Personal Stories

  • She was so beautiful. Fate brought us together in business class on a long flight from Israel to Newark. I boarded the plane, took my seat and wondered who was going to sit near me on this long flight. An interesting person can make it feel shorter. She appeared like a queen. As she went…

  • July 2021′′A beautiful story does not have to be historical truth; the beauty of the legend is in the message that it implies. Nevertheless, the beauty of a legend is the historical possibility of its existence. If you will: Believe that it was exactly like this. But there is also the possibility of ′′there is…

  • In life it rarely happens that you have a moment where everything clears up and creates a combination of soul and matter in a reality that seemed complicated until that moment. I had a moment like that and today, many years later, I remember it clearly. I’d like to share with you the feeling I…

  • Suddenly Heaven’s Lights Went Out Sometimes the darkness after evening twilight can be surprising. To Joe and me, to the two of us together, it happened twice. I first met Joe while I was busy with the first boat I purchased. The boat arrived at the marina on a trailer and was placed on the…

  • “You have lymphoma tumors in your abdominal cavity.” For a moment the blood left me like a wave returning from the coast to the sea. I was wondering, how this trouble picked me as its partner? How much time is left? How much further life is there? This was early Saturday morning. The whole story…