8th January 2021   Shabbat Shalom to you all   I have been trying and trying to think of a way to open this letter after the horrific mass lunacy in Washington.  I remember being stunned by the riots after Donald Trump won the elections 4 years ago https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-inauguration-protests-idUSKBN1540J7   but those riots were tame in…

1st January 2021   Shabbat Shalom lovely friends. Shabbat Shalom as the world is looking just a little brighter every day.   The first day of the first month of the new Gregorian year. Phew! 2020 is behind us. This Irish New Year blessing sums up what I wish for you   “May your pockets…

25th December 2020   Shabbat Shalom to all and a special wish for a blessed Christmas Day to all my Christian friends.   “Peace on earth and goodwill to all men” What a beautiful wish, one which we should wish for every day of our lives. Can you imagine how wonderful life would be if…

18th December 2020   Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Only 4 more days until Christmas Eve, 5 days until Christmas Day and 6 days until Boxing Day. Incredible to think that 2020 is almost over accompanied by a huge sigh of relief.   As we see more and more anti-Semitism in the guise of anti-Israel sentiment…

11th of December 2020   Shabbat Shalom, a joyous Festival of Lights, Chanuka Sameach and a blessed Lady of Guadalupe Day   What a weird year! How is it possible that just when we thought time was dragging it’s almost over? It’s almost 2021 and as we light our Chanuka Candles or dress the Christmas…

4th of December 2020   Shabbat Shalom! I hope you are well and keeping your sanity when politicians are clearly losing theirs!!   I woke this morning to a glorious, crisp, wintry morning and since the newspapers hadn’t arrived yet I took a puzzle book and went to sit on the verandah with my morning…

27th November 2020   Shabbat Shalom and Happy Thanksgiving! Yes, I know Thanksgiving was yesterday in the USA and in October in Canada, but perhaps it is time to have Thanksgiving Day every day.   We all love to complain, about our government, our neighbours and in Israel after complaining about the hot summer, the…

20th of November 2020   Hello! Bonjour, Guten tag, אַ גוטן טאָג, buongiorno, يوم جيد, buenos días, hyvää päivää, diwrnod da, יום טוב, and most importantly Good Shabbes and Shabbat Shalom. Gosh that was fun! If I missed your language out then please let me know! In fact, I would love you to write back…

201113 13th November 2020   Shabbat Shalom, have a beautiful weekend   Watching the news has become more depressing than the usual gloom and doom reporting. Of late the subject matter has become obsessive, US elections and Covid-19 with an occasional mention of the vaccine. Today, once the essential news reports are written I’m going…

201106 6th November, 2020   Shabbat Shalom! Wish you all a good weekend. No point in worrying, what may happen, or may not……it already has!!   I sense that the world in general and the USA in particular is in a state of turbulence, agitation with extreme conflicting emotions roiling inside her. Here in Israel we have…