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Jew Wishes On: Bevis Marks Synagogue in London
Bevis Marks Synagogue is the oldest Synagogue in England, and one that is still in use for worship. It was founded in 1698 by Sephardic Jews. Bevis Marks Synagogue is often used for weddings and other… more →
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Doss vs. Chiloni: Two Sides of the Same Shekel
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melchettmike wrote 3 weeks ago: “Too many dossim.” This is the almost universal response I have received from Tel Avivim … more →
Hendon: Just Nostalgic Illusion?
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melchettmike wrote 1 month ago: But not for long . . . Hendon-but-not-for-long This was the street sign idea I proposed, as a small … more →
Hasmo Legends XVI: 1959 School Photograph
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melchettmike wrote 1 month ago: A fortnight ago, ex-Hasmo Robert Coe (1957-1964) commented to Hasmo Legends I that he had a Hasmone … more →
Hasmo Legends XV: "Polly" Sue Schneider
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melchettmike wrote 2 months ago: It all started as a dare. It was circa 1981. I had just married into the Schneider household and was … more →
Hasmo Legends XIV: Conversations with Osher
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melchettmike wrote 2 months ago: [Followed by Osher: The Postscript (featuring melchett mike's Osher Poll)] A couple of hours after p … more →
Why I Am Not (Really) an Englishman
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melchettmike wrote 3 months ago: The most frequent question I get asked, by Israelis and non-Israelis alike, is why I moved to Israel … more →
Hasmo Legends XII: Flops, Greater and Lesser
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melchettmike wrote 4 months ago: It is something of a truism that Hasmo boys fared far better in maths and sciences than in the arts … more →
Hasmo Legends XI: "Big Al(an)" Walters
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melchettmike wrote 6 months ago: A simple exercise: Google “alan walters teacher”. If you were at Hasmonean Boys’ in the early to mid … more →
Hasmo Legends X: Mad Dogs and English Teachers
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melchettmike wrote 7 months ago: Just as the very presence of Jews in the Middle East is anathema to fundamentalist Islam, so was the … more →
Hasmo Legends VIII: A Pearcing Insight (Part II)
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melchettmike wrote 7 months ago: by Tony Pearce I ended up teaching French, German, and a couple of English classes, at Hasmonean. Ce … more →
Hasmo Legends IX: Moishe Schimmel
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melchettmike wrote 7 months ago: Allegedly . . . http://www.newsoftheworld.co.uk/showbiz/xs/270945/Madonna-dumps-Jesus-for-Moses.html … more →
Hasmo Legends VIII: A Pearcing Insight (Part I)
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melchettmike wrote 7 months ago: by Tony Pearce My encounter with Hasmonean Grammar School for Boys began in the summer of 1976. I ne … more →
Review of The Violin Lover, by Susan Glickman
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thedarkphantom wrote 8 months ago: The Violin Lover is a beautifully written novel, one that fans of violin music, as well as readers o … more →
Hasmo Legends VII: "Woody" Woodthorpe Harrison
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melchettmike wrote 8 months ago: Many Orthodox Jews entertain a genuinely held belief that all non-Jews – or “goyim”, as … more →
Hasmo Legends VI: Rabbi "Sid" Cooper – the Pinching Preacher
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melchettmike wrote 9 months ago: Ex-Brampton Grove boy, "Our 'Enry" When people talk about “Cooper, the greatest … more →
Hasmo Legends V: Back to Melchett . . . and to Me (Caribbean Trip: Week 3)
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melchettmike wrote 9 months ago: My beach reading this past week, Coming back to me, cricketer Marcus Trescothick’s frank accou … more →
Hasmo Legends IV: Sick in the Head – Mr. Chichios
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melchettmike wrote 9 months ago: “Uh-sack-sohn . . . you spastic! You sick . . . you sick in the head!” This, apparently, … more →
Hasmo Legends III: Cyril, aka Mr. Bloomberg
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melchettmike wrote 10 months ago: Arguably the greatest Hasmo Legend is the school’s former French master, Mr. Alan Bloomberg, k … more →
Hasmo Legends II: Yids vs. Yoks – The Religious Mix
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melchettmike wrote 10 months ago: Anal (or Madam), Ant (or Veggie), Bacteria Boy, Bad Back (or Cliffhanger), Banana (or Gunga), Banquo … more →
