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allonza
Dec 27, 20242 min read
039~ October 7th, 2023, reminded me of a forgotten lesson I learned in Berlin
Standing at Potsdam Platz, back in 2008, looking at the marks of where the deviding wall once parted between the poeple, made me...
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allonza
Jun 1, 20242 min read
038~Blog (H)epilogue !
That's it! I realised my slowdown. I know the war has shifted a lot of everything we did before, and new priorities have risen. But the...
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allonza
Apr 19, 20243 min read
037~ The "Big lie" is...well...a big lie 🤷♂️
I'm referring to the term "Big Lie," coined by Hitler and first mentioned (apparently) in his favourite pastime fantasy book Mein Kampf,...
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allonza
Apr 12, 20243 min read
036~ Last day in Laufersweiler
January 2024. The 4 photography workshop days have ended, yielding everything I was hoping to achieve and more! Working with a fully...
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allonza
Apr 5, 20243 min read
035 - Getting in touch with the past
Everything made this journey magical and surreal. I was leaving my lil' family behind in a pounding country, slamming Gaza with...
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allonza
Mar 29, 20243 min read
034~ The Bigger-Picture project just got bigger!
2022 I was introduced to Christof Pies, a man who has dedicated his life to uncovering and documenting the past existence of the Jewish...
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allonza
Mar 22, 20243 min read
033 ~ “We must enhance the light, not fight the darkness.” A.D. Gordon
A.D. Gordon's quote resonates deeply as I contemplate returning to my blog after enduring five months of turmoil, chaos, and horror in...
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Allon
Sep 1, 20237 min read
032~ Things I remembered to learn from Lily
Me in the Village I knew Lily was a Holocaust survivor, just as many facts and rumors circulate in small villages. I really wanted her...
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Allon
Aug 18, 20234 min read
030~ As long as in the heart within...
I can't count the times I've sung the Israeli Anthem. Gazillion, maybe? I never found it fun or uplifting... I don't think it has to be...
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Allon
Aug 11, 20234 min read
029~ Appropriation gives no Satisfaction
Casual Sidewalk Berlin 2008 Back in 2008, during my first visit to Berlin, a lot of turmoil was raging within my unsettled mind due to...
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Allon
Aug 4, 20236 min read
028~ Standing on both sides
The Wall 2008 I read 'The Nazi and the Barber' for the first time back in 1994, at the age of 21 just finishing my army service, I got my...
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Allon
Jul 28, 20235 min read
027~ Never again to us? or never again...period?
I came across Yehuda Elkana's writings in the early stages of gathering material to assist in provoking my thoughts. In his article "The...
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Allon
Jul 21, 20233 min read
026~ The big problems of today were small back then
Zygmunt Bauman, in his book "Modernity and the Holocaust," presents an interesting idea on how feelings of hate begin. On page 37, ( I...
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Allon
Jul 14, 20233 min read
025~ Revenge is a swinging Pendulum
Well, standing in front of the devastated reconstructions in Berlin has opened my ability to seek answers and realize the inevitable...
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Allon
Jul 7, 20232 min read
024~ Meaningful coincidences and second chances 🤷
In 2015, we moved to a bigger rented place. With our second child coming into our lives, we needed more space. A project that had been...
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Allon
Jun 30, 20233 min read
023~ Doda Ella or The wrong introduction to historical events
Associations on the edge of a flower bed in the fields. Babysitting "Doda Ella" (Aunty Ella) was one of the chores I dreaded the most. I...
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Allon
Jun 23, 20233 min read
022~ Hysteria is not a good working plan
While I was traveling in Germany in 2013, capturing the images I carefully planned for the journey - sketches I had prepared at home, I...
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Allon
Jun 16, 20233 min read
021~ Post delegation reflections - Comic reliefs...
I got a few opportunities to work with young students who have just come back from the visit to Poland. The kids seemed as if they have...
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Allon
Jun 9, 20232 min read
020~ Photography as an ultimate tool in workshops
One of the reasons photography is such an amazing tool, when used properly is it's amazing variety in application. For so many of us, who...
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Allon
Jun 2, 20232 min read
019~ Student Works from workshops part 2
I never know what seminar participants may come up with. I do encourage them to think with the camera and outside the box. I am a strong...
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Allon
May 26, 20233 min read
018~ Teaching Photography on Holocaust Memorial Day
In Israel, I used to teach for many years in "Gifted Children Centers." 15 years ago, on the day of the Holocaust Memorial Day, I had the...
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Allon
May 17, 20233 min read
017~ Soap Myth? or Soap Opera?
Well did they? or did they not make Jew fragrant soap? If to sum it up ...According to some evidence given in a trial held regarding this...
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Allon
May 12, 20232 min read
016~ The day I met Hitler in the Shower
The Hitler style tap for the late 70's Here are a few more associations... After a long day's work, years before I even studied...
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