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Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02388919959262364025noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-79124722409214501622014-06-13T01:45:00.000+03:002014-06-13T01:46:55.174+03:00Richard III, Leicester,old friends, burials & books<span style="font-size: small;">I left my hometown of Leicester over 45 years ago.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I married and moved to Jerusalem with my husband and family. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">But although I no longer live in Leicester, I can never totally leave the city as my parents <a href="http://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/2009/12/taking-mummy-home.html" target="_blank">are buried</a> there. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">While in Leicester on a visit we decided to drive round and see some of our old schools<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-sQVsBmh7_LE/U5osRWv1qVI/AAAAAAAABJ4/gpYbL1uhFZU/s1600-h/DSC03188%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC03188" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FJ1CFfuxiOA/U5osR6MV61I/AAAAAAAABKA/Ao7VeKOI-oo/DSC03188_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="248" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC03188" width="329" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">and past homes<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-e4A2EwW8rPk/U5osTkOkZaI/AAAAAAAABKI/Q9I2XJNnbmY/s1600-h/DSC03192%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC03192" border="0" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U0-qz77WXYg/U5osUWUCd5I/AAAAAAAABKQ/_r7YfGu0sdI/DSC03192_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="248" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC03192" width="329" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Not to mention the site of my first job as a journalist – </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">OK I admit it I exaggerate. It was a school holiday job and I was more a gofer than a writer – but the bug was already planted and never gave up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">About six years ago I reconnected again when an old school friend Rosalind Adam contacted me to see if I would contribute to a book she was compiling of memories of post-war Leicester through to 1960.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So having returned to Leicester many times in the past few years both literally and psychologically, it wasn’t surprising that I found myself glued to the news media when the story broke about ‘the body in the car park’ . Could it really be the body of that much hated/ much maligned <a href="http://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/2012/09/two-archaeological-finds-richard-iii.html" target="_blank">King Richard III?</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And when it was proved to be the body of the old King, the question then was – where should he be finally laid to rest?</span><br />
<img alt="" height="273" src="https://encrypted-tbn2.google.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRPIbj46owxmEnPD-P8X4CNcVDMymF_w-q4BRd8JNFABk9kgjfu" width="185" /><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Again I found myself rooting for Leicester to be the designated burial site.The High Court finally agreed that he should indeed be buried there, as he had been killed in battle in nearby Bosworth and had been ‘temporarily’ buried beneath the city for several hundred years.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And now for the full circle …..who was commissioned to write a children’s book on the history of Richard III?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"> None other than my old friend <a href="http://rosalindadam.blogspot.co.il/2014/06/exclusive-front-cover-reveal.html" target="_blank">Rosalind</a> whose book will be out in a few week’s time.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Good luck with the book Ros – I’m sure it’ll be a tremendous success.</span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-1643987473490347782014-06-05T16:33:00.001+03:002014-06-05T16:33:27.651+03:00SUMMERTIMEThe days are longer, the weather’s warmer, the sea and sands beckon.<br />
If you live in the present, then this is where your thoughts are.<br />
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But what if you’re a writer? Writer’s can rarely enjoy the luxury of living in the present. We always have to be a few months ahead.<br />
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In fact right now I’m thinking of Autumn subjects such as Back to school ( and the vacation hasn’t even started yet!!) and Rosh Hashanah ( The Jewish New Year)<br />
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But don’t worry, that doesn’t mean I never get to enjoy the summer sun. It just means that when you’re all shivering in the winter…….<br />
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I’m writing about the sea, sun and the sands<br />
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and while you’re eating your apple and honey<br />
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I’m already writing about Pesach<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-bP_lpoyXsp8/U5Bw3rJV1RI/AAAAAAAABJA/8eGAFFDWhjg/s1600-h/image%25255B2%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-t1Icy_unOo8/U5Bw4hJVyyI/AAAAAAAABJI/zQ30cRlMUNc/image_thumb.png?imgmax=800" height="239" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="272" /></a><br />
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A HAPPY AND HEALTHY SUMMER EVERYONEAnn Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-88149278014366650802013-07-15T00:50:00.001+03:002014-06-05T16:32:39.208+03:00AISH HATORAH, THE TEMPLE AND 9th AV<br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">If location, location and location are the three most important points in real estate, then Aish HaTorah’s Jerusalem World Center must have the world’s most prime spot.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Situated opposite the Kotel, the Western Wall, the remaining wall of the Temple which stood closest to the Holy of Holies of the Temple, this beautiful new building is put to tremendous use.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Anyone, male, female, young, mature, from anywhere in the world is invited to drop in and join a class or two, or three of the constantly ongoing ‘Essentials’ program, just to get a taste of their Jewish heritage. No prior booking is needed.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Entrance is from the Jewish Quarter, off Misgav Ledach street and the classes take place on this entrance floor.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">You don’t even have to take a class, you can just walk in and sit down and relax in the beautiful a/c rooms.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">You can also take the opportunity to watch some of the videos of the teachings of Aish’s dean and founder, Rabbi Noah Weinberg who passed away in 2009 a short time before the opening of the new center. Thousands of young Jews owe their Jewish identities to Rabbi Weinberg who gave his entire life to helping Jewish kids ( and not so kids) realize what pleasure, fun, inner peace and excitement they were missing by not learning about their Jewish heritage.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Look up and savor the incredible glass sculpture by Dale Chihuly, the most successful and talented glass artist in the world. Entitled, “Fire and Water,” the multi-dimensional, two-story-tall sculpture encompasses the name of Aish HaTorah ( Fire of the Torah)</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">If you go up to the roof, apart from a breathtaking panoramic view of Jerusalem , the Kotel </span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-j_Y-uFpSLaA/UeMb0T1kX5I/AAAAAAAAA-Y/lOao7bXUhO0/s1600-h/DSC05696%25255B37%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05696" border="0" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LH8MU7IEi0E/UeMb0lt3dKI/AAAAAAAAA-g/rObGnzYy7M8/DSC05696_thumb%25255B34%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" height="103" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC05696" width="421" /></a> and the surrounding hills such as Mount of Olives and Mount Scopus …</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-BDuLiitq2v8/UeMb1awPiGI/AAAAAAAAA-o/OmyXwf81Tkg/s1600-h/DSC05707%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC05707" border="0" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ij6SWAXOaiU/UeMb12FcoXI/AAAAAAAAA-w/UklOnjY5e1A/DSC05707_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" height="248" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC05707" width="329" /></a></span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">there is also a 1.2-ton model of the Holy Temple .</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;"> It is constructed at a scale of 1:60, built with authentic materials like gold, silver, wood and Jerusalem stone. </span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">As we approach the Fast of the 9th of Av, the date of the destruction of both of our Holy Temples, there couldn’t be a better time to decide to learn what it is we are mourning and missing.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">For more information about <a href="http://www.aish.com/" target="_blank">Aish</a> click <a href="http://www.aish.com/" target="_blank">here</a>. </span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-58380893424316386752013-07-03T13:55:00.001+03:002013-07-03T13:55:58.112+03:00YAD VASHEM– Still so much to learn and rememberYad Vashem in Jerusalem is the Jewish People’s living memorial to the Holocaust.<br />
