140720 20th July, 2014 Mid-week update. Operation in Gaza As you probably guessed I am not a fan of Hillary Clinton, although I was a fan of her husbands; however…………. in this interview with the self-hating Jew Jon Stewart she really put him in his place by quoting facts on the situation in Gazahttp://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/179