101231 31st December 2010 Shabbat Shalom – and a happy happy new year. Gosh, this year has been like a Chinese curse…….. very interesting!!!! The events that stand out fr me – in no particular order – Former Israeli President Katsav was found guilty yesterday on two counts of rape and one of aggravated sexual…

101224 24th December 2010 Shabbat Shalom and Joyous Yuletide to all Today we have almost entirely good news which seems appropriate to the date! One piece of good news raised a huge question in my mind. Police and Secret Services both in the US and UK succeeded in finding and arresting some of those who…

101217 Friday, 17th December, 2010 Shabbat Shalom and a wonderful Advent as the Christian world joyously moves toward Christmas Festivities The United States feels that it is far from the fighting in the Middle East yet Ahmedinejads proxy is right on their doorstep and building an arsenal that should really concern the United States Government…

101210 10th December 2010 Shabbat Shalom! Todays letter will be just a little different from the usual info-mail, since I am in a strange, rather maudlin state of mind. Last week stupidity started the dreadful fire in the Carmel Forest Park, when a 14 year old from the village of Usfiya, bunked off school to…

01202 2nd December 2010 This morning the fire department of Haifa and the Carmel Forest region were informed of a forest fire which began in several separate areas, suggesting arson. They raced to prevent the fire spreading but could not succeed. The flames spread toward kibbutzim and moshavim, villages and towns all of which had…

101126 26th November 2010 Shabbat Shalom to you. We have an enormous amount of news to cover today so I will give you a precis and a link where appropriate and just a headline where not – I don’t want you getting bored!!!!! Refugees from hunger, war and oppression in Africa walk to Israel over…

101119 19th November 2010 Shabbat Shalom Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has drawn up an agreement with the United States Government to continue the building moratorium with the exclusion of Jerusalem. Jerusalem’s exclusion from the moratorium would be an enormous achievement for the Prime Minister and for Israel showing Jerusalem’s special status. The supposed “reward” for…

This is what makes us different. “I, a soldier in the Medical Corps of the Israel Defense Forces Take an oath and swear on this day To extend a helping hand to the wounded and to the sick. Whether common or distinguished, friend or foe, To each with respect I promise to bring healing and…

101112 12th November 2010 Shabbat Shalom! The 12th of November is one day after the 11th of November, which seems a somewhat banal statement until you remember the importance of the 11th of November, the day on which the Armistice was signed to signal the end of World War One – the Great War, the…

101105 5th November 2010 Remember, remember the fifth of November, Gunpowder treason and plot So the childrens song goes to remember Guy Fawkes gunpowder plot to blow up the Houses of Parliament on the 5th of November 1605 and the failed plot to bring the Catholics back into power. The world hasn’t changed much, bombs…