Monthly Archives: July 2021

I didn`t know there was a new Jewish culture wave, and neither did I know we were in what could be called `an age of confidence.` But I am delighted about the forthcoming book of that title, edited by David Benmayer and Rebecca Taylor, with a foreword by Howard Jacobson. The purpose of the book […]

I have never before written two blogs in one day, but this evening I was vaguely looking through `Whats On` and found a series recommended by The Times produced by the Israeli Lior Raz – who was in, and wrote some of Fauda. Here is what I read: “In the series, set in Tel Aviv […]

I am immersed in the reviewing and editing of my short story collection, and the experience feels like the most self-obsessed process I have ever engaged in. Each story takes me back to the place, people or feelings that prompted me to write it. If everyone put together their own short story collection, and set […]

`Do you suffer from indecision?` asked the doctor. `Well. Sometimes I do, and sometimes I don`t.` This was a joke repeated countless times by family members, during my childhood. And indeed, I sometimes did, and sometimes do still. I am coming to the end of editing my short story collection. Sometimes I look at a […]