Jerusalem Walks Leon's Walks

Yesterday (Thursday 14th July 2011) I attended the 28th Jerusalem Film Festival and saw two movies, both about life in Iran. The first...

Leon's No Newsletter 175 Jerusalem Saturday, May 28, 2011 Dear Friends, Shalom, The Fruit which Adam ate Considering that Adam gave up...

Leon's No Newsletter 176 Jerusalem Wednesday, June 22, 2011 Dear Friends, Shalom, Ittamar and Anat’s forthcoming marriage has given my...

Thoughts spring so suddenly into our minds, that we don’t realize that we can actually control them even less that they control our...

The Arab-Jewish War The Jewish People have never had an evil thought about any nation or group of people. We certainly don't hate the...

The stations of the Tel Aviv rapid transport system are inconspicuous, one could even say hidden. Whether this was intentional or by...

Returning from visits to Toronto and Paris I have the urge to describe my joy in experiencing those places. The main thing that makes...

Airport view from Sheraton Hotel Bourse de Commerce The fresco of the central ceiling http://www.paris-autrement.paris/bourse-de-commerce...

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...

When you visit Jaffa you walk through quaint, winding, cobblestone alleyways lined with old buildings and walls made out of a honey-brown...

My roughneck cousins rolled on the ground holding their stomachs with laughter at the sight of me, wailing pitifully, caught in the midst...

Hadrian’s building operations in Jerusalem. The Ecce Homo Arch forms the 2nd station of the Cross, commemorating the site where Pontius...

The Jewish religion does not leave the two important activities in life, mourning or wailing and rejoicing to chance. The fact is that...

The expansion of Christianity was not simply an example of another successful cult within the Graeco-Roman world, but a development that...

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...

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...

Go to the ant, you sluggard; consider its ways and be wise! Proverbs 6:6 The ant isn’t wise and I am not born wise. The question is...

Jardin des Plantes Itamar wanted his family to visit the Jardin des Plants and Ettie and I wanted to spend time with them on our visit to...

Was Paris in the 19th century the scene of non-stop gaiety and debauchery? Did the people of Paris contravene every conceivable sin in...