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leon gork tour guide
Dec 19, 20073 min read
Newsletter 64: The Conceit of Islam
S halom everyone, On Thursday afternoon I had the opportunity to take two Moslem gentlemen from Turkey to the El Aksa Mosque. Although...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 12, 20073 min read
Newsletter 63: God fulfills His Promises
Shalom everyone, On Sunday evening Ettie arranged our annual family Hanukkah party. It required, according to Ettie, a spinach pie, a...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 6, 20074 min read
Newsletter 62: Hanukkah today and yesterday
Shalom everyone, The new Mamila Mall is almost completely open. Walking to the ancient Jaffa Gate, through a street of modern shops faced...
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 26, 20074 min read
Newsletter 61: A Visit to Yad Vashem
Shalom everyone, There are various ways of touring Yad Vashem; one can take a resident guide, one can rent earphones, one can go on one's...
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 21, 20073 min read
Newsletter 60: An Archaeological Discovery
Shalom everyone, On Wednesday afternoon I was waiting as usual outside the government tourist information office at Jaffa Gate for my...
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 7, 20074 min read
Newsletter 59: Muslems in Europe
Shalom everyone, I'm forever telling people news of the past; memorable, big time, sensational events associated with the sites of...
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leon gork tour guide
Oct 21, 20073 min read
Newsletter 58: The Bible as Jewish Culture
Shalom everyone, Its ages since I wrote no news. So much no news has accumulated that I don't know where to start. September was a great...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 27, 20072 min read
Newsletter 57: Coffee in Sderot
Shalom everyone, You may have noticed that about once a week something new appears on my website. At the moment there's a link to a video...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 19, 20072 min read
Newsletter 56: My Jerusalem tours are like Hyde Park corner
This week an English tourist mentioned some planned restrictions on eating in public in order not to offend the sensitivities of the...
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leon gork tour guide
Sep 10, 20073 min read
Leon's Newsletter 55: Vegetarian Restaurants in Israel
appy New Year for all the world, including the animals Shalom everyone, After reading the book "Judaism and Vegetarianism" by Richard H....
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 20, 20073 min read
Leon's Newsletter 54: Pure Joy
Shalom everyone, I confess that the goal of my life from the moment of my birth to the present day has been to achieve pure enjoyment,...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 1, 20073 min read
Leon's Newsletter 53: The Death of Farsh
O mi babino caro Soprano Sally Matthews The sensational events taking place all over the world has once again caused "news" to defeat "no...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 3, 20073 min read
Leon's Newsletter 52: Loyalty and Compassion
Shalom everyone, I never cease to be amazed at the tricks I play on myself to keep myself from writing newsletters and articles. I like...
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leon gork tour guide
May 10, 20072 min read
Newsletter 51: Disatisfaction with the Government
Shalom everyone, Practically every year students strike. Now the reason is to have a government committee scrapped because they suspect...
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 30, 20072 min read
Newsletter 50: Shuk (Market) opinions
Shalom everyone, Yesterday for the first time in several weeks I met my friend Shaul for coffee in the Shuk. That is Shuk MahanehYehudah...
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leon gork tour guide
Apr 15, 20072 min read
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jan 6, 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;...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 13, 20063 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...
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leon gork tour guide
Dec 4, 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...
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leon gork tour guide
Nov 19, 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...
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