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It safeguards the memory of those who were slaughtered and teaches future generations about the unspeakable horrors.<br />
<br />Many people think that if they’ve visited it once then there’s no point in going again – but they are so wrong. The area that Yad Vashem covers both physically and emotionally, is vast and there are new exhibits constantly being organized. <br />
On a recent visit I saw the shul/ synagogue. <br />
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Apart from being used for regular prayers it is also used for people who want a place to say Kaddish, or to sit down and pray after an emotional visit.<br />
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It contains various items of Judaica from shuls all over Europe including four Arks for storing the Sifrei Torah which all came from Rumania and were procured for Yad Vashem with the help of Rumanian government.<br />
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Next door to the shul is a new exhibit to honor the Righteous Amongst the Nations who saved Jews during the Holocaust.<br />
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Inside there are five areas with seating to watch different films depicting the different ways in which people were saved, including those who took in children and returned them to the Jewish authorities after the war, those who hid families in cellars, countries where someone in the the government intervened and rescued them and those where both the Jews and the non-Jews were discovered by the Nazis and killed.<br />
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The stories are both fascinating and very moving and shed a new light on the history of Jews saved by Gentiles.<br />
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We then visited the new Learning Centre also known as the “Center for Major Questions Arising from the Holocaust,” which attempts to discuss and give opinions on the many theological, societal and military questions raised by the Holocaust.<br />
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Some are just not answerable, i.e. Why did G’d let the Holocaust happen, but are still discussed. Others are given a selection of answers from various appropriate people / authorities, i.e. Why did the Allied Air Force not bomb the tracks to Auschwitz. <br />
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Yad Vashem has also launched a new more urgent collection of personal items that are, or were, in the possession of survivors. Our guide told us many stories of items that children of survivors thought were of not much interest, but for others provided an only link to their parents/ grandparents who perished.<br />
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Yad Vashem works very hard to trace people ( or their descendents) mentioned in letters/ notebooks or identified on photos it receives.<br />
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As Eli Wiesel once said- Anyone who listens to a witness, becomes a witness himself.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-72587935874155612092013-06-23T21:23:00.000+03:002013-06-23T21:31:29.488+03:00WI-FI –YOU MUST BE KIDDING<p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Do you know what wi-fi actually means?</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4L37VyPoMxA/Ucc-_Jn5lQI/AAAAAAAAA64/hz8d5w19sX8/s1600-h/image%25255B140%25255D.png"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="image" border="0" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7w8EPY6aqV4/Ucc-_-hVlPI/AAAAAAAAA7A/97_Hx2qkNPQ/image_thumb%25255B136%25255D.png?imgmax=800" width="240" height="161" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">It means wire-free…you know… without any wires.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Did you hear me, I said without wires!!!</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Would you like to come to my home and see just how many wi-fi wires we possess…dozens, probably hundreds..in bags, boxes, closets shelves, drawers …full to  overflowing with wires …with either an electric plug or a computer USB connection at one end and a  VERY wide variety of other connections at the other end of every shape, style and size.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">I don’t know where most of them came from and I haven’t a clue what they belong to. But I’m convinced that if I throw any of them out- tomorrow I’ll be sure to need it.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">This is a very small selection of wires I use every day for my so called wi-fi stuff either to listen to my MP3, download photos, recharge my Kindle and cell phone and various other necessary activities in this wi-fi age.</font></p> <p><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SSdjLIiP55c/Ucc9NTArRII/AAAAAAAAA6g/WJi4g0ala-E/s1600-h/DSC054793.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-right-width: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC05479" border="0" alt="DSC05479" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gSwMHLEpLxI/Ucc9OWzcTaI/AAAAAAAAA6o/vcK1fJJjIKI/DSC05479_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" width="329" height="248" /></a></p> <p> </p> <p><font size="3"><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#cceedd">I </font>remember when the</font><font color="#ffffff"> word wireless meant just that – no wires. The radio ran on batteries – no ifs and buts.</font></font></p> <p><img title="Buy ROBERTS Revival RD60 DAB Digital Radio Online at johnlewis.com" alt="Buy ROBERTS Revival RD60 DAB Digital Radio Online at johnlewis.com" src="http://johnlewis.scene7.com/is/image/JohnLewis/230512490?$prod_grid3$" /></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Ah - life was uncomplicated in those days.</font></p> Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-33759124892400643122013-06-18T14:45:00.000+03:002013-06-18T14:46:43.220+03:00ISRAELI DRIVERS- THE GOOD NEWS<br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">Israeli drivers have a pretty awful reputation – and I have to admit that it’s often warranted. But that’s why I’d like to point out two really great professional drivers I met up with this week.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">One was behind us driving a juggernaut when we approached the road works near Malcha Mall in Jerusalem. Suddenly the road was blocked and we were diverted to another road without any explanation of where this would take us. Our driver, not surprisingly hesitated, and the truck which was quite close behind us had to brake and swerved to overtake us with just a hairbreadth of room.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">We followed behind him and as we both stopped at the next traffic lights he climbed down from his high perch and came over to us – we assumed to give us a piece of his mind.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">But no, we were very pleasantly surprised when he signaled to me to open the window and said “ I can see you were confused by the detour. Can I help?”</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">The second incident occurred last night as I was standing at as bus stop inside Modiin Elite just after midnight waiting for the last bus back home to Jerusalem.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">An internal bus passed by, and then another one pulled in. I waved for him to continue but he opened his doors.</span><br />
<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">“If you don’t want this bus then what are you waiting for?” the driver asked.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">When I said I was waiting for the Jerusalem bus he signaled for me to get on . “ There are no more buses to Jerusalem from here. I’ll take you as far as I can towards the entrance to the town and with any luck you’ll still catch the last bus that leaves from there”.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: small;">And thanks to his thoughtfulness I did.</span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-72484933865594865402013-06-04T17:22:00.000+03:002013-06-04T17:51:20.973+03:00PANTRY PACKERS<p><font color="#ffffff"><font color="#ffffff" size="4">Making a Difference on your vacation.</font></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="4"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Next time you visit Israel set aside 90 minutes to help the needy.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Visit Colel Chabad’s Pantry Packers center in Jerusalem’s Talpiot neighborhood and spend some time  packing up  healthy food products for distribution to needy families all over Israel.