I sometimes think  maybe I was born in India in my former life, as I'm very fond of India-made , products such as fabrics, kitchenware...

   I usually lose things, rarely find things. That's why I remember well the only time when I found something beautiful. It was about 15...

    A young Intel. officer, a software genius,  was recently found dead in his prison cell. The details were banned from publication.  Accor...

  Much has been said and written about pharmaceutical companies and their tendency to fund  only research  that could fill their pockets, an...

  Ancestry com. (popular in North America) and My Heritage - with a smaller data (popular in Europe), started as small companies helping peo...

  You should never ever need one, but it's good to have one, just in case.  It could save lives .   Mamad (acronym for the hebrew ' ...

  We usually become aware of the above kind of silence  when  visiting cemeteries ׂ(headstones) and deserted places (stone of ruins and aban...

  Whatever we learn, or at least some of it, goes with us; it never gets completely lost.  I've realized that when visiting Moscow, a fe...

  45 people crushed to death, over 150 injured , at an overcrowded  Lag ba Omer event at Mt. Meron in northern Israel, near the city of Safe...

  Yes, there is such a thing as inner voice, I've discovered that after retiring from the workforce. It doesn't control me, but I li...

  April is usually the month when I try to shed the pounds accumulated during winter with its irresistible 'comfort food' and holida...

  Prince Philip (RIP) was a very handsome man. Appearance is important; it opens doors and hearts.   Another  handsome man  has recently bee...

  Our Passover (Pesach) is over. After a week of eating  'matzot' (unleavened bread) ,  we're back to our beloved bread, pita, t...

  It happens at all levels: individual,  family,  group,  country - one bad thing after another.  Now it's ,unfortunately, Egypt's t...

  on the rock, above the abyss I like the above picture, taken during a trip in my last year of high-school.  Me, sitting on a rock and look...