161020 20th October 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom, Moadim le simcha, Chag Sameach, Holy Tabernacles. Succot is on her way out and Simchat Torah is getting nearer. Our Succah this year is spectacular, I decided to have curtains on the side which faces the view so that we can hold them back and see…

161014 14th October 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope that Yom Kippur passed easily, a day of reflection and of true determination to do better this year. I looked for synonyms for atonement but they all seem rather harsh, even penance is not quite the same, perhaps because our all-encompassing determination to be a better…

161006 5th October 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear Friends – did you know that today is International Smile Day? I am sure that the people of the Caribbean Islands, Georgia and Florida are not smiling as yet another storm hits. Who said that it is paradise on earth in the Bahamas – right now it is closer…

161002 2nd October 2016 Rosh Hashana 5777 Yes 5,777 years of Jewish tradition Shana Tova! We wish you a year of peace, love and fulfillment. We wish the world a year of tolerance and forgiveness and most of all the recognition that we have harmed others, even without ill intent, and need to be forgiven. This…

160928 28th September 2016 Shalom dear friends, Shimon Peres 1923-2016 ברוך דיין אמת At 07:00 this morning Israel awoke to the news that Shimon Peres had passed away. Despite his 93 years it came as a surprise, after all Shimon Peres was as spritely and alert as ever, wasn’t he? Szymon Perski born on August…

160923 23rd September 2016 Shabbat Shalom to all of you dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem. I’m sorry that I am running late, I really intended writing on time but…… well the truth is that I very efficiently prepared everything before heading off to get Talia and Ayala from school; I set the Shabbat table for…

160916 16th September 2016 Shabbat shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from rainy London. It has been glorious weather both here and in Wales, but today is raining cats and dogs and I love it! I don’t need to come to the UK for temperatures of 30 degrees C! This has been a truly wonderful trip, but…

160909 9th September 2016 Shabbat Shalom from Cardiff, Wales! Actually in Welsh it would be Saboth da! I am in the UK visiting my family, the Welsh and English parts……………. and loving every moment. Would you believe that by the time I get home I will have flown my 20th flight this year!!!!! I have…

160902 2nd September 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem. Gosh it is wonderful to wake up on a Friday morning to the sunrise over this city and hear the clatter of pots and pans as the cooking begins. Men and women bring the traditional dishes of their dispersion and prepare them to celebrate…

160826 26th August 2016. Shabbat Shalom from  Jerusalem! Yes we are back! There was no chance of my writing last week since we were deep in the countryside ofLandal Migglenberg, Holland…… a delightful place, deep in the country. We had a big cottage for all 11 of us and the children had a ball. We cooked…