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Allon

Aug 25, 2023
6 min

031~ Lily

I was lucky to re-encounter a first-hand Holocaust survivor during my adult dive into Holocaust studies. She had a tattooed number on her...

Allon

Aug 18, 2023
4 min

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...

029~ Appropriation gives no Satisfaction

Allon

Aug 11, 2023
4 min

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...

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...

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...

023~ Doda Ella or The wrong introduction to historical events

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...

022~ Hysteria is not a good working plan

Allon

Jun 23, 2023
3 min

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...

021~ Post delegation reflections - Comic reliefs...

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...

020~ Photography as an ultimate tool in workshops

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...

018~ Teaching Photography on Holocaust Memorial Day

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...

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...

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...

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...

014~ It Ain't Bridging if you cross sides

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...

013~ A fluid, interactive Vs. solid one- directional memory (Part 3)

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...

012~ Subtle differences in the sculptures tell more than meets the eye...(Part 2)

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...

011~ The Difference between the 'identical' Monument is key (Part 1)

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:...

010~ My next Image is just one big misunderstanding!

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...

009~ Only a Ginger can call another Ginger- Ginger

Allon

Mar 24, 2023
4 min

009~ Only a Ginger can call another Ginger- Ginger

Well... I'm in this too deep now, and I want to share another dumb one-liner - a stupid, misunderstood word that I remember haunting me...

007~ Gas...the answers were blowing in the wind

Allon

Mar 10, 2023
3 min

007~ Gas...the answers were blowing in the wind

When I visited the USA for the first time at the age of 21, I had an icon I needed to see, which for me symbolized the United States! Not...

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