Tip of the Tongue

The Karmiel Dance Festival has come and gone. I was able to attend two performances, one being a potpourri of international troupes, w...

My wife and I hosted a group of translators and editors at our house this last week. Some seven colleagues travelled to Karmiel for an eve...

Dance is a form of expression reflecting the culture, value and symbols of its genre(s).   My home town, Karmiel, Israel, is blessed to ho...

This Rosh Hashana, the train arrived. I mean that the line between my home town, Karmiel, finally opened after many years of work, includin...

Festivals are very important for the life and identity of small towns. They provide exciting, around the clock life to quiet and staid vill...

Last Saturday, my wife and I went to a concert of French chansons in Karmiel arranged by the local French society. The singer, Brigitte Hav...

I have chosen to live in the quiet north of Israel, affectionately called the "periphery" by official sources, for many reasons. ...

To begin, I was a classic “wandering Jew”.  My relatives from at least two generations took their legs and immigrated to a different countr...

I have lived for almost 30 years in Karmiel in the Galilee. A recent shopping trip brought into focus a major change in the area: it is bec...

Reality in the Middle East is either much simpler or complex than it appears.  Seemingly clear reality often becomes quite blurred when you...

Part of the Israeli experience, unfortunately, is the going through these overly frequent periods of mass military operations as a civilian...

I am a resident of the Galilee, the part of Israeli north of the (relatively) crowded center of the country and southwest of the Golan Hei...