Category Archives: history

O lectura socanta (Carte: Horia Bozdoghina – Antisemitismul lui A.C.Cuza in politica romaneasca)

Posted on May 19, 2013 by admin

Marturisesc ca am fost socat in multe momente ale lecturii cartii istoricului clujean Horia Bozdoghina ‘Antisemitismul lui A.C.Cuza in politica romaneasca’ aparuta la Editura Curtea Veche in colectia ‘Istorie si politica’. Istoria antisemitismului romanesc este departe de a-mi fi straina, … Continue reading →

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TV Series – The Borgias (first season – 2011)

Posted on July 15, 2011 by admin

I like a lot some of the previous work of Neil Jordan. ‘Mona Lisa’ and ‘The Crying Game’ were superb films, two of the best I have seen in the 80s and in the 90s. My problem with the prolific … Continue reading →

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The Black Pharaohs

Posted on July 11, 2011 by admin

A new country is born – South Sudan. A painful birth after many years of savage war, atrocities and indifference of the international community. By coincidence I fell these days upon an articled published three years ago in National Geographic … Continue reading →

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Tezele din Iulie – 40 de ani

Posted on July 5, 2011 by admin

Era in ultima mea vacanta mare de licean, intre clasa a 11-a si a 12-a.In sala de sport de la subsolul liceului Sfantul Sava reusisesm sa convingem directiunea liceului sa permita organizarea unei discoteci, folosind faptul ca baiatul directoarei liceului … Continue reading →

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Gica Manescu – Pogromul de la Iasi

Posted on June 29, 2011 by admin

Se implinesc in aceste zile 70 de ani de la unele dintre cele mai tragice evenimente din istoria Romaniei – pogromul de la Iasi urmat de cumplitul ‘tren al mortii’, evenimente in care si-au pierdut viata mii de evrei. Gica … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday, Israel!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by admin

As the Memorial Day draws to its end and Israel enters the celebrations of Independence Day, the national anthem ‘Hatikvah’ (The Hope) marks as each year the moment of passage. I do not hide, it may be the song I … Continue reading →

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Muzee si expozitii in Bucuresti

Posted on April 25, 2011 by admin

Din recentul nostru periplu bucurestean nu puteau sa lipseasca vizitele in muzee si salile de expozitii. Din pacate am ratat la milimetru doua expozitii care s-au inchis exact in ziua sosirii noastre. Si totusi am reusit sa vedem cateva lucruri … Continue reading →

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Trenul credintei

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

After writing yesterday about the Eretz Israel exhibition about the First Governor of Jerusalem, I was asked about my article on the Hejaz train exhibition. I looked back in my archives and I discovered that it was written a few … Continue reading →

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Sir Ronald Storrs – The First Governor of Jerusalem

Posted on March 9, 2011 by admin

The Eretz Israel Museum in Tel Aviv has a great tradition of exceptional historic exhibitions, based on photography and documents that bring back important and sometimes forgotten episodes from the history of the Land of Israel before and after the … Continue reading →

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Book: Steve Berry – The Romanov Prophecy

Posted on February 21, 2011 by admin

From time to time I am getting back to the kind of books that I loved to read when I was a kid and a teenager, and actually I never stopped loving them. Action books with historic background or even … Continue reading →

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