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OyVaGoy on Ynet

I have an op-ed on the Israeli news website Ynet today. You can read it here. Welcome to those who are visiting this blog for the first time. You can read the background to why I post about Israel here (and there’s a kind of postscript to that here.) Happy week, everyone. Follow me on [...]

Am goyim chai

Someone wrote to me earlier to say that when I don’t post for a week she assumes I’ve died. I can report that, unless I’ve grossly misread the situation, I am alive and well. I have been busy, though. We went to Longleat Safari Park the other day and had a wonderful time looking at [...]

Introducing ‘Chaz The Spazz’

If a blog can make me laugh, I love it. If a blog has a snappy title and an original theme, I love it. If it can open my eyes about a topic I don’t know a lot about, I love it. Ergo, I love my friend Charley’s blog, which is entitled Chaz The Spazz. [...]

64 not out

Mazal tov, Israel. Mazal tov, Israelis.

The missing part of the jigsaw

This is my latest column for the Jewish Chronicle I never told you the one about how a Christian/Hindu cult helped me love Israel and Judaism, did I? As a non-Jew who proudly supports Zionism and is fascinated by Judaism, particularly the mystical and Hasidic traditions, I am often asked how I came to feel [...]

Inspired by Israel: how could I not be?

Watch out Superman!

I've been muchly informed, inspired and entertained by the blog of Alex Samuels, a student who has compellingly documented his battle with cancer. Alex is a brave guy and a witty writer. His posts about his treatment include witty asides like "Thank God for radiation!" and "Superman, watch out!" Even the headlines for his posts [...]

Anne Frank tree to sprout at Yad Vashem

Shoots from a chestnut tree that Anne Frank wrote about in her famous diary are to be planted at Yad Vashem on Monday.  Read more here. (For a photo from Gilad Shalit's recent visit to Yad Vashem click here.)

The weekend of the good guys

Arsenal win again while Spurs continue to flounder. Simon Cowell's Britain's Got Talent rightly thrashes the BBC's hellishly stuffy The Voice in the viewing figures. One Direction make history as the first British band to debut at number one in the American album charts. Tom Daley wins two medals in the diving World Series. Meanwhile, [...]

Gilad Shalit visits Yad Vashem

Gilad Shalit recently visited Yad Vashem, Israel's official memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.