30th day of the 10th month of the 20th year of the century!   Shabbat Shalom, Happy All Hallows Day and happy Breadstick Day (really!) Despite the title this has nothing to do with David Frost!!!   “To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of…

23rd October 2020   Shabbat Shalom,   How are you? I miss you guys and wish you could come back to Israel to enjoy all the beauty we have to offer!   I thought I’d start with some amazing facts about Israel’s relationship with some of the Arab States. Did you know that we have…

9th October, 2020 21st day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei 5781   Good Shabbes! Shabbat Shalom! A Blessed Tabernacles   So how was your week?   Everyone I talk to, irrespective of where they are in the world, expresses at the very least, disagreement and disappointment with their government. I’m not a demonstration person,…

1st October 2020   Shabbat Shalom, Chag Succot Sameach and Blessed Tabernacles   Yom Kippur – the Day of Atonement came and went. On Sunday evening – all Jewish Festivals begin at dusk the night before – Zvi stood on our veranda and sang Kol Nidrei (the opening of the Yom Kippur service) for me…

27th September 2020   Erev Yom haKippurim – the Eve of the Day of Atonement   I’m sure that we all have wonderful memories of shule on “Yomtov” and I would love to hear them! My immediate thoughts are of Cardiff, South Wales, sitting in the balcony (best seats!) high above the congregation watching everyone…

200925 25th September 2020   Shabbat Shalom! Shana Tov (A Good Year) and Hatima Tova (May you be inscribed in the good book)   I have an admission to make. This morning I apparently had a touch of Coronamnesia. I thought it was still Thursday! It was only when Rachel made her “good morning” call…

  18th September, 2020 29th Ellul 5780 – 1st of Tishrei, 5781   שנה טובה ומבורכת, سنة جيدة وحلوة א גוט און זיס יאר, A good, kind year ¡Añada buena y clara escrita en libros de vida! What a strange Rosh Hashana! Even the most level headed amongst us is concerned, all of us who…

200911 11th of September 2020   Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and ready to celebrate Shabbat and a good weekend – albeit without family gatherings but that will return.   Yes, we are headed for another lockdown over the High Holy Days. Starting next Friday we have stringent rules to ensure that…

4th of September 2020   Shalom lovely people. Shalom, Shabbat Shalom, Blessings and wishes for good health.   Shakespeare was the journalist, the reporter of his day. Somewhat long-winded and poetic but my goodness he understood society and power. As we come closer to elections in the USA and it would appear that yet again…

28th August, 2020   Good Shabbes everyone. I wish you a peaceful weekend. Don’t forget that one thing that the Coronavirus can’t stop is our private prayers. We don’t need a community to pray, we need the will to change, the determination to maintain our traditions despite.   Buddha said “Three things cannot be hidden.…