Jerusalem Walks Leon's Walks

The History of Prayer God is attentive to the prayers of the weak and downcast, especially on Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, according to...

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....

I passed Matric. Successful me, from now on smooth sailing, the world at my feet, like a sweet apple waiting for me to take a bite. No...

The story of my life in Krugersdorp continues. In the last episode , The Plumber, you left me standing open mouthed in my uncle Louie's...

I was kept in bed by a memory of the first girl, besides my mother, whom I ever loved. As long as I lay, my head buried in my soft...

The daily order of events took an ominously different turn after I began walking, my knapsack on my back, I’d left out my task of...

I let her walk out of my life. Now her memory is in my mind forever. That was in about 1964. I even remember that it was in September or...

Thousands of kilometres and I’d never had a puncture, thanks to Eli. He’d checked my tyres for donkeys years. One day his mother died....

Jack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...

The Nike cap. Leon’s anger had been simmering for a long time, threatening to erupt each time Robbie annoyed him. Robbie never knew Leon...

Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. ,אַשְׁרֵיהַגַּפְרוּרשֶׁנִּשְׂרַףוְהִצִּיתלֶהָבוֹת Blessed is the flame that burns in the...

The month of Av is the saddest month of the Jewish year.When the temple was destroyed on the 9th of Av.Which works out to Sunday 18th...

The two young girls stood inside the gate, awaiting my arrival. I had promised to meet Chloe, who my cousin Margot, who lives in America,...

At long last Ariel and Lilach turned up with Ophir and Alon. Ariel had said they’d be here at 2 and now it was close to 5. I never give...

The big room one sees on entering our front door is divided into two, first comes the dining area then the living room. My six year old...

I’m a happy little boy. I don’t let anything get me down. But sometimes I’m disappointed and that puts me in a bad mood for a while. One...

Tens of tall apartment blocks had recently been built on the northern crest of the Tzofim Valley. Their white limestone facades looked...

I could only assume from the look on the faces of my wife and children that they were saying something interesting to each other. We were...

Life was slowly returning to normal, after a year of lockdowns, wearing masks, not meeting with large groups of people. Each day Etti was...

By what right or law do I expect tomorrow to be brighter than today? Where is it written that tomorrow will bring me happiness? Who told...