“Our long national nightmare is finally over.” Those were the words spoken by Gerald Ford as he took office following Richard Nixon’s resignation, almost forty years ago. He was, of...
Author - Gil
The New Cinema City Jerusalem and Two Movie Reviews: Makom Be...
I remember when I was eighteen and a student in Jerusalem, there were no fewer than ten different movies to see at any time in the downtown area, including at the five theater Orion, fifteen if you...
Sid Caeser Alav Hashalom
This is dedicated to my Dad who made sure that I grew up knowing about Sid Caesar. Where to begin to talk about Sid Caesar? Not knowing is why it has taken me a month since his death to write about...
Hashgacha Pratit: Part II
This is a follow up to my previous posting about Hasgacha Pratit. If you haven’t already, you should read that one before this. On Monday night March 3d Hasgacha Pratit – private kosher...
Is Putin Repeating the Mistakes of the Past in Ukraine
I know that what is happening now in the Crimea is not a Jewish related topic, but this situation is so patently absurd that I just had to say something about it. If David wants to he can remove this...
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service, by...
Mossad: The Greatest Missions of the Israeli Secret Service, by Michael Bar Zohar and Nissim Mishal, 388 pages, Harper Collins Books 2012. I know that this book is already two years old, but I only...