The best festival in the Jewish calendar is Chanukah. No arguments, no challenges, no nuffink, its the best. It’s the ‘festival of light’ and celebrates a miracle. When Judah Maccabee fought off the Romans/Greeks/Babylonians/Real Madrid and saved Jerusalem and the Temple. But there was only enough oil to keep the ‘eternal flame’ alight for one – Read More-
It’s life, Jim, but not as we know it. That could apply to so many things which refer, allude or typify how the world has changed. Driverless cars, video phone calls, V-A-fucking-R. And, of course, political correctness. And yet it seems that being politically correct is just not enough. It is pathetically insufficient, if you’re – Read More-
Next Christmas I think I’m going to go to England for my holiday. The weather’s lovely, this time of year. Bright and sunny. Don’t care about ‘hot’. Just ‘dry’. So I’m going to see if I can fly there on my airmiles, otherwise we can’t book it. Should I check flights to Europe, or non-Europe? – Read More-
So the weather in Tel Aviv hasn’t been the best. In fact, what’s the opposite of ‘best’? Probably raining so fucking hard, so fucking often that the drains can’t cope, the roads flood and the Israelis all stay in because they don’t understand the concept. Maybe they’re the clever ones. We go out. We get – Read More-
I’ve just seen it. The last ‘ever’ Star Wars. And I’m still crying. Mainly with laughter but also because it’ll never grace our screens again. And in case you haven’t had the thrill, the joy, the moment in your life yet, I promise no spoilers. Because you can’t spoil this film. Everyone whose ever died – Read More-
We went on a walking tour. Of Jaffa. Where they don’t got no oranges, cos its so small and compact and squashed together that there’s just no room to grow their most famous product. But Jaffa can trace its history back 4,500 years, which is a bit special, and is mentioned not once but twice – Read More-
So what do you do in Tel Aviv when its not just raining but when there’s a full-on, biblically proportioned storm of rain, wind, thunder and God seems somewhat displeased that we’ve left the prayerful environs of Jerusalem to enter the more Sodom and Gomorrah play-zone that is Tel Aviv? So what do you do? – Read More-
So we started in the Galilee, an auspicious start because we missed a turn and overshot by not much more than 50kms or thereabouts, not tooooo bad. And then the tour moved down to Jerusalem. So we could continue to hassle the Canadians because they don’t deserve peace on this world. They need to be – Read More-
When we drove down to Jerusalem from the Sea of Galilee, you’re basically following the River Jordan all the way down. And thus the Jordanian border. Which is fine. I been to Jordan, its all cool. But then you realise that if Jordan’s on your right, that funny kind’a checkpoint thingy that you just kind’a – Read More-
Do you know what a barmitzvah is? Yeah, its a kind of ‘confirmation’, its a religious ceremony, its the passage of a ‘boy’ to a ‘man’ in the eyes of whatever God you happen to believe in. And as barmitzvah’s are fairly exclusive to Jewish people, that’s ‘our’ God which counts here. And as a – Read More-