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff">Pantry Packers’ stand at the recent Jerusalem Tourism Conference</font><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-lmvGVP8Gm6E/Ua3-37CirPI/AAAAAAAAA5E/Wf2fiPSwXEQ/s1600-h/DSC05301%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="DSC05301" border="0" alt="DSC05301" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qiJS2joS4oE/Ua3-5FuKfNI/AAAAAAAAA5M/AaDeJPfKjvs/DSC05301_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" width="329" height="248" /></a></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">After watching a video, explaining the importance of the work you’ll be doing, you’ll be given  your own apron, plastic gloves  and hat to keep everything clean. Then, using ultra modern equipment  you will pack, label and stack  family sized packages of food staples.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">This organization provides 80 different food items to 5000 families every week.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3"></font></p> <p> </p> <div style="padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; float: none; padding-top: 0px" id="scid:5737277B-5D6D-4f48-ABFC-DD9C333F4C5D:088c82a7-9e19-4ef2-9cd3-d4766eee1ba0" class="wlWriterEditableSmartContent"><div id="a4938082-678a-4aa4-96ad-3435048a09fc" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; display: inline;"><div><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrh18_PY_tY" target="_new"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-kAJYnPwr_8w/Ua36Sz8QKjI/AAAAAAAAA5U/TKg1oWyBJxg/video22fb9f823633%25255B7%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="border-style: none" galleryimg="no" onload="var downlevelDiv = document.getElementById('a4938082-678a-4aa4-96ad-3435048a09fc'); downlevelDiv.innerHTML = "<div><object width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nrh18_PY_tY?hl=en&hd=1\"><\/param><embed src=\"http://www.youtube.com/v/nrh18_PY_tY?hl=en&hd=1\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"448\" height=\"252\"><\/embed><\/object><\/div>";" alt=""></a></div></div><div style="width:448px;clear:both;font-size:.8em">Packing food for the needy in Israel</div></div> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">It’ll add meaning to your visit. </font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Call 02-6260035 to arrange a visit. It’s free and suitable for all ages.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Of course you don’t have to be a tourist to help.</font></p> <p><font color="#ffffff" size="3">Everyone is welcome.</font></p> <p><font size="3"></font></p> Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-30746095102214642202013-05-30T01:27:00.001+03:002013-05-30T01:29:41.419+03:00TEMECH CONFERENCE 2013<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Naomi Elbinger, conference organizer opening the conference</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Many of the attendees at The </span><a href="http://professionaljewishwomen.org/2011/05/about-temech/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: small;">Temech</span></a><span style="font-size: small;"> Conference for Women in Business, which took place in the Ramada Hotel this week, have been looking forward to it since last year’s conference.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Being an entrepreneur can be a lonely experience and the information, insights, tips and skills, not to mention the networking opportunities we all receive at this conference give many of us the impetus we need to try that bit harder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">This year one of the main features of setting up a successful business that was stressed was building up your own brand- being instantly recognizable and letting your customers know what makes you one step ahead of any competition. What your business offers that others don’t.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Branding advice from new immigrant and ultra successful businesswoman Jamie Geller of ‘Quick and Kosher’ fame, halachic advice from Rav Yitzchak Berkovits, inspiration in her inimitable style from Rabbanit Yemima Mizrachi, networking groups and various workshops in both Hebrew and English were all orchestrated perfectly by conference organizer <a href="http://myparnasa.com/" target="_blank">Naomi Elbinger.</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Yashar Koach to Naomi, her talented staff of volunteers who worked 24/6 the weeks before the conference as well as the Temech supporters without whom the conference and organization wouldn’t exist.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">We’re already looking forward to next year.</span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-53366514517846676022013-03-13T22:53:00.000+02:002013-03-13T22:53:08.712+02:00POPES, POLITICAL PARTIES AND PESACHA new Pope has been elected, a new Israeli government has been formed (I think – but you never know there could be another crisis along the road paved with so many poor intentions!)… there are changes afoot in the world at large …<br />
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and I’m in my kitchen making Pesach.<br />
This is the time of year when no matter what…Pesach has to come first.<br />
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The house is spring-cleaned- thanks to my wonderful daughters who left their husbands and babies and came to rescue me after I dislocated my shoulder … wot <a href="http://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/2013/03/shoulders-are-important.html" target="_blank">you forgot about that</a>!!<br />
And now we’re down to the real nitty-gritty a.k.a. chametz in the kitchen.<br />
My husband still keeps hoping that I’ll find a packet of lamb-chops hidden away in the back of the freezer like we did once, about 15 years ago. <br />
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It was a small pack that my late mother had brought us from England with just a few chops in – definitely not enough for all of our seven wonderful children. And in any case, they wouldn’t have appreciated them… or so we kept telling ourselves.<br />
So we gave them money to go out to the pizza shop and pamper themselves with pizza, ice cream, drinks and goodies …..and I cooked the lamb chops for our supper.<br />
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We did enjoy them – and the kids had the best supper of their lives.<br />
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So what terrible parenting sins do you have to admit to – so many are committed during the week before PesachAnn Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-33032002323336578692013-03-04T22:39:00.000+02:002013-03-04T22:41:15.574+02:00SHOULDERS ARE IMPORTANTYes they really are.<br />
And believe me I didn’t realize just how important until I dislocated my left one over two months ago.<br />
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Fortunately when I fell down the stairs my natural survival instincts took over and I shot out my arm to break my fall, thus saving my head.<br />
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At TEREM( that wonderful Israeli invention for emergency medical care) after giving me a quick shot of morphine, two big, strong doctors pulled and twisted my arm …until CLUNK:THUD it slipped back ‘soundlessly’ into place.<br />
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That would have been fine had it stayed there…but when I raised my arm, it slipped out again…and we had to go back and have an ‘action replay’ of the whole thing.<br />
After that my upper arm was strapped tightly to my body with strict instructions not to be moved for three weeks.<br />
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If you’ve never experienced anything like it then you won’t realize how frustrating it is not to be able to do so many things without help- from getting dressed to preparing a simple meal.<br />
I did manage to maneuver my keyboard into a position that I could work at the computer.<br />
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I innocently thought that after three weeks I‘d throw off the bandages and get on with my life…but it doesn’t work like that.<br />
My upper arm had forgotten how to move…and it’s taking it a long while to relearn. Physiotherapy’s helping a great deal but it’s still an unbearably slow business.<br />
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I’m getting lots of sympathy – and help…which is just as well with Pesach round the corner.<br />
In fact there are some less-than-sympathetic souls who think I did it to get out cleaning for Pesach – like last year when I got double pneumonia between Purim and Pesach.<br />
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BUT IT’S NOT TRUE – REALLY.<br />
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<img height="230" src="http://thumbs.gograph.com/gg57976224.jpg" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px;" width="185" /><br />
So that’s what I’ve been up to over the last few months.<br />
What have you been doing?Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-56104543563918403052012-11-24T20:15:00.000+02:002012-11-24T20:16:55.786+02:00WRITING UNDER FIRE - ISRAEL v GAZASome people can write their way through missile attacks, writing blog post after blog post full of what’s happening now, how it might continue, what should be done and informing the world about our situation.<br />
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I can’t.<br />
