130808 8th August 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. We are back home with amazing stories from our travels. The first thing I opened upon my return was this quote from author and academic John Ronald ReuelTolkien, sent by Gerald Gaffin, Tolkien was asked by a German if he was Jewish. His response….. “If I am to understand…

130801 1st August 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends – Shabbat Shalom from Ohrid in Macedonia!!!!! I am really out of touch with what is happening in Israel, other than the obvious. We sadly missed the closing ceremony of the Maccabiah after a truly impressive games. Fine athletes in many fields, some surprises some disappointments, lots…

130726 26th July 2013 Shabbat Shalom lovely people! This has been a week of good news in the birth of a future King of the United Kingdom and Commonwealth – and of disconcerting news as Europe decided to blacklist the military arm of Hezb-Allah but not the “political” arm which in fact is Nasrallah and all…

130726 23rd July 2013. Hello dear friends. I decided to send you a special report because it is so important. It is relevant to the Maccabiah although not directly. Nothing tragic has happened and we are enjoying every moment of the Maccabiah Family – indeed we are about to leave for Kfar Maccabiah and the presentation…

130719 19th July 2013 Shabbat Shalom everyone!!! I decided to give you a very little news and a great deal of Maccabiah!!!!! Former Minister Danny Ayalon explains the arrest of a 5 year old last week in Hebron that hit the headlines all over the world. The facts. The soldiers did not separate the parents and…

130711 11th July 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well. We have a many news stories today, but I promise you many of them are positive although the media would have us believe it is all bad! As always I will start with the bad news, for which I will give…

130705 5th July 2013 Dear lovely friends, I hope that those among you that hail from the United States had a wonderful July 4th . Happy birthday Uncle Sam! I have often wondered how many people understand that relevance of that holiday to today and todays problems. People who fled religious persecution and found a home in…

130628 28th June 2013 Shabbat Shalom to everyone. Summer has seriously arrived with the usual searing hot days and wonderful cool Jerusalem nights. The Presidential Conference has been and gone, with all the usual lauding and complaints depending upon which side of the political divide one sits. We have actually been in a whirlwind of visitors,…

130621 21st June 2013 Shabbat Shalom to you dear friends This has been an incredible week for Israel, an amazing week for Jerusalem and a celebration for President Peres. He is 90 years old in August and the Presidential Conference this year was dedicated to his birthday. Not many nonogenarian Presidents in the world eh? Sharon…

130614 14th June 2013 Shabbat Shalom! I hope this missive finds you well. Isn’t it strange how history is re-written? The songs and love-beads of the sixties belie the truth that there were violent demonstrations which brought about enormous changes. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr were assassinated and university campuses were cauldrons of change.…