I'm taking a break from blogging to welcome our High Holidays : New Year (Rosh Hashanah), The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur). These are...

  The above idiom means that everyone gets eventually a chance to be successful at something,  sometimes, in his/her life. The phrase even a...

S tarting with May next year, there will be some new visa regulations for  those who intend to visit countries of the E uropean Union. There...

  It once used to be solely a matter of raising the salary, with or without a preceding strike. Not anymore. Workers have additional (justif...

  The other day, I had to  do a few things in a neighboring town. Before returning home, I took a stroll along its main street. My eyes caug...

There are certain people among us (fortunetellers, magicians, illusionists, mentalists)  who claim to have special powers. Many years ago, o...

  Henna plant powder does a lot of good to women's hair and scalp. To be effective, it has to be applied at least once in 1-2 months. I...

I never get tired of listening to Leonard Cohen's song 'Dancing to the end of Love', and viewing the various Youtube videos pres...

There are people  among us with known allergies to various food components. Eating out means gambling with life for these people. Yet, they...

  'Can't live with them; can't live without them'. Men say that about women, women say that about men, siblings and cousins ...

  The   90+ year old age actors who're still on the stage are a wonder. Being able to memorize the lines and moving according to the scr...

main building The prestigious school of contemporary music 'Rimon' is a ray of light in my neighborhood. ('Rimon' is the heb...

  At the beginning of March, I ordered a small parcel from an american supplier. I got it on the 15th of June!! A month after the order and ...

  During summer, we might see some uninvited visitors in the house: ants, cockroaches, mosquitos (small flies). As I don't like to use c...

  By the time we enter the third and last phase in life (over 60), we should have learnt  to deal with temptations coming from our encounter...