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I found myself paralyzed, as the missiles fell in their hundreds over southern Israel, then further north to Tel Aviv and eventually right near home in Jerusalem. The deaths the terrorists were responsible for, and the massive destruction and havoc they caused to millions of people’s lives were well documented by hundreds if not thousands of bloggers in Israel.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">photo credit Dror Einav</span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-B6IOzXcHOfk/ULEOCBsDq0I/AAAAAAAAA1E/Pq6qeXfGPRs/s1600-h/dror-einav%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="dror-einav" border="0" height="248" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-q9RsNUeGrE8/ULEODbFCmFI/AAAAAAAAA1M/eiWAcWl7ErA/dror-einav_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="dror-einav" width="370" /></a><br />
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I’m not sure why I couldn’t put finger to keyboard.<br />
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I think it was because I was scared that my comments, predictions and thoughts might come back to haunt me as events unfolded. <br />
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Now we have a cease-fire - for the time being . A cease-fire forced on us by outside pressure even as we know that although the IDF managed to make an enormous dent in Hamas’s arsenal of missiles, it still has plenty which can reach the heart of our country. And we know that Hamas will use the time to rearm with the help of Hezbollah and Iran.<br />
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So, as always, all we can do is to pray the The One Who is really in charge that He will continue to take care of us as He has done for the last thousands of years.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-80822479172588999562012-11-04T13:01:00.000+02:002012-11-04T13:01:00.608+02:00SITTING IN JERUSALEM–THINKING BOUT ‘SANDY’This is a situation we’re just not used to.<br />
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Usually we in Israel are the ones who cause worries for our friends and family around the world.<br />
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But this time we’re sitting in our warm homes, the sun is shining outside and we have running fresh, clean water and electricity. And we’re worried sick about our friends and family in the USA. since hurricane Sandy smashed her way into their lives just a week ago.<br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-I702rIN319g/UJZJPO5qEOI/AAAAAAAAAz4/2KYvYsKSKtk/s1600-h/Hurricane%252520Sandy%252520Manhattan%2525202%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Hurricane Sandy Manhattan 2" border="0" height="248" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9Vkwehzn1A4/UJZJQah3mbI/AAAAAAAAA0A/TQjPYLBJ7FY/Hurricane%252520Sandy%252520Manhattan%2525202_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Hurricane Sandy Manhattan 2" width="322" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">image courtesy of creative commons.</span><br />
It’s been a sobering lesson to all of us.<br />
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No matter where you think you are on the social/financial scale, when the forces of nature hit, the damage is indiscriminate, flattening the homes of the rich and poor, CEOs and street cleaners, the religiously devout and atheists.<br />
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You can prepare just so much, but then you have to sit and wait it out or flee and leave your home to the ravages of the hurricane.<br />
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You’re forced to realize what Is important in life – and what can be replaced or rebuilt.<br />
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When I heard about people who refused to evacuate their coastal homes or even went to them specifically before the hurricane arrived, maybe believing they could keep the waves away with their forceful presence, I began to think again about Jews who refused to leave Nazi Germany because they just didn’t believe anything would happen to them.<br />
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In one day the liveliest city in the world was reduced to a flooded, sightless wreck, a black soaking shell.<br />
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A week later life is starting to return to normal. But as these acts of nature become more and more frequent people are beginning to realize just how vulnerable we all are and how little we can really control in our own lives.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-81092831643676029172012-10-29T19:53:00.000+02:002012-10-29T19:58:35.779+02:00FOLLOW UP TO RICHARD III AND NAZI POTTERY<br />
My <a href="http://livingandwritinginisrael.blogspot.com/2012/09/two-archaeological-finds-richard-iii.html" target="_blank">last blog post</a> got a lot of attention and was passed from friend to acquaintance to elderly relatives in an attempt to discover the answer to the mystery of the<span style="color: #cceedd;"> Nazi pottery</span> that was discovered in the fields of the farm in Thaxted England.<br />
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We seem to have <span style="color: #cceedd;">solved the riddle with this</span> reply.<br />
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<i><span style="color: yellow;">Asher Cailingold forwarded your email to me, as I might be able to shed a little more light on explaining the swastika emblem on some pottery found in a field in Thaxted Lodge. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">I was on Bachad Hachsharah in England for many years, including 10 years (1944-54) at the Bachad farm in Thaxted, including four years (1950-54) as its manager. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">There are two possible explanations: </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">1. When we took over the farm in 1944 - WW2 was still raging - we found a large hole in one of the fields. We were told that a plane had crashed there earlier in the war, but no one knew its identity. Thus it is possible that this was a German aircraft, which could explain the presence of some cup or other gadget on this plane. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">2. During 1944/45, when we needed a larger number of workers, the Essex War Agricultural Committee supplied us occasionally with groups of German POWs, so this could be the source of this piece of pottery. </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">It was certainly not an item belonging to any of the German origin Chaverim.(members) </span></i><br />
<i><span style="color: yellow;">I hope this will satisfy your curiosity to some extent.</span></i><br />
Well that seems a logical answer, even if it was less exciting than the version my imagination conjured up. <br />
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The identity of the remains that were excavated in Leicester are still a mystery.<br />
We won’t know if it really is King Richard III for another six to eight weeks as DNA testing can’t be rushed.<br />
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But that hasn’t stopped the authorities in Leicester from starting to cash in on the possibility that this really is the king and all that it would mean for the fame and fortune of this relatively quiet town.<br />
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Great plans for coping with the possible upsurge in tourism are already in the making as you will see from <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-19947894" target="_blank">this report from the BBC</a>.<br />
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Marketing this, possibly much maligned, king could be big business. Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-5663282999260497932012-09-19T10:56:00.000+03:002012-09-19T11:01:03.180+03:00TWO ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS: RICHARD III and NAZI POTTERY.<br />
I’ve always been fascinated with archaeology. I love finding tangible connections to our past, whether far distant or more recent.<br />
Two findings this month really excited me – one of them hit international headlines as it is from over 500 years ago, with regal connections. The other was quieter, probably known only by a few people and from far more recent history.<br />
The first one was the <a href="http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Richard-III-dig-Hundreds-visit-Greyfriars-site/story-16916945-detail/story.html" target="_blank">recent discovery</a>, in my hometown of Leicester, in the U.K., of what is almost definitely the body of King Richard III . He was an arch villain of the British monarchy, believed to have murdered his two nephews to protect his position on the throne of England, and whose burial place was always unknown.<br />
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At the moment the results of the DNA check against a direct descendent are not yet in, but there are multiple physical signs on the exhumed remains that indicate that this is indeed the hated king immortalized by William Shakespeare in his play of the same name.<br />
Which English literature student doesn’t remember the famous words “ Now is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by this son of York” spoken by Sir Laurence Olivier in that real old movie of the 1950s, and just before his demise, wandering around unprotected on the battlefield ….” A horse, a horse. My kingdom for a horse”<br />
But we’ll all still have to wait patiently for another number of weeks for the final DNA results.<br />
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The 2nd discovery didn’t really involve archeology, it was found lying around in a field in Essex.<br />
