leon gork tour guideMay 274 minBack 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...
leon gork tour guideMar 42 minKrugersdorp JewsDavid Super calls himself Dovid, the way David is pronounced in Yiddish, the language spoken in Eastern Europe, where Jews had lived for...
leon gork tour guideOct 23, 20215 minMy Father's StoryThis story just goes to show that we are products of history, which can’t be changed. It is what it is and all that we can do is accept...
leon gork tour guideSep 4, 20212 minHappy New YearThe History of Prayer God is attentive to the prayers of the weak and downcast, especially on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, according to...
leon gork tour guideJul 22, 20211 minPoem by Hanah SeneschBlessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. ,אַשְׁרֵיהַגַּפְרוּרשֶׁנִּשְׂרַףוְהִצִּיתלֶהָבוֹת Blessed is the flame that burns in the...
leon gork tour guideJul 11, 20211 minThe Festival of Tisha B'AvThe month of Av is the saddest month of the Jewish year.When the temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av.Which works out to Sunday 18th...
leon gork tour guideMay 17, 20212 minLag B'Omer 2021Noga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...
leon gork tour guideApr 30, 20212 minLag B'OmerNoga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...
leon gork tour guideNov 21, 20205 minPetah Tikvah Memorial ParkBring me Cappuccino (hafuch in Hebrew). He lowered his mask, put the opening of the cover to his lips, no coffee came out.
leon gork tour guideJul 28, 20202 minTisha B'Av 57802000 years have passed since the destruction of the Jewish temple and they continue to lament But is this because of its loss.
leon gork tour guideApr 20, 20203 minGod and Man In the Bible, which is a very wise book, there’s a strange story about God (in the form of a man) picking a fight with Jacob. Clearly God wa
Leon Gork JerusalemMar 16, 20192 minPurimA certain rabbi of the Talmud, of 1500 years ago suggests an apparently strange way of celebrating the salvation of the Jews from the...
unknownJul 16, 20183 minA Defense of Judaism.I cannot allow criticism of my beliefs to go unnoticed. I believe in the correctness of the Jewish religion and Zionism and the value of...
leon gork tour guideSep 15, 20172 minKing David was hereAccording to archaeologists Yossi Garfinkel and Saar Ganor, a hill shown on maps as Khirbet Qeiyafa is a Biblical city called Shaarayim,...
Leon Gork JerusalemJul 31, 20173 minTisha Be-Av and Israel independence dayTisha Be-Av is a religious festival, celebrated every year by the Jews, to mourn the destruction of the temple, first by the Babylonians...
Leon Gork JerusalemJul 26, 20175 minThe real Hezekiah of the tunnelNot being an enthusiast of dark underground tunnels, usually I walk through a dry, well lit tunnel, actually older than Hezekiah's...
leon gork tour guideDec 19, 20163 minLeon's No News-letter 241 Hanukkah: the anti-war festival.I am often accused of changing my ideas about many things; politics, religion, world leaders, war etc. so I’m happy to note, on...
leon gork tour guideDec 2, 20164 minLeon's No News-letter 240 A Journey on the Valley RailroadThe fires that raged last week only go to show that the Jewish People have created something of beauty and value that can be burned. A...