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 4, 2023
- 6 min
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, 2023
- 5 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
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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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 3 min
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, 2023
- 2 min
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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Allon
- May 5, 2023
- 3 min
015~ Personal Aftermaths
I met Inge through Claudia, whom I got to know while working as a photography instructor with gifted children. Claudia was well-informed...
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Allon
- Apr 28, 2023
- 7 min
014~ It Ain't Bridging if you cross sides
Back in 2010, as I was advancing slowly but surely with the attempts to make sense of it all and still suppressing the idea of sharing my...
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Allon
- Apr 22, 2023
- 4 min
013~ A fluid, interactive Vs. solid one- directional memory (Part 3)
As I mentioned in my earlier post, my visit to the Yad Vashem memorial "replica" provoked a moment of realization. The discovery of the...
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Allon
- Apr 14, 2023
- 2 min
012~ Subtle differences in the sculptures tell more than meets the eye...(Part 2)
Continuing the thoughts regarding the differences between the two sculptures that I began last week, I wish to continue. According to the...
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Allon
- Apr 7, 2023
- 1 min
011~ The Difference between the 'identical' Monument is key (Part 1)
The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, by Natan Rapoport, commemorating the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, is placed in two locations:...
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Allon
- Mar 31, 2023
- 2 min
010~ My next Image is just one big misunderstanding!
I started thinking back to see how far I can remember any of those 100% unquestionable facts that 'helped' shape my biased perception...
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