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...

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 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...

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...

Noga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...

Noga and Etti screamed with delight at the sight of the bonfires all over the city. The people were celebrating Lag B’Omer. Singing and...

"Of no use are the men who study to do exactly as was done before, who can never understand that to-day is a new day". [1] This statement...

Last night it happened. A song I used to sing at the daily morning gathering in Krugersdorp Town School, came to me, and together the...

Every Jewish boy has one, but I was scared as hell my parents expected me to have a barmitzvah.

2000 years have passed since the destruction of the Jewish temple and they continue to lament But is this because of its loss.

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...

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...

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

Jesus' suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. Jesus presents the world with a new idea, the need to lose the body in order to bring salv

I cannot allow criticism of my beliefs to go unnoticed. I believe in the correctness of the Jewish religion and Zionism and the value of...

Leon’s no Newsletter 243 USA withdrawal from UNESCO Jerusalem Tuesday 31st Oct 2017 A few weeks ago the USA declared it’s intention to...

Original Title: Perceptions and misconceptions Shalom everyone, Israel is a country of contrasts where both religious and non religious...

A message for the coming year should give guidelines to behavior that will bring positive results. For example if I was an economist I...

Prayers at the Wailing Wall The struggles between the religious and non religious Jews is a serious problem. I don't know how it will...

After seeing the film, Narayama – bushi ko (Japan 1983), I asked myself how did the society depicted there, develop the practice of...