170825 25th of August 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Back from a delightful sojourn in Italy, in glorious Tuscany, with all of Zvi’s family and thrilled to be back in Israel. Last night I made our favourite salad and believe you me, there are no vegetables, anywhere in the world, like those in Israel. I know…

170811 11th August 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. As I looked at the date I suddenly remembered that a saga began on this day – a romantic saga. On August the 11th 1935 two incredible people held their wedding in Walm Lane Synagogue in London and a young fashion designer chose to leave the hip…

170804 4th August 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. How are you? How is life treating you? How many moral conundrums have you faced this week? Israel, each and every one of us, has been faced with a moral conundrum that has the entire country both fascinated and confused. Our soldiers are meant to protect us from…

170728 28TH OF July 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I know you were expecting a mid-week update but I decided to wait until I was able to understand the insanity of what has happened over the last two weeks. Perhaps it is easier to gain perspective if we look at the time frame of this particular…

170721 21st July, 2017 Shabbat Shalom! I hope this missive finds you well, or at least determined to be well. Rolf Hochhuth wrote a play called “The Visit” or the “Visit of the Old Lady“. The story goes thus. A very wealthy old lady comes to visit the town of her childhood and makes an offer…

170714 14th July 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. A week of incredible jubilation with the Maccabiah and of confusion and accusations over Telephones and Submarines. Sadly I must start with the tragic news that three Arab terrorists came in through the Lion’s Gate searching for policemen to kill. They shot three and succeeded. There are no…

170707 7th July, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends 60 years ago I was a bridesmaid in a wonderfully frilly salmon pink dress. For whom? For my big sister Eddie who was marrying her handsome soulmate Raymond. Eddie and Ray were so lucky because they both had their parents at their wedding and our maternal grandparents. The…

170630 30th June 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I really don’t know where to start this week, the subjects are diverse and the repercussions enormous, but nothing is without solutions, we just have to find them. The secret with problem solving is not in blaming or finding a culprit but rather in patient debate and scientific…

170623 23rd June 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well and if you do not feel good today then tomorrow will be better. I decided to stay away from politics wherever possible this week, just to tell you about our week and what we did. I must, however tell you about…

170616 16th June 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. David Grossman is Israeli. He has often been described as the conscience of Israel through his writing and his words. David Grossman is on the left of the political map but he loves Israel and sadly gave the ultimate sacrifice of his son’s life to the war against…