The field was in Thaxted, a small farming area where, in the 1940s, many Jewish children, refugees from Nazi Germany, were taken by “Bachad” the forerunners of today‘s religious youth movement, Bnei Akivah, to live and receive basic agricultural training before going to live in Israel where they went on to be the founders of several religious kibbutzim.<br />
One of today’s Bnei Akivah youth was hiking in the area, and realizing he was close to the original farm site in Thaxted, decided to continue and walk through the fields which many of his predecessors had lived and worked, over 70 years ago .<br />
Seeing something shining in the grass he bent down and picked up a piece of pottery.<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-UkQv-3UhoCQ/UFl5ub0ecHI/AAAAAAAAAzI/kJzjhPJybos/s1600-h/pottery%25255B135%25255D.jpg"><img alt="pottery" border="0" height="232" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LFqMNEfwIsc/UFl5vqhYy9I/AAAAAAAAAzQ/RNMKB4EFFCE/pottery_thumb%25255B130%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="pottery" width="308" /></a><br />
What an amazing discovery. This must have been lying around in the field for 70 years.<br />
What was it? Well a search online brought me to the site of the china manufacturers mentioned quite clearly on the shard……. and to this picture <br />
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The swastika, emblem of the Nazi party has clearly been deliberately blocked out. Are they ashamed of their past? Were they scared they would be prosecuted if they left it on the site? Was it just because it’s politically incorrect?<br />
But this is definitely the same motif that is on the fragment that was found.<br />
Why would a refugee from Germany have a piece of pottery with the hated swastika on it?<br />
I have no idea. <br />
I can only guess that maybe this was from an item the children were given as they left Germany on the kindertransport. Most of these children would never to see their parents again. All they possessed were the things in their little suitcases.<br />
Perhaps they were given a last drink to take with them on their journey to the unknown and this was the only glass / cup that was available. Did he/she keep it because it was one of the last things they received from their parents?<br />
Did the owner maybe smash it and throw it away because of the hated symbol ?<br />
I don’t know if we’ll ever know. There are some ‘kindertransport’ children still alive so maybe one of them will see the photo and recognize it.<br />
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As one ancient mystery looks like being solved, another recent mystery is uncovered.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-20183401814077671112012-08-21T10:01:00.000+03:002012-08-21T10:01:04.326+03:00SORTING OUT RECIPES….AND LIFE<span style="font-size: small;">Have you ever noticed that when you organize one section of your life, it affects other aspects as well?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">This morning I did something I’ve been meaning to do for ……..oh I can’t even remember how long….. probably years. You know what it is from the title of this post….I sorted out my zillions of recipes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">First I threw out all those I knew I’d never try because they are too complicated . I still go by that oft-quoted dictum of Shirley Conran, who became famous with her book “Superwoman” in the 1970s</span><span style="font-size: small;"> “Life’s too short to stuff a mushroom” .</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So any recipes that involves finding more than 7 items/ more than 3 stages / over 15 minutes of preparation were discarded.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Next went all the cookies/biscuits that had to be dipped in chocolate …….. I always make such a mess of myself.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Then, not only did I sort the rest out, but I also rewrote the illegible ones ( once I ‘d checked with my kids what I had originally written) and those where the paper was translucent from grease…..(we seem to spill a lot of oil in our house).</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I then stapled the recipes, whatever their size and wherever they had come from ( a notebook, torn from a magazine, a post-it note, napkin) onto sheets of A4 paper and slid them back to back into see thru plastic pockets with holes on one side so that each recipe was now visible and inside a wipe-clean pocket and could be filed in a ring-binder.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And I’m ashamed to say I feel …..well, wonderful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I am such a disorganized person, in my home life, that when I finally organize something it makes me feel on top of the world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, you may be wondering, why did I do this specifically today. Well it probably has something to do with realizing that in one month’s time it will be Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year…and the start of a month of eating (and praying) and other Festivals and eating…...and family and visitors...and eating.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IbLfjGEW3GY/UDMwuvppSEI/AAAAAAAAAyo/nlpx8IlYaFc/s1600-h/rosh-hashanah-252.jpg"><img alt="rosh hashanah 2" border="0" height="179" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3uPAHzn-KDA/UDMwvrrLWTI/AAAAAAAAAyw/pIz0DZmrU2g/rosh-hashanah-2_thumb50.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="rosh hashanah 2" width="130" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Rosh Hashanah is a time when we try to do some spiritual soul-searching, checking how we behaved over the last year and where our report card says ‘could do better’ ( in most things as far as I’m concerned). </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">It’s a time for spiritual bookkeeping and new year resolutions. If on January 1st I resolve to lose weight ( as usual), then on Tishrei 1st I resolve to try to be a better person, kinder, more thoughtful, more sensitive and more generous. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And in case you’re wondering what that’s got to do with my recipes – it’s quite simple – I feel that if I can conquer my laziness, my procrastination, my disorderliness in one part of my life – maybe there’s hope for me in far more important aspects.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So in case we don’t meet again for a few weeks I wish you all a very Happy New Year and you should all be inscribed in the Book of Life and good health.</span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-16384989464704520342012-07-27T08:17:00.000+03:002012-07-27T08:17:54.020+03:009th Av in JerusalemIt’s difficult to admit to really mourning our lost Temple, if we don’t even appreciate what we have.<br />
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So last night I went to the Kotel, the western wall of the Temple which was closest to the Holy of Holies, the inner sanctum of the Temple where only the High Priest ever entered.We are told, the Shechina, G’ds presence still rests there <br />
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These notices at the entrance explain the significance and importance of the site.<br />
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As you approach the Kotel you pass by the southern wall of the Temple<br />
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Despite it being late evening it was very crowded with people arriving all the time.<br />
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The pigeons were gathering in the crevices of the wall as they always do at dusk<br />
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As I sat there saying my prayers it gradually got darker and darker<br />
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and by the time I finally went home the lights lit up the walls in a gentle, beautiful way<br />
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I have such mixed feelings about the 9th Av.<br />
I mourn the Temple we don’t have – but I am so very, very happy and grateful for the privilege of living here and being able to enjoy what we do have.<br />
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It’s a dilemma many of us face.<br />
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We pray that we be considered worthy enough that our Temple will be restored to us “bim’heira be’yameinu” speedily and in our time.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-91988581259238984672012-07-19T23:09:00.000+03:002012-07-19T23:09:36.430+03:00THIS IS LIFE IN ISRAEL<br />
I remember lying in bed one morning, when my radio alarm went off and hearing the news. it was 1989 and the middle item in the news was that all resident s of the Sharon area i.e. Tel Aviv and its environs, had been given gas masks….and then they went on to the next item.<br />
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I turned over …and then suddenly thought……………Is there any other country in the world where distributing gas masks is such a normal idea that it’s just a short item on the news.<br />
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And this was two years before the first Gulf War when we all shivered with fright in our sealed rooms, wearing those gas masks as the scuds fell all around us.<br />
