THE JOYS OF CHUTZPAH
Our Man in Tel-Aviv is Sylvain Ubersfeld whose columns appear in these pages intermittently, when he gets a chance to jot down his...
ERCAN
As an offline operation Manager during late 70’s for Seaboard World Airlines, the medium sized New-York based cargo airline, I had...
CLOCK TOWER
(Amongst well known Paris landmarks is the Gare de Lyon, one of the long-distance train station. Its huge clock tower can be seen from...
WOOD AND CANVAS
1957 The new country house is located about 45 miles east of Paris. We have a privileged life and love this week-end shelter-like place....
FISHNET STOCKINGS AND FEDORAS
1965 When the time comes (and it often does) to violate the rules of school attendance, I jump on bus 68 running from Porte d’Orléans to...
JAFFA,GATE TO THE SEA
He who says that Israel is the private property of one given cultural group is wrong. I say that loud and clear, even if the risk of...
DER MENSCH
In the Ashkenazi culture, Yiddish, the language used by the East-European Jewish diaspora is full of unique expressions or words which,...
DIFFERENT FOLKS,DIFFERENT STROKES
Note : I am still extremely thankful to life and to Federal Express Corporation for having been priviledged enough to live in Israël four...
JOYS OF TENANCY
(2007, Israël. This story and some others appeared in Just Above Sunset, a Los Angeles based webzine) When I signed the lease for my...
BEACH BUMMING AT CHINKY'S
(Tel-Aviv, June 13th 2006) Until I moved from Ramat-Aviv to the south of the city I had to face the ordeal of driving in the traffic to...
