Basia Monka, at The Blogs

Basia Monka

May 17, 2018, 10:47 PM

Few days after winning Eurovision by Netta Barzilai, after the Day of Jerusalem and opening of The American Embassy in Jerusalem and the black Monday in Gaza… all in one week, I am being asked many questions about why...

Apr 17, 2018, 11:47 AM

70 years – so little and a lot. Bitter sweet, but ours

The auditorium of the Israeli Philharmonic was filled with hundreds of children, yesterday. On the special concert they were listening to music of Elgar, Tchaikovsky and Smetana, learning about the national anthems in general and learning about the way...

Mar 23, 2018, 3:07 PM

Far from my sea — An accidental walk, on the 50th anniversary of ‘March ‘68’

I walk through Warsaw like a tourist... I have been here for two weeks, almost, but all this time at the hospital with my mum. And what do I see? A pro-Israel demonstration at the Gdanski train station --...

About Me

By education, Basia Monka is a psychologist. In Poland, she has worked as a journalist, an assistant director, and a Jewish educator; In Israel, she was a travel agent and a searcher of the unknown in the future. Always, she is passionate about culture and traveling.