30th March 2002 – 30th March 2009 There are moments in time which are burned deeply into my memory; times of great loss alongside times of great joy, somehow interlinked. Of all those experiences there is one which stands out, alone in its enormity – the night of March 30th 2002. Driving back from a…

31st December 2009. Shabbat Shalom to you all – Shabbat Shalom and a fulfilling 2010 Personally I am quite relieved to see the 00’s behind us and ready to turn over a new page and leap into the 10’s!! SMS/text messages, Skype, Facebook and Twitter, Webcams allowed me read bedtime stories to my grandchildren overseas…

091224 24th December 2009. Shabbat Shalom, and a truly wonderful Festive Christmas Season of joy and love. I don’t intend depressing anyone this Festive week but have to address two subjects. This is the link to my “No Room at the Inn” letter concerning the plight of Christians in the Palestinian Authority http://shabbatshalom-theviewfrommyveranda.blogspot.com/ We can’t…

Christmas is a time of joy and celebration for Christians around the world. The paradox is that for Christians in Bethlehem it is far from joyous – it is a life of fear and desperation. 22nd December 2009. No room at the Inn? Public disregard for the situation of Christians in the PA is a…

17th December, 2009. Shabbat Shalom and Chag Orim Sameach Today’s letter will be rather long but the information it carries is essential so please bear with me. Due to an aberration in British Law, intended to protect and sustain the rule of justice, Former Deputy Prime Minister Livni, or for that matter any Israeli Minister…

Dear Lovely Friends I thought I would drop you all a line from London where I am with my wonderful children and their children out in the greenest of green parts of London. The constant rain ensures the lush pastures even though the dampness seeps into ones bones – especially mine since I am not…

091202 2nd December 2009. Shabbat Shalom is coming early this week since I am off to visit my London grandchildren tomorrow at the crack of dawn. I spend one week immersed in them and rarely see anyone else or do anything else and am happy, satisfied and loved! David Ben Gurion was a founding father,…

091127 Friday, November 27th 2009. Shabbat Shalom and to all my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving, commemorating a time when Christians were persecuted, founded a nation and “settlers” was not a dirty word. I want to write a different Shabbat Shalom letter today. Of course I will give you the news…

091119 19th November 2009. Shabbat Shalom This week I was angry. Not the anger that one feels toward those whose hatred is overt but rather the anger one feels toward those who claim undying friendship yet fail to deal an even hand. Let me describe the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Gilo for you. White stepped buildings…

091119 19th November 2009. Shabbat Shalom This week I was angry. Not the anger that one feels toward those whose hatred is overt but rather the anger one feels toward those who claim undying friendship yet fail to deal an even hand. Let me describe the Jerusalem neighbourhood of Gilo for you. White stepped buildings…