, to work for my mother, looking after me and raising me, as she would her own child.
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Typewriter
The typewriter The typewriter Her pale blue skirt, wrapped around the outline of a shapely thigh. Thora banged on the black Remington typ...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 13, 2019
- 5 min
Yom Kippur 5780
Leon’s No Newsletter No 248 Yom Kippur 5780 9th Oct. 2019 Turning over a new leaf Waiting for the 77a (mysteriously Egged scrapped the ol...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Jul 1, 2017
- 5 min
Stories of Krugersdorp
My old man, or How I discovered God The clearest though not the dearest memory I have of my father is him forever being in private discus...
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