Jerusalem Walks Leon's Walks

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...

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....

Jack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...

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...

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

Dying of starvation, at 12 Ettie asked, am I hungry. The midday meal would be ready in another hour.

Etti lowered her feet from the bed to the floor, slowly as usual. I was in the kitchen, following my routine

Every Jewish boy has one, but I was scared as hell my parents expected me to have a barmitzvah.

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...

Leon’s No Newsletter 244 Thu 23rd Nov 2017 Family Togetherness Jerusalem, where I live, is not only far, geographically, from S.Africa,...

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...

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...

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...

Original Title: Perceptions and misconceptions Shalom everyone, Israel is a country of contrasts where both religious and non religious...

A message for the coming year should give guidelines to behavior that will bring positive results. For example if I was an economist I...

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...

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...

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...