170407 7th April, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. In 2013 President Obama said that if the Syrian regime used chemical weapons he would respond swiftly and firmly. Two days ago the Assad regime bombed the town of Idlib with Sarin, a deadly gas which caused children to foam at the mouth, seize and have great difficulty breathing.…

170331 31st March 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I bet you thought I wasn’t going to write today! In truth I wasn’t well yesterday and missed out on Zvi’s big event of the year. 20 choirs from all over Israel put on a terrific show to the delight of a sold out audience. So proud…

170324 24TH March 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This week has been overtaken by deep sadness as terror strike again, this time in the heart of London. 4 people lost their lives including an unarmed policeman, Constable Keith Palmer, just 44 years old, who, through his incredible bravery, stopped the slaughter by halting the terrorist in…

170316 16th March, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Last week I let you off lightly because of Purim but this week I am raising a few highly contentious subjects because my conscience demands I do so. The basic principle of Judaism, indeed the ethos of Judaism, is to question, no stone of contention is left unturned…

170310 10th March 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well and happy – after all we are in the Jewish month of Adar and are supposed to celebrate! I had a really relaxing week. Yes I know you thought I wasn’t capable of relaxing and doing nothing, but this week we…

170303 3rd March, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this  missive finds you well. The Hebrew month of Adar has arrived. A month of joy and pleasure, of Purim and the celebration of the survival of the Jews over yet another enemy. A time when children, and adults dress up in fancy dress and to…

170223 23rd February, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This has been a fascinating week which began with a surprise, a breath of fresh air, as Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations held her first press conference at the UN. She confidently walked to the podium and spoke out with rare honesty about the imbalance of…

170217 17th February 2017 Shabbat Shalom from London dear friends Yes I am on my travels again but for very good reason, my son, Gideon Saul Cammerman, received his title as Queens Counsel Learned in the Law. More of that later, first of all we need to cover the political and diplomatic traumas and events of…

170210 10th February 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends Yes we are back home and I was very moved by the number of you who asked what happened to us! Well, I tried to write to you, indeed wrote but then found I didn’t have the means to send it!!! Never mind, perhaps it was better that…

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…