28th June 2024 266 Days since the 7th of October Shabbat Shalom dear lovely people, Shabbat Shalom On a personal level this has been a wonderful week with our friend Martin Lindenfeld. We have been to, travelled to, been with and laughed, but always there in the background, and sometimes in the foreground, think about…

21st June 2024 Shabbat Shalom, Happy Midsummer’s Day “The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it.” Selwyn Duke Just wondering How would the USA, UK, France, indeed any country you wish to quote, react, if over a thousand rockets and missiles were launched at civilian sites, by…

13th June, 2024 Shabbat Shalom! I hope this letter finds you well. On Monday, I sent myself an email message so that I would remember to tell you about the hundreds of Iranian rockets that were launched by Hezb-Allah, 950 missiles 146 drones. That was Monday. Over the beautiful harvest festival of Shevuot, the festival…

7th of June 2024 Shabbat Shalom! A belated Jerusalem Day, the miracle of the 6 Day War, an early Shevuot  and a belated Whitsun “If I forget thee oh Jerusalem” 57 years ago, we beat 5 Arab countries who attacked this tiny nation simultaneously. We did it in 6 days and to quote Ephraim Kishon…

31st May, 2024 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. The world is full of surprises, of “firsts” and the USA is no exception. For the first time in American history a President of the United States has been convicted in a criminal trial. The jury determined that he falsified documents and acted in violation of the law…

Friday 24th of May 2024 16th Iyar Shabbat Shalom. Hardly a Shabbat of sweetness and calm for those of us who saw the short and terrifying video of the capture of the young Israeli women and the savagery of Hamas toward them. I forced myself to watch, but behind my horror at what I saw…

17th May 2024 Day 224 of October Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This has been a week that left me so exhausted, and for so many reasons, that I just hope I’m able to talk to you with some sense of reason.  A war is going on around us, the policies of our current government mean…

10th of May 2024 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Yes I really think of you as friends, even those of you I haven’t met! It’s strange but you have become my catalyst for rational thought. When I write to you I have no choice but to think in a rational, pragmatic manner because otherwise you may…

6th of May, 2024 28th Nissan 5784 Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel A few minutes ago, Zvi and I stood outside in the rain, the skies weeping with us as the wail of the siren echoed our sadness, the siren whose wail brought Israel to attention. Today is the Hebrew date, the 28th…

3rd of May, 2024 Shabbat Shalom, I wish you a quiet weekend Where do I start? Students, George Soros, Iran, Police, demonstrations, hate, more hatred, and even more hatred? I suppose I should begin with the Students. Let’s face it, students demonstrate against power, always have, always will. In fact they demonstrate against almost anything…