ate vegter… 2490 Kibbutz volunteers 28 mrt 202228 mrt 2022 It's a beautiful Sunday and Lief goes for a walk with friends and I watch the last remnants of the British miniseries Manhunt. When I switch back to TV, I…
ate vegter… 2426 The Dead Sea 25 jan 2022 On Sunday I happened to see a documentary about the Dead Sea. The Dead Sea, where mister Zoutewelle, head of the Petra School, drowned in 1973 and in which I…
ate vegter… 2183 Shavuot 30 mei 202130 mei 2021 I've been living and working in the kibbutz for about seven weeks now. Just as long as the period between Easter and Pentecost and just as long as the time…
ate vegter… 2182 Het Wekenfeest – Shavuot 30 mei 20213 jun 2022 Ik woon en werk nu al zo’n zeven weken in de kibboets. Net zo lang als de periode tussen Pasen en Pinksteren en net zo lang als de tijd tussen…
ate vegter… 2135 The Japhet Bank 14 apr 2021 It is a beautiful time in the kibbutz and we enjoy it very much. In the beginning it is a bit uncomfortable, but soon we get used to the rhythm…
Bijbel… 2131 Potok and Shtisel 11 apr 2021 It may be a coincidence, but I'm currently reading Chaim Potok's Wanderings, while also watching the Shtisel series. Potok tells in Wanderings about the history of the Jewish people, where…
column… 2123 הוא לא כאן 4 apr 2021 זה חג הפסחא ואני נזכר בישראל. הכאב המתוק של עבר רחוק. סבלו של ישו אינו מסתיים בצלב אלא ממשיך לקבר הריק. אני צופה בזה עם כמה מתנדבים אחרים מקיבוץ…
Bijbel… 2108 Meir Shalev – Two She-Bears 23 mrt 202123 mrt 2021 Usually I feel relieved when I finish another book. Relieved and orphaned, lonely, free, but homeless. The time to the next book must be bridged. Even after reading Two she-bears,…
column… 1991 Happiness is the way to the top 4 dec 20204 dec 2020 We all get a job in the kibbutz and I have to work in the garden, together with Henk; Weeding, mowing, pruning and then taking all rubbish with the tractor…
column… 1987 Dark side of the moon 1 dec 2020 It has been morning and it has become noon. The last hot day. There is nothing more to do than surrender to the lingering warmth of the slow afternoon. I'm…
column… 1978 The Kibbutz 23 nov 202023 nov 2020 On February 25, 1977 I was given Small Leave in anticipation of Long Leave. That meant my service was over. I had handed in my gas mask and my weapon,…
column… 1977 De Kibboets 23 nov 202023 nov 2020 Op 25 februari 1977 kreeg ik Klein Verlof in afwachting van Groot Verlof. Dat betekende dat mijn diensttijd erop zat. Ik had mijn gasmasker en mijn wapen, een Uzi, ingeleverd…
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