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I can remember when I had never heard of the name ZAKA. You may not be aware that is the initials of the Hebrew words ‘zihui korbanot ason ‘identifying disaster victims’, but almost everyone all over the world is now familiar with their yellow vests with the English letters on them as their volunteers do their holy work of gathering body parts and scraping blood off any surface in order to give each Jew a proper , complete burial.<br />
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No, living in Israel isn’t like living anywhere else i n the world. But then it was never meant to be<br />
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All this went through my mind yesterday as the terrible news came though of the terrorist attack in Bulgaria while we were listening for information regarding the funeral of one of our generation’s most important rabbis, Rabbi Elyashiv who had died just a few hours before<br />
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How many blows can we take in one day? <br />
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But we should be used to it.<br />
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I have lived here through all the intifadas. I can remember when I turned on the radio and I’d would listen out to hear what kind of music was being played.<br />
So often in those days the music would be old sad, war songs….and then I knew that another terrorist attack had taken place.<br />
It was such a common occurrence that I consciously listened out for it.<br />
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No, life in Israel isn’t ‘normal’ by other country’s standards.<br />
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But we didn’t make Aliyah for a normal life.<br />
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When I saw the speed at which the whole of Jerusalem closed down and reorganized itself to enable the half a million participants to Rabbi Elyashiv’s funeral to arrive from all over the country, find somewhere to park their buses, take part in the funeral with minimum discomfort on a boiling hot night, with emergency services in place everywhere - I knew why I had made Aliyah.<br />
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When I heard how quickly the squad of ZAKA volunteers, doctors, soldiers, rabbis and social workers were gathered and flew off to Bulgaria to take care of our living and our dead – I knew why I made Aliyah.<br />
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We are told, ‘Kol Yisrael areivim ze le’ze’ each Jew is responsible for his fellow Jew.<br />
Here in Israel we are privileged see the reality and the fulfillment of this mitzvah.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-31336253162565178402012-06-12T12:04:00.000+03:002012-06-12T12:05:45.650+03:00KISHOR CONFERENCE 2012<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;"><a href="http://professionaljewishwomen.org/" target="_blank">Kishor. Women’s Professional Network in Israel,</a> held its 3rd annual conference yesterday in the Ramada Hotel in Jerusalem.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">The conference’s subtitle said it all “ Home Maker – Business Builder”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">It was clear from all the opening speeches that there is a tremendous amount of support available for women setting up their own businesses today – financial, professional training.motivational tools and one-on-one mentoring.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">One of the greatest supporters of this group is the organization </span><a href="http://professionaljewishwomen.org/2011/05/about-temech/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">TEMECH</span></a><span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;"> but there are also many other organizations including </span><a href="http://www.mati.org.il/eng/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">MATI</span></a><span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;"> Jerusalem Business Development Center, who have set up departments to help this ever growing section of the population.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">This year’s conference was also for Hebrew speaking women with some speakers and workshops in each language and simultaneous translation available.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">But right from the start Rabbi Menachem Stein reminded us where our priorities lie – in our homes, with our husbands and children. Our businesses are important in that they enable us to provide for our families – but a successful career should not be our goal in life.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">One of the most important features of the program was the Power Networking arranged by Naomi Elbinger . </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">Rows of women were seated facing each other in various parts of the halls and each had 2 minutes to describe their business to each other and exchange business cards . Then one row moved on one place and each woman introduced herself to a new person.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">I met several women who had businesses which were of interest to me personally and several others to whom I was able to offer a writing service.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">There were also three workshop session with four choices for each session ranging in topics such as:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">setting up a business Marketing Negotiating in business Eighteen keys to successfully running a small business </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">Time Management </span><span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">Goal Setting </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">For an extra fee there were also sessions of <a href="http://www.freshbiz-game.com/thegame/" target="_blank">FreshBiz</a> Games – a new ‘game’ designed to impart creative methods of entrepreneurial thinking and problem solving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">The final session was meeting a panel of three women who had set up highly successful businesses despite various challenges, businesses which now provide work for many more women.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">Each woman described the path that led her to go it alone and the problems she met and overcame, They ‘proved’ that anyone who wants to can set up their own business- even if you have thirteen children at home and even if you have suffered grueling health problems.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">They were indeed role models.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">A delicious dairy lunch up to the Ramada’s usual high standard and coffee and cold drinks on tap made this a highly successful and enjoyable day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;">If you missed it – be sure to look out for next year’s conference.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Aharoni; font-size: small;"> t</span>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-11678000533156165682012-05-17T23:34:00.001+03:002012-05-17T23:34:45.491+03:00JERUSALEM DAY 2012<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">I first came to Israel when I was 18 years old, a few years after the 1967 6 Day War during which Jerusalem was returned to the Jewish people.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">When I arrived Jerusalem was already reunited, we had easy access to the Kotel and it was hard for me to imagine a Jerusalem that was split in two with no access for the Jewish people to their most sacred site.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">As with most things which are handed to us on a plate, most of my generation and our children and grandchildren take this for granted.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But on a day like Jerusalem Day, which this year is Sunday May 20th, we watch and listen to stories of that miraculous day, when against all normal odds we captured back the last remnant of our holy Temple built 3000 years ago.</span><br />
What the Kotel means to everyone<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Jerusalem is an intriguing mix of the ancient and holy together with the everyday and modern.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">People from all over the world come to place their prayers and wishes between the cracks in the stones of the Kotel. These are all eventually removed and buried.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The alleyways in the Old City</span><br />
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The model of Jerusalem as it was when the Temple stood which is now on the campus of the Israel Museum<br />
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The Shrine of the Book at the Israel Museum which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls<br />
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The new ultra-sleek ultra-modern light rail<br />
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The new Mamilla Mall near Jaffa Gate at entrance to the Old City<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">And on Jerusalem Day in particular we thank G’d for bringing us back home and allowing us to live in HIs holy city</span><br />
