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Tisha B'Av 5780
2000 years have passed since the destruction of the Jewish temple and they continue to lament But is this because of its loss.
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 27, 2020
- 3 min
The Tramp of Krugersdorp
The only way to cross the narrow stream, flowing in a deep gorge, was by means of a wooden bridge. On the other side a path led through a br
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Convent.
My young nanny came fresh from the kraal, to work for my mother, looking after me and raising me, as she would her own child.
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
The Wall
A high white plastered wall protected our house from the service lane, where undesirable characters used to meet and plan diabolical schemes
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 1, 2020
- 2 min
The Typewriter
The typewriter The typewriter Her pale blue skirt, wrapped around the outline of a shapely thigh. Thora banged on the black Remington...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 19, 2020
- 2 min
The Holy Sepulchre - A Jewish View
Visitors don't really come to see the church, but to gape at the tomb inside. Some fall to their knees. In the shopping mall or the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 20, 2020
- 2 min
The Origin of Antisemitism
As usual the celebration of Passover, lead me to once again consider the Exodus, it’s causes and it’s meaning for our time. With this...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 20, 2020
- 3 min
God and Man
In the Bible, which is a very wise book, there’s a strange story about God (in the form of a man) picking a fight with Jacob. Clearly God wa
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 24, 2020
- 1 min
Plants in the Negev after the rain
Some pictures, I took of plants in the Negev desert and some bits of information about them.
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leon gork tour guide
- Feb 11, 2020
- 1 min
Jerusalem by Night
The way I take photos, requires swift and agile finger work; adjusting the time, the aperture and what not. So, the freezing evening...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 20, 2020
- 3 min
The 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
On this auspicious occasion, leaders of the world are arriving to celebrate, but they are also going to discuss the problem of...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 5, 2020
- 3 min
Usurping Jewish Holy Places
The angel of the Lord stops the hand of Abraham from sacrificing his son. From a mosaic in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. The...
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leon gork tour guide
- Dec 29, 2019
- 2 min
The new atom bomb
Attacks on people,absolutely unknown to the attacker can have only one cause, namely, the mental state of the attacker. It’s clear to me...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 13, 2019
- 5 min
Yom Kippur 5780
Leon’s No Newsletter No 248 Yom Kippur 5780 9th Oct. 2019 Turning over a new leaf Waiting for the 77a (mysteriously Egged scrapped the...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 5, 2019
- 1 min
Arab rockets into Israel
250 rockets fired from Gaza at Israel; 1-year-old child among those killed in retaliatory airstrikes This is so disgusting, that it’s...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 21, 2019
- 2 min
Monotheism of the three religions
In my opinion Islam is a monotheistic religion, just as Judaism and Christianity are monotheistic religions, for the following reasons: ...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 18, 2019
- 2 min
Expulsion or Exodus
Expulsion or exodus Jews departing, voluntarily, from a country en masse? Who ever heard of such a thing. Throughout history we have...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 17, 2019
- 1 min
What catastrophe teaches us
Notre Dame Fire A natural catastrophe, like an earthquake or a flood. Nothing more and nothing less. Nature and God aren’t going to take...
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leon gork tour guide
- Apr 13, 2019
- 2 min
The Origins of Antisemitism
The origins of antisemitism. One of the most puzzling phenomena is how antisemitism is most prevalent among people of color, as in SA and...
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Leon Gork Jerusalem
- Mar 16, 2019
- 1 min
Leon's No Newsletter: The Vanishing Valley
One can only appreciate the name, Vanishing Valley, by going there, carefully, because it starts out at the top of the Barkan, one of the...
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