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Grilled Fish
I was just saying to Ettie as we drove towards Tel Aviv that I’m not going to any expensive restaurants. We get better food and more of...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 14
- 2 min
Jaffa (Joppa)
When you visit Jaffa you walk through quaint, winding, cobblestone alleyways lined with old buildings and walls made out of a honey-brown...
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 6
- 2 min
The lonely pinacle
My roughneck cousins rolled on the ground holding their stomachs with laughter at the sight of me, wailing pitifully, caught in the midst...
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 1
- 2 min
Ecce Homo Arch
Hadrian’s building operations in Jerusalem. The Ecce Homo Arch forms the 2nd station of the Cross, commemorating the site where Pontius...
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 1
- 1 min
The Wailing Wall
The Jewish religion does not leave the two important activities in life, mourning or wailing and rejoicing to chance. The fact is that...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 31
- 4 min
The Spread of Christianity.
The expansion of Christianity was not simply an example of another successful cult within the Graeco-Roman world, but a development that...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 31
- 2 min
Shull - The place where Jews go to worship God.
The tall white building was entered from the western side. I looked up at the Star of David-shaped window in the gable above the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 17
- 4 min
Leon Saves the Day
A story of pure fiction. The attack was over in seconds. The grimace turned into a relieved smile as Leon waited on the pitch to hit the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Wisdom
Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! Proverbs 6:6 The ant isn’t wise and I am not born wise. The question is...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 27, 2022
- 1 min
Jardin des Plants
Jardin des Plantes Itamar wanted his family to visit the Jardin des Plants and Ettie and I wanted to spend time with them on our visit to...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 18, 2022
- 2 min
Sacre Coeur
Was Paris in the 19th century the scene of non-stop gaiety and debauchery? Did the people of Paris contravene every conceivable sin in...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 10, 2022
- 3 min
Portable Keyboard
I like to carry around, wherever I go, a portable keyboard. Who knows? A moment may arise, as moments are wont to do when I’ll be alone...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 22, 2022
- 5 min
My Father's Story
Note: I have put the story in my father’s mouth, as I believe he would have told it, had he been able. We had a child, a son, and wanted...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Tiberias
Galei Gil on the promenade of the Sea of Galilee at sunset. The town of Tiberias is one of Israel’s most popular vacation spots, both in...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 30, 2022
- 3 min
My loving mother
Sin for me meant doing something bad to a woman. Theft held no attraction for me. I never longed to own something belonging to someone...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 15, 2022
- 4 min
Choosing the right path in life
In the eyes of my parents, I was a strange boy. When vacation time came around I was out looking for work while my friends sunbathed at...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 14, 2022
- 5 min
Meeting disappointments head on
I'd started with a bag full of marbles and ended with two. I kicked my feet against the wall, shifting my last two glass pebbles from one...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Insult can bring understanding
Once again an insult brought me self-understanding, the most important achievement of a human being. I had handed my iPhone with the...
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