Category Archives: Autobiography/biography

A Most Extraordinary, Ordinary Man

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

This is the post I have been putting off writing for the past two months – the hardest post I have ever yet had to write, or expect ever to write.My father’s obituary. Abba passed away on the evening of … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – A Nostalgia Trip

Posted on July 29, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

Today is a double anniversary. Forty-seven years ago today, on the 29th of July 1974, I came on aliyah – that is to say, I came home to Israel. Thirty-two years later, on the 29th of July 2006, I started … Continue reading →

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Memories (Real – or Imagined)

Posted on August 29, 2019 by Shimona from the Palace

80 years ago today, on the 29th of August 1939, the SS Warszawa sailed up the Thames estuary, and docked in the Port of London. On board were about 70 Jewish refugee children, who had sailed just four days earlier … Continue reading →

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