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leon gork tour guide
Aug 10, 20212 min read
My Life Matriculation
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Aug 10, 20213 min read
One Sweet Kiss
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Aug 9, 20214 min read
Embattled Egos
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Aug 1, 20213 min read
Encounter in the train
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 30, 20212 min read
Dudu (David) the puncturemacher.
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....
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 30, 20214 min read
The Plumber
Jack Holzman plumbers and plumbing supplies, up there in Human Str. on the ground floor of the building better known to the gambling...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 30, 20214 min read
The Nike Cap
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 22, 20211 min read
Poem by Hanah Senesch
Blessed is the match consumed in kindling flame. ,אַשְׁרֵיהַגַּפְרוּרשֶׁנִּשְׂרַףוְהִצִּיתלֶהָבוֹת Blessed is the flame that burns in the...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 11, 20211 min read
The Festival of Tisha B'Av
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 8, 20214 min read
Jerusalem a city of many worlds
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,...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 4, 20212 min read
Playgrounds Jerusalem Tel Aviv
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jul 4, 20212 min read
Landscape by Noga
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 27, 20216 min read
Misplaced Anger
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 27, 20212 min read
Litterbugs attack our park
Tens of tall apartment blocks had recently been built on the northern crest of the Tzofim Valley. Their white limestone facades looked...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Listening to the conversation
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...
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leon gork tour guide
Jun 24, 20212 min read
Covid Insight
Life was slowly returning to normal, after a year of lockdowns, wearing masks, not meeting with large groups of people. Each day Etti was...
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leon gork tour guide
May 30, 20211 min read
Disappointment
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...
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leon gork tour guide
May 27, 20212 min read
The message of Job
The ocurrence of a catastrophe leads Orthodox Jews, as it did Job to one conclusion which is to praise God in every event. Prayer is the...
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leon gork tour guide
May 17, 20212 min read
The Fourth Gaza War
We are now in the 8th day of this war. Like the previous Gaza wars the army has led the population of Israel to believe that this is the...
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leon gork tour guide
May 17, 20212 min read
Lag B'Omer 2021
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...
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