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Sep 281 min read
Happy New Year 5785
New Year is a spiritual landmark
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 7, 20234 min read
What we think guides our lives*.
Thoughts spring so suddenly into our minds, that we don’t realize that we can actually control them even less that they control our...
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leon gork tour guide
Jan 31, 20232 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20205 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20203 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20177 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20174 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20166 min read
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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