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Tag Archives: Jerusalem Oratorio Choir
The Corona Chronicles – It Ain’t Over Till It’s Over!
Well, I should have known it was too good to last, shouldn’t I? And it didn’t. Thanks to the Delta Variant, a lack of due diligence at Ben Gurion Airport and insufficient enforcement of isolation rules, the number of COVID-19 … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Music, Uncategorized
Tagged Jerusalem Oratorio Chamber Choir, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir
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The Month Of Maying
If anyone was thinking May was any less hectic than the two previous months – think again! Besides Independence Day, I had another study trip with Yad Yitzchak Ben Zvi (the last of the current season), appeared in two concerts … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Music, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Israeli elections, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir, King David, South Hebron hills, Sussiya
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April Journal – Part 2 (a.k.a. April in May)
I promised my readers a second post, describing the other events of April – or, at least, the first half of April but, as so often happens, after starting to write, I took a break for a couple of days, … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Music, Politics, Religion, Uncategorized
Tagged Alon Shvut, Israel-Gaza conflict, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir
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Fabulous February
February was scarcely less busy than the previous month – starting with a concert, continuing with an opera the very next day, then another field trip, and ending with a very special party. I will start with the concert. As … Continue reading
Catching Up
I am back! Yes, after a long period of silence, I have returned – with a brand new, powerful computer which, hopefully, won’t keep crashing and with Windows 10, which, hopefully, will allow me to post pictures without causing the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Nature, News, Photography, Tourism, Travel, Uncategorized
Tagged Israel flora and fauna, Israel tourism, Jerusalem Oratorio Choir, Karl Jenkins
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A Double Dose of Leonard Bernstein
As I mentioned in a previous post, last week my choir appeared in two concerts. On Sunday March 22nd, the massed forces of the Jerusalem Oratorio Choir and the Israel Chamber Orchestra, with soloists Daniela Skorka and Yair Polishook, opened the Jerusalem … Continue reading
Things That Made Me Sad, Things That Made Me Mad and Things That Made Me Glad
It’s going to be a mixed bag of goods this week. Since my last post, a three-month-old Jewish baby, Haya Ziessel Braun, has been murdered in Jerusalem by a “Palestinian” terrorist, who deliberately rammed his vehicle into a crowd of … Continue reading
Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem
What has the Pope got to do with the Jerusalem Oratorio Choir’s annual Gala concert which took place almost two weeks ago, and how is any of this connected to the longer-than-usual gap between posts on this blog? Well, to begin with, … Continue reading
THE VIEW FROM THE PALACE 