Raphael Louis Levy

Virtually every Jew has that story. The one that explains why they are where they are and it usually is 'escaped the Nazis' (or, as the...

Prior to August 2023, despite visiting Israel on several occasions, I had never been to Tzfat (or Zefad, Safed or various other English...

This post originally appeared at The Cous Cous Diaries Yesterday's Daf (Shabbat 92b) ended with  a new Mishna which stated: מַתְנִי׳...

"You're in Buda, looking over Pest aren't you, Raphael?" - My Father Me, somewhat smugly, "No, specifically the other way round." "Oh,...

You can often pinpoint, with some ease, the moment on a trip abroad that you miss home. For my most recent trip, the subject of this...

Not many people can say that a friend of theirs co-wrote something that is doing rather well at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. My friends...

Allow me to add my voice to the presumably infinitely long list of people who describe Rome as unique. There is no better word to...

Stockholm was not, if I am honest, somewhere I saw myself visiting. No reason. I guess I just had other cities on my ever expanding wish...

Vienna, much like Prague and Odessa, is beautiful. Stunning, in fact. There is so much wonderful architecture, from palaces to libraries...

Odessa might not be quite as beautiful as Prague or Paris. It might lack the hustle and bustle of a New York or Hong Kong yet still lack...