Books of Jewish Interest Galore  The Gladstone's Library complex is situated in the village of Hawarden, sitting in the lush Flintshire countryside a few miles from the north Wales border with Cheshire, England. The magnificent, charismatic, extensive red brick Grade 1 listed building, is home to the United Kingdom's only Prime Ministerial res...

 I feel deeply sad that my country is so split Friends and relatives from overseas are calling or emailing me, because they are so distressed about our Israel. What about those Israelis leaving Israel? My neighborhood launderette told me that in one day two of her clients, a rich man and a young man, had decided to leave Israel; and my cousin,...

My husband and I recently participated in a journey that took us, literally, in the footsteps of our parents, on the route they used to escape from Soviet-held territory after the end of World War II in Poland. The routes they and more than 250,000 other Holocaust survivors followed were set up by the Bricha, the grassroots movement that helped the...

Judy and I spent a lovely weekend in Belfast in the fall. Although there is no direct flight from Tel Aviv to Belfast, one can easily reach it on a connecting flight from London. It is well worth the effort. When someone thinks of Belfast, he thinks of the Troubles, the terrible violent conflict between the Catholics, who want Northern Ireland to b...

As a tour guide, I am constantly surprised by the personal stories of those I am guiding, often told at sites that evoke a memory or reminiscence. None more so than the one recently recounted by an old friend, Pam Trenter Moser, while I was guiding my Habonim Hachshara group's 50th reunion. We were visiting the recently opened visitor centre and me...