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The Chief Chazan (Cantor) of the Israel Defense Forces singing the Prayer for the State of Israel which is recited in most synagogues all over the world every Shabbat.<br />
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</div>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-24275944189388361682012-05-10T09:58:00.002+03:002012-05-10T09:58:38.049+03:00LAG BA’OMER 2012Today, is the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, Lag Ba’Omer.<br />
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If you’d like to know more about Lag Ba’Omer read some of <a href="http://www.aish.com/h/o/33o/" target="_blank">these</a> essays and articles.<br />
Here in Israel it’s what the British would call Bonfire Night. The articles mentioned above will explain why, but all over the country children set up bonfires in some of the most ridiculous places and the authorities just look on and smile.<br />
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Later on when they are lit at night the municipalities send fire engines driving around all the neighborhoods to keep an eye on things and check that none of the bonfires get out of control.<br />
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Is this the kind of thing that goes on where you live?<br />
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My American relation who was with us as we wandered around admiring the local bonfires couldn’t believe her eyes.<br />
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“ Do you know what would happen to someone in the US who decided to light a bonfire on the sidewalk along the main road ????”<br />
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Although the children have been collecting wood and ‘anything else’ they can find, for the last month, when it comes to lighting the bonfires parents are on hand and the whole family and neighborhood come out to enjoy the festivities <br />
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darkness falls –time to light<br />
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it’s off<br />
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the children enjoy the bonfire from a safe distance under parental supervision<br />
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dancing and singing the traditional songs<br />
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This is just the ‘local’ fun – the real celebrations are on a mountain in the north of Israel – Meron - where hundreds of thousands gather for the yahrzeit of <a href="http://www.safed.co.il/rabbi-shimon-bar-yochai.html" target="_blank">Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai</a>.<br />
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<br />Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-51499437304328442022012-04-23T21:23:00.000+03:002012-04-24T16:00:40.936+03:00HAPPY 64TH BIRTHDAY ISRAEL<h3>
Ten reasons I’m grateful that I live here.</h3>
<span style="font-size: small;">1. When my radio alarm goes on in the morning the first thing I hear is the morning Shema prayer, then I’m told what number to count for the Sefirat Ha’ Omer.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">2.There is no better, safer place to bring up Jewish children and grandchildren.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">3. The army holds itself to the highest moral standards as proven so many times by the lengths the generals and individual soldiers go to avoid harming civilians whenever it is humanly possible.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">4. It makes headline news every month or so when archaeologists discover ancient artifacts which reconnect us with our Bible. Our tourist guides carry a Tenach with them on their tours to describe places they visit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">5. I can visit the Kotel, the last remaining outer wall of our Temple, whenever I want to although I readily admit I don’t take advantage of this as often as I should.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">6.’ Kol Yisrael areivim ze le ze’ Everyone in Israel feels responsible for each other.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">If someone falls in the street everyone rushes over to help them. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">People freely hand out the name of a sick friend or relative to total strangers so that we can all pray for him.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">A child who is lost or has mislaid his fare money or bus ticket knows he can ask anyone / go into a shop and ask for help and will get it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">7. If you’re not sure what the next festival is just walk into any supermarket. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Cleaning preparations, freshly scrubbed and covered shelves and matza (Pesach)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Chocolate,wine and goodies (Purim) Special offers on giant containers of cheese (Shavuot)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Shelves overflowing as though there’s going to be a war -heaven forbid. ( Two days Rosh Hashana)</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">8.We’re always the first to set up a field-hospital and bring 21st century hi tech medical equipment to any disaster zone.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WNHLMGgCPHg/T5WcL2tUYDI/AAAAAAAAAqI/fAEk4u12w5U/s1600-h/Haiti%252520baby%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Haiti baby" border="0" height="174" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-OLpkO1s52l0/T5WcMpiZA1I/AAAAAAAAAqM/IaDFBWFwd0I/Haiti%252520baby_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Haiti baby" width="272" /></a><br />
Newly delivered baby and mother in Haiti<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">9.When flying El Al you feel really safe. They are totally not politically correct, but they’re great at profiling and know exactly what they are looking for.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7nIW8WjQmsE/T5WcODp-X7I/AAAAAAAAAqY/02bDAuyYXdI/s1600-h/Ben%252520Gurion%252520aiport%25252C%252520Israel%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Ben Gurion aiport, Israel " border="0" height="236" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-7GkWyJUicAs/T5WcPBpGfEI/AAAAAAAAAqg/UG5ThyHgdjo/Ben%252520Gurion%252520aiport%25252C%252520Israel%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Ben Gurion aiport, Israel " width="313" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">10. You always knew that Israelis were innovative but did you know just how much of what we use today is ‘made in Israel’.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Take a look at this video.</span><br />
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</div>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-12278180621659800162012-01-30T16:05:00.000+02:002012-01-30T16:05:00.371+02:00HAVE KINDLE WILL READ<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5v2r8HGOa5w/TyahKEzG1PI/AAAAAAAAApI/PHzHX7C8x8I/s1600-h/image2.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="139" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7tZVnRbuzVI/TyahKtmRHBI/AAAAAAAAApM/fV3nL_vBx9I/image_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="97" /></a><br />
I read a book this week – It took me just two days and I read it entirely while traveling by bus to and from my day-job and waiting in line at the post-office.<br />
I know, you’re thinking big-deal! Lots of people read on buses. But I never did, mainly because I never wanted to shlep a book with me. I carry enough as it is and didn’t want to add to the load.<br />
But now with my Kindle ( substitute any e-reader) it’s always in my small hand-bag, weighs next-to-nothing and contains several books I want to read.<br />
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I was also amazed at how many free books are available on Kindle. I had assumed that all the freebies would be – forgive me for saying it – junk. But that’s simply not the case.<br />
I have downloaded several books that were on my to-read list, free of charge and I've bought several others at ridiculously low prices.<br />
There are several sites for free and cheap e books. Amazon have a monthly list of 100 free books and on Twitter you can follow @pixelofink and #freekindlebooks and get daily updates, some of which are new books.<br />
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Friends have said – well you can’t use it on Shabbos (the Sabbath when we're not allowed to use electronic devices) so why bother, but the truth is I read completely different material on Shabbos anyway and I’m sure we’ll always have bookshleves full of ‘real’ books, but there is definitely a place in my life for a Kindle. <br />
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And by the way, I’ve also downloaded a free Siddur and Sefer Tehiilim so that’s another couple of items I don’t need to carry with me during the week.<br />
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If anyone has any more ideas / links I’ll be happy to hear.Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-34445858906292710682012-01-24T16:28:00.000+02:002012-01-24T16:28:22.467+02:00WEDDINGS AND DEADLINES<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_TcMUcNoazA/Tx6174u-LzI/AAAAAAAAAm4/ZAPa3qQmnSU/s1600-h/image%25255B35%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="224" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TDpYhLphqBo/Tx618vcywKI/AAAAAAAAAnA/j4-8TD-5_1w/image_thumb%25255B33%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="181" /></a><br />
