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...

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...

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...

I came across Yehuda Elkana's writings in the early stages of gathering material to assist in provoking my thoughts. In his article "The...

Zygmunt Bauman, in his book "Modernity and the Holocaust," presents an interesting idea on how feelings of hate begin. On page 37, ( I...

Well, standing in front of the devastated reconstructions in Berlin has opened my ability to seek answers and realize the inevitable...

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...

While I was traveling in Germany in 2013, capturing the images I carefully planned for the journey - sketches I had prepared at home, I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I met Inge through Claudia, whom I got to know while working as a photography instructor with gifted children. Claudia was well-informed...

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...

As I mentioned in my earlier post, my visit to the Yad Vashem memorial "replica" provoked a moment of realization. The discovery of the...

Continuing the thoughts regarding the differences between the two sculptures that I began last week, I wish to continue. According to the...

The Monument to the Ghetto Heroes, by Natan Rapoport, commemorating the Jewish uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, is placed in two locations:...

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...

Olympic Stadium 2008 Lomography Back in 2008, Neta and I decided to go and check out the Olympic Stadium, where all those Leni...

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...