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leon gork tour guide
Aug 61 min
My Father-in-Law
To his great surprise, he became a grandfather for the third time
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leon gork tour guide
May 133 min
The President Cinema
A childhood conflict between movies and religion
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 45 min
The class picture.
"The picture doesn't show me", I cried. Not being noticed, or left out of the group, was my greatest fear, and it has come about....
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 253 min
The flood
Ginger went out into the dark and rainy night. Driven, as if by a force beyond control, to consort with a female feline, the tomcat...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 244 min
The Lottery
A news item about a Tour Guides course, caught my eye. I immigrated to Israel. Lotteries were prohibited in South Africa, where I came...
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leon gork tour guide
Mar 165 min
Flat Battery
“It’s the battery,” said Etti in a crying voice. “The towing service will have to come again”. Long ago, when I was still young and...
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 7, 20232 min
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
Feb 6, 20232 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
Jan 17, 20234 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
Oct 22, 20225 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
May 27, 20224 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, 20224 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, 20225 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, 20223 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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leon gork tour guide
Mar 10, 20222 min
The Cemetery
There they lie. The earliest inhabitants of Krugersdorp and the latest, row after row of black granite stones with names and dates carved...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 25, 20212 min
The Tree
For man is a tree of the field. I walked away from my apartment, in the predawn darkness. I could pat myself on the back, because I had...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 24, 20211 min
My Succah
With the bamboo covering, my Succah was ready for guests. The list was very long, and they had been invited many centuries ago. The size...
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