What do you do when your daughter’s wedding and a writing deadline fall on the same day?<br />
Well you can’t postpone the wedding, so you have to bring the deadline forward, at least psychologically, and I had to tell myself that I had to send the copy and photos in a week early.<br />
I knew if I left it any later, it would never get done – as it was, it was touch and go.<br />
The big plus was that the articles that needed to be written were all about places in my hometown of Jerusalem, so I didn’t have far to travel for research and photographs.<br />
My sister had already arrived from the States for the wedding and so I persuaded her to accompany me on a walk around <span style="font-size: medium;">Mishkenot</span> <span style="font-size: medium;">Shaananim</span> while we chatted about family and I made notes and took photos.<br />
Montefiore’s Windmill<br />
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Artists’ Quarter in Yemin Moshe<br />
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Then we went for a walk amongst the beautiful alleyways of <span style="font-size: medium;">Nachlaot</span><br />
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and found some surprising parks hidden away<br />
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On we went to town <span style="font-size: medium;">Nachlat Shiva</span>, one of the first neighborhoods to be built outside the Old City walls in the beginning of the 20th century, to visit some of the attractive shops and restaurants.<br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kolffU3PNPs/Tx62HRLTMvI/AAAAAAAAAoI/6PujyXGIBME/s1600-h/Nachlat%252520Shiva%2525207%25255B6%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Nachlat Shiva 7" border="0" height="218" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RkQuFYwhzVc/Tx62IZKlhWI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/lKulvsqEx50/Nachlat%252520Shiva%2525207_thumb%25255B3%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nachlat Shiva 7" width="384" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ETkCigOCO6A/Tx62J3c8QmI/AAAAAAAAAoY/cW7ArdsHCLM/s1600-h/Nachlat%252520Shiva%25255B5%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Nachlat Shiva" border="0" height="218" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-34t_KMon_nI/Tx62K76wbqI/AAAAAAAAAog/c9aaHXl4g7o/Nachlat%252520Shiva_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Nachlat Shiva" width="384" /></a><br />
Then it was off home to write it all up, chose the best of the hundreds of photos I’d taken – leave for a day and re-read……….. and click ‘send’.<br />
And then I could concentrate on the last minute arrangements for the wedding.<br />
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<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3mpP9yen1gA/Tx62L_ijklI/AAAAAAAAAoo/V7GGXSwDI3k/s1600-h/mazel%252520tov%2525205%25255B2%25255D.jpg"><img alt="mazel tov 5" border="0" height="42" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-qhecF51aT-o/Tx62Ml-ppOI/AAAAAAAAAos/Hy1rGR9Uu3s/mazel%252520tov%2525205_thumb.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="mazel tov 5" width="244" /></a><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IrzNwoBUrQQ/Tx62NN1Z57I/AAAAAAAAAo0/oyVU-hPbJBI/s1600-h/wedding%2525203%25255B66%25255D.jpg"><img alt="wedding 3" border="0" height="169" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-V_AnOrBlz5I/Tx62N7aO9ZI/AAAAAAAAAo8/DaDx0j-rtFI/wedding%2525203_thumb%25255B61%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="wedding 3" width="154" /></a>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428248107080207184.post-75977495107992289272011-12-08T21:07:00.003+02:002011-12-08T21:15:37.540+02:00ANCIENT JAFFA–Tel Aviv’s sister city<span style="font-size: small;">Jaffa is as beautiful and ancient,as Tel Aviv is brassy and modern – so near physically yet so far architecturally and in atmosphere.</span><br />
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View from Jaffa overlooking Tel Aviv<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-VevrWPqA1Ps/TuEJBpjd2eI/AAAAAAAAAkw/-m1IuGTF3Ps/s1600-h/Jaffa%252520-%252520view%252520of%252520Tel%252520Aviv%252520from%252520Jaffa%25255B221%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jaffa - view of Tel Aviv from Jaffa" border="0" height="306" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hNiWVsNNTTQ/TuEJCjXhK2I/AAAAAAAAAk4/n_72t5xl1Lg/Jaffa%252520-%252520view%252520of%252520Tel%252520Aviv%252520from%252520Jaffa_thumb%25255B218%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jaffa - view of Tel Aviv from Jaffa" width="407" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Jaffa is reputed to be the oldest port in the world, and is the spot from where Jonah the Prophet fled on his ill fated voyage.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZZcqfaeJcRc/TuEJDsTl1DI/AAAAAAAAAlA/sZHCQTnm5Nc/s1600-h/Jaffa%252520Port%2525202%252520%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jaffa Port 2 " border="0" height="304" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-45V2GNML70w/TuEJEs_GW4I/AAAAAAAAAlI/hSJmH_5dxEw/Jaffa%252520Port%2525202%252520_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jaffa Port 2 " width="404" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">It is full of cobbled alleyways, surprise turnings, workshops of ancient crafts,art galleries, breathtaking look-outs and unforgettable sunsets over the Mediterranean. </span><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MjSdTATfQsw/TuEJF7hpwSI/AAAAAAAAAlQ/zHYHRbfKp08/s1600-h/DSC01602%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC01602" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-D_sxoLJ7AXA/TuEJGnMibbI/AAAAAAAAAlY/jdnKDdKEAuM/DSC01602_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-color: -moz-use-text-color; border-style: none; border-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC01602" width="404" /></a><br />
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<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-2eyJnpKFCsw/TuEJHwzDR1I/AAAAAAAAAlg/GRfPVDgnnjQ/s1600-h/DSC01629%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC01629" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-zXmyVpiM0VY/TuEJIqDYJ0I/AAAAAAAAAlo/OtOKPjGAD58/DSC01629_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC01629" width="404" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The zodiac motif runs through the whole area. Below is the new zodiac fountain recently added to Kedumim Square where the newly renovated Tourist Information office is situated.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8axE1kIDHJ0/TuEJJwSGNuI/AAAAAAAAAlw/6ddztlHcZUY/s1600-h/Jaffa%252520Zodiac%252520fountain%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jaffa Zodiac fountain" border="0" height="304" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-l8xnarm79Hs/TuEJKZ7vneI/AAAAAAAAAl4/ZuhTtzDqcUg/Jaffa%252520Zodiac%252520fountain_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jaffa Zodiac fountain" width="404" /></a><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">The alleyways are also named after the signs of the zodiac. Mazal Dagim below is Hebrew for Pisces.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-FDy83U_c2bU/TuEJLrUSk_I/AAAAAAAAAmA/Mcej4SCUi4Q/s1600-h/DSC01640%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC01640" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fYv-U1i0xts/TuEJNceFn4I/AAAAAAAAAmI/zmbOamspI4w/DSC01640_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC01640" width="404" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">World famous Judaica artisans have their studios in Jaffa and at this time of year the Chanukah menorah in various materials can be seen everywhere.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9yKEgIn1Jks/TuEJOXfkgNI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/SVBtBi9urYA/s1600-h/DSC01652%25255B4%25255D.jpg"><img alt="DSC01652" border="0" height="229" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JFNBqBaH-ms/TuEJPaVuuXI/AAAAAAAAAmY/g9yKI5ScLLA/DSC01652_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="DSC01652" width="404" /></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">According to ancient superstition if a bride has her photo taken on The Wishing Bridge, whilst holding on to her own sign of the zodiac which decorates the side of the bridge, her wish will come true. Maybe - or maybe not but it makes a great photo opportunity.</span><br />
<a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-eZEKmuSIv8Y/TuEJQg1Y-6I/AAAAAAAAAmg/cPpw7PURO2I/s1600-h/Jaffa%252520Wishing%252520Bridge%252520%252520Courtesy%252520of%252520The%252520Old%252520Jaffa%252520Development%252520Corporation%25255B1%25255D.jpg"><img alt="Jaffa Wishing Bridge Courtesy of The Old Jaffa Development Corporation" border="0" height="304" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-4xmxpf898XQ/TuEJRa1KlUI/AAAAAAAAAmo/e6tC1n07AV8/Jaffa%252520Wishing%252520Bridge%252520%252520Courtesy%252520of%252520The%252520Old%252520Jaffa%252520Development%252520Corporation_thumb%25255B1%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="Jaffa Wishing Bridge Courtesy of The Old Jaffa Development Corporation" width="404" /></a>Ann Goldberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18000637239287501862noreply@blogger.com1