Adrian J. Boas
On a Place of Endless Violence
The black Golan shimmers in late spring heat. The hills are already tawny and spotted with stunted trees like a hyena's hide. Far to the...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Jun 1, 2020
- 4 min
On the Use and Abuse of Written Words
This post is dedicated to my son Amir on his wedding day Arborglyphs, dendroglyphs and,silvaglyphs - three terms for words and symbols...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 28, 2020
- 3 min
On Overcoming Obstacles
I live in a walled city but outside the city wall. It is just about a five-minute walk from my house to the main city gate. Until a...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 25, 2020
- 5 min
On a Much Disturbed Place of Rest
The grass in the cemetery is knee high and has already turned to white gold. Above the black trunks of carob trees and peppercorns, in...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 21, 2020
- 2 min
On Appreciation of the Elbow
The elbow is one of the quirkier parts of the human anatomy. It is useful but somewhat grotesque, rather like the ear. It is difficult to...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 18, 2020
- 3 min
On Restoring... or Not
Late last year I received, with no great delight but without any deep despondency, a small, plastic, credit card-sized authorisation of...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 15, 2020
- 3 min
On Hattin. An Album
You cannot go to Hattin and come away feeling indifferent. It is like a vast stage setting. Perhaps you needs to know something of the...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 11, 2020
- 5 min
On the Inconsequence of Size
What is it about small things that captivates us? In some ways it is quite the same as what fascinates us about large things. On recently...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 8, 2020
- 4 min
On Unfulfilled Potential
When a person dies, it hardly matters at what age or under what circumstances, there is almost always a sense of the incomplete. What...
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Adrian J. Boas
- May 3, 2020
- 4 min
On Industrial Espionage
Operation Shady RAT is the name given to a series of cyber espionage attacks widely assumed to have been carried out by the People's...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 29, 2020
- 4 min
On Celebrating National Days
Today Israel celebrates its Independence Day. The fifth of Iyar in the Hebrew calendar, which in 1948 fell on 14 May, was the day on...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 27, 2020
- 4 min
On a Bridge over Troubled Water
On re-reading Orwell's Homage to Catalonia, I came across this sentence: "We were near the front line now, near enough to smell the...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
On a Colourful Industry
Enter Jaffa Gate, walk straight down and turn left into Christian Street, and there among the shops and stalls is one selling cloths:...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 20, 2020
- 4 min
On Imposing Restrictions
In an effort to save lives in the current health crisis many countries have introduced lockdowns, closing schools, most businesses and...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 17, 2020
- 4 min
On Digging into the Past
Book titles can sometimes be a source of confusion. The title of the first book I wrote, "Crusader Archaeology", might be misleading,...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 13, 2020
- 4 min
On the Difficulties of Decision-Making
Politicians who have made the attainment of leadership their lifework make bold statements of how they will conduct the country when they...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 10, 2020
- 4 min
On Recreation and Predation
You know how some things are etched as if by a red-hot brand into your memory, and when little else can be recalled there is some sound,...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 6, 2020
- 3 min
On Names Again
I was born at Windermere, a name that conjures up broad windswept vistas, farmlands, holiday villages and a majestic lake. But my...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Apr 2, 2020
- 3 min
On the Importance of Asking Questions
I once knew a fellow; all of us know someone like him; who, whenever he was asked anything inevitably knew the answer, or believed he...
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Adrian J. Boas
- Mar 30, 2020
- 4 min
On Getting One’s Priorities Right
In the Gulf War between the coalition led by the United States and Saddam Hussein's Iraq, when Israel was in the firing line, people here...
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