Category Archives: Music

Music Matters

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

Next week is Purim. Those of you familiar with the Biblical story will recall that this most joyful festival commemorates the salvation of the Jews from the machinations of the wicked Haman, who sought to annihilate the entire Jewish People. … Continue reading →

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Music, Masada and the Weight of History

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Shimona from the Palace

I have so much to tell, I really don’t know where to begin. Should I write about the IDF’s daring and heroic rescue of two of the Israeli hostages held in Gaza, last month? The deadly terrorist shooting attack the … Continue reading →

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Music in the Desert

Posted on December 27, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

Bombarded as I am – as we all are – by news reports from all sides, I am often so angry, I burn to write and share my feelings with readers of this blog. For example, I promised to write … Continue reading →

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Looking for a Light in the Darkness

Posted on December 7, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

This evening is the first night of Hanukkah, the 8-day Jewish festival which celebrates the victory of the Maccabees over the occupying Greco-Syrian army and the Miracle of the Oil which, though sufficient for one day only, burned for 8 … Continue reading →

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Getting Up To Speed

Posted on July 10, 2023 by Shimona from the Palace

Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea culpa. I have fallen so very much behind in my reporting. I had meant to post here about my last two Biblical archaeology field trips – to Beth El and Shiloh in May, and to … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Back To Business

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

I spoke too soon. COVID-19 is still with us, now mostly in the form of the latest variant, BA-5.The Ministry of Health dashboard, last updated at 11.06 this morning, gives the Transmission Rate (R) as 1.37 although on the morning … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Looking For The Logic

Posted on February 17, 2022 by Shimona from the Palace

On the news this morning, I heard that the government is planning on scrapping most of the remaining COVID restrictions – this, despite the fact that there are still about 20,000 new confirmed cases daily – which is, admittedly, a … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Psalms

Posted on December 9, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

The Omicron Variant is here – but, fortunately, it has not put a damper on the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra’s Hallelujah Festival which opened last Thursday (December 2nd) in the Henry Crown auditorium with the Israeli premiere of the oratorio Zabur … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – On Not Losing Hope

Posted on November 18, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

Those of you who have been following my blog closely over the past year and a half, will no doubt have noticed my changing attitude to the current pandemic and, more specifically, to the much vaunted Pfizer (and other) vaccines… … Continue reading →

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The Corona Chronicles – Around the World in (Approximately) Fifty Minutes

Posted on October 7, 2021 by Shimona from the Palace

This week saw the culmination of a musical project which has been occupying my evenings this past summer. It all began in July, when Ziva, one of the members of the Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir, to which I also belong, … Continue reading →

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