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Newsletter 49: Pre-Passover Tours
Shalom everyone, It seems that the last no newsletter I posted was in January, so it's about time I put you up to date with what is...

leon gork tour guide
Apr 15, 20072 min read


Newsletter 46: What we think is what we are
Shalom everyone, My thoughts are definitely stimulated by encounters I have with observant Jews. In Israel observant Jews are everywhere;...

leon gork tour guide
Jan 6, 20072 min read


Newsletter 45: In Every Generation
“This is what has stood by our fathers and us!The awareness that not just one alone has risen against us to destroy us,but in every...

leon gork tour guide
Dec 13, 20063 min read


Newsletter 44: Learning from the river
Shalom everyone The great writer of the beginning of the 20th Century, Herman Hesse, in his book, "Siddhartha" gives a beautiful...

leon gork tour guide
Dec 4, 20063 min read


Newsletter 43: The First Oil War in History
Shalom everyone, Almost every Saturday Ettie and I drive out to Modiin to visit Tamar, my granddaughter and her parents. They live in...

leon gork tour guide
Nov 19, 20063 min read


Newsletter 42: Fasting and Feasting
Shalom everyone, Last week, during Ramadan, I was discussing the Moslem fast/feast festival, over a humus lunch, with 3 visitors who I...

leon gork tour guide
Oct 30, 20061 min read


Newsletter 41: Judaism, Humanism, Universalism
Shalom everyone, I have pleasure in presenting you with a short statement on Judaism, humanitarianism and universalism taken from Moses...

leon gork tour guide
Oct 20, 20063 min read


Newsletter 40: Where are the tourists?
Dear friends and family, shalom, Nothing much has happened in Israel since the war ended, so, this being a no news bulletin, I should...

leon gork tour guide
Oct 15, 20062 min read


Newsletter 39: Holocaust and Israel
Shalom family and friends. Exactly as expected Jews reacted to Ahamadinajad's denial of the holocaust by denouncing him as a liar and a...

leon gork tour guide
Sep 23, 20064 min read


Newsletter 38: Seeking the Truth
Shalom family and friends. For the first time in the history of modern Israel Arab rockets succeeded in penetrating our defenses and...

leon gork tour guide
Sep 9, 20063 min read


Newsletter 37: No need for the presidency in Israel
Well it's almost a week now since I brought you some news from this constantly turbulent part of the world. Now the war's over...

leon gork tour guide
Aug 26, 20063 min read


Newsletter 36: A Shabbat morning walk
Dear friends and family, shalom, As you know I try to stick to "no news" but, it has been difficult because of the war. Now I shall try...

leon gork tour guide
Aug 20, 20064 min read


Newsletter 35: The Myth and Disaster of the Moslem Paradise
Dear friends and family, shalom, The cost we're paying to inflict damage on Hizbullah is tremendous, but we're not hiding it. Every...

leon gork tour guide
Aug 9, 20063 min read


Newsletter 34: The Healing Power of Recurring Events
Dear friends and family, shalom, Meeting my friend, Shaul for lunch has become a daily event. It's one of those regular events that...

leon gork tour guide
Aug 2, 20062 min read


Newsletter 33: The Templars
Dear friends and family, shalom, Thanks to this terrible war, which I hope has now come to an end; the tourists cancelled and I was left...

leon gork tour guide
Jul 31, 20062 min read


Newsletter 30: The need for a Constructive Ideal
Dear friends and family, shalom, If the recent Palestinian and Hizbullah act of aggression would be isolated incidents one couldn't...

leon gork tour guide
Jul 29, 20062 min read


Newsletter 32: A sad event
Dear friends and family, shalom, I'm sorry to have a bit of sad news from here about Ettie's father, Aryeh. He passed away peacefully in...

leon gork tour guide
Jul 27, 20061 min read


Newsletter 31: No to a Palestinian State
Dear friends and family, shalom, Today, like yesterday and the day before I should have been guiding a family group from LA and these...

leon gork tour guide
Jul 18, 20063 min read


Newsletter 29: The Will to Survive
D ear friends and family, shalom, Every time I visit Massada I need to remind myself and others that although Massada fell, with the...

leon gork tour guide
Jul 2, 20062 min read


Newsletter 28: An Afternoon Tour
Dear friends and family, Yesterday I had to take a lady and her three children to meet their father in Tel Aviv. We had about 4 hours to...

leon gork tour guide
Jun 29, 20063 min read
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