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“I’ve been very angry with you.” Pause. “For years!” he said. And then he went quiet. Clearly, he was waiting for me to apologise. Which I...
It might have taken me some time, but I’ve made the decision to support the call for a ceasefire. As a Jew, I cannot ignore the...
It was just after the soup course this past Friday night that I was sent to my room. This was the first time in some years...
I dedicate this column to the South African and global left. This is their time of need. I acknowledge that all too often, I get so...
It’s difficult to imagine a world so devoid of challenge that I would be intrigued by a solar eclipse. It’s equally difficult to imagine a scenario...
Our “call-up papers” didn’t arrive by mail. They didn’t reach us in a phone call, or by way of a community announcement. Nor did we receive...
As much as I might be a fan of the CSO (Community Security Organisation), I’m not a fan of pilchards. Or lentils. I also avoid drinking...
A few weeks ago, I met Rabbi Doron Perez in Israel. I managed to catch up with him after he shared the experience of his family...
The Israel-Hamas war has brought me significantly closer to the Neturei Karta. It’s even possible that I have more photos of it on my phone than...
Travel stories so often involve taxi drivers. And this was no different. I must have been around six years old when my parents returned from a...
“What are you?” was the first question she was asked. University had just started, and as a first-year student, my daughter was trying to figure out...
It might sound like the start of a joke, but it’s not. What do red cars, front row seats, and lumberjacks have in common? The answer...
A few weeks after the start of the war following the 7 October Hamas attack, I heard of a “solidarity” mission to Israel. My feelings were...
The night is dark, but not too dark, so we can make out the silhouette of two men as they fight in the moonlight. They are...
I don’t want to brag, but I do consider myself “gutsy”. Gutsy as in brave, not as in flabby in the region of the stomach. I...
There’s something alluring about extreme makeovers. Home renovations; a dramatic transformation of a homeless person into a potential employee; and hairstyle and make up before-and-after posts...
I’m old enough to remember when men’s handshakes were silent. Originating sometime way back when people killed each other just because they could, the handshake was...
As a lifetime sufferer of FOMO (fear of missing out), I received the invitation with some excitement. Who, after all, wouldn’t want to attend a Tu...
My mind is made up. From today onwards, I’ll be boycotting cricket. All cricket. Even “one hand bounce” played on a Saturday afternoon in the garden....
One of my favourite children’s books is The Topsy Turvies. It’s the absurd story of Mr and Mrs Topsy-Turvy and their children, Fern and Vern, who...
World famous philosopher Dolly Parton got it right when she said, “Find out who you are, and then do it on purpose.” She might well have...
A few weeks before my wife was due to climb a mountain, she was advised by her doctor not to do so. It had something to...
I can’t be the only one who avoids eye contact with car guards. Or who lies to them as I scuttle into a shopping mall, mumbling...
The Friday night before 7 October is burned into my memory. It was the start of the final few days of Sukkot, and we spent the...
I was raised to think that the greater the criticism, the greater the expression of love. Whereas I know that in theory, this isn’t healthy or...
“Abby,” I said as patiently as I was able to, “Maybe you should think about coming home?” “Why?” was her immediate and impatient response, “There’s nothing...
According to an intersectional feminist on X, we shouldn’t be calling Gaza an “open-air prison”. No, says the she-pronoun person, because “prison” denotes criminality. And it’s...
If my parents were alive today, I would be in serious trouble. It wouldn’t be for a phone call, but they would ask me when a...
The news was slow to reach me. Whereas I don’t switch my phone off on Shabbat, I also don’t check it or use it. Which is...
There are three types of people in the world: those who close doors behind them; those who don’t; and those who make a half-hearted, insincere attempt...
I’m envious of people who know who they have offended. And who can make a phone call, have coffee, or even send a WhatsApp to apologise...
“Excuse me,” she said a little aggressively. “Are you guys going to be long?” I was confused, as although it’s not an unreasonable question – even...
A shul is judged by the ratio of tissue boxes to its members. It might be easy to think that a community is judged by the...
Spanish Football Federation regional leaders have called for the immediate resignation of President Luis Rubiales after he kissed player Jenni Hermoso on the lips. Rubiales, 46,...
When the COVID-19 pandemic ended and we returned to places of prayer, I realised that I was no longer “shul fit”. I found that I was...
I’m not qualified to write about cannabis. I have no experience with it, and have never even been tempted to give it a try. It might...
There needs to be an Idiot’s Guide to Death and Mourning. Not for the mourners necessarily, but for those who insist on making the lives of...
Although in the real world I might have done nothing wrong, the fact that my wife had had a dream that I did makes it immaterial....
I sometimes think we’re happy only when we have reason to be miserable. And that we get way too much pleasure from the tragedy of it...
You know what was great? That for one week no-one was confused about their identity. We were not asked to respect an impala who had always...
