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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 31, 2023
- 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
- Oct 20, 2021
- 5 min
Winelands of South Africa and Israel
Leon's No News Bulletin 137 S. Africa is a vast country by any standards; 1,221,000 km2, approx 50,000,000 people and about the same...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
What made me become a Hebrew Teacher
My love for Hebrew was certainly aroused by my feelings of affection for two teachers in the first years of school, Mrs. Kobrin and Rev....
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Plumber
Jack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 18, 2021
- 4 min
Leon's daily diary of doing nothing
Sun 14th Mar 2021 Picnic at Mandarine Beach again consisted of a box lunch, prepared by the redoubtable Etti in a jiffy. The decision to...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 5, 2020
- 5 min
Covid Days 1
I wanted to be a writer but constant pressure to make a living, left me without any time to become one. Covid 19 changed that situation. Now
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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
- 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 Jerusalem
- Dec 14, 2017
- 4 min
Leon's No Newsletter No. 245 Happy Hannukah
Leon’s No Newsletter 245 Thu 14th Dec 2017 Arabs don't scare me anymore. Although I emigrated to Israel in 1976, at the age of 36, the...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Nov 23, 2017
- 7 min
Leon's No Newsletter 244 Family Togetherness
Leon’s No Newsletter 244 Thu 23rd Nov 2017 Family Togetherness Jerusalem, where I live, is not only far, geographically, from S.Africa,...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Oct 31, 2017
- 4 min
Leon's No Newsletter 243 USA withdraws from UNESCO
Leon’s no Newsletter 243 USA withdrawal from UNESCO Jerusalem Tuesday 31st Oct 2017 A few weeks ago the USA declared it’s intention to...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Sep 23, 2017
- 4 min
Leon's No Newsletter 142 The inevitability of catatstrophe
As you know this letter doesn’t give you my opinion on current events, no matter how spectacular they are, even the recent flotilla event...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Sep 21, 2017
- 4 min
Leon's No Newsletter 72 Heroism and Martyrdom in Judaism
Shalom everyone, Last Monday on my way to pick up a family of tourists from moshav* Bet Hashmonay for a tour to Massada, I used the old...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Sep 21, 2017
- 3 min
Leon's No Newsletter 71Israel Land of contrasts
Original Title: Perceptions and misconceptions Shalom everyone, Israel is a country of contrasts where both religious and non religious...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Sep 17, 2017
- 3 min
Leon’s No Newsletter 242 Happy New Year 5778
A message for the coming year should give guidelines to behavior that will bring positive results. For example if I was an economist I...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 13, 2016
- 6 min
Leon's No Newsletter 236 A Shavuot Message - What is my excuse?
What is my excuse? This question has plagued me every time I've thought of doing something, no matter how big or small. I've never been...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 12, 2016
- 5 min
Leon's No Newsletter 234
Being forever short of time The tourists have left me in the lurch again and I’ve had to find new ways of amusing myself. I’m rushing...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Mar 1, 2008
- 4 min
Leon's No Newsletter 73 Touring in the snow.
Last Sunday I went for an echo examination of my heart. I heard it beating and felt comforted. I took Ettie's car for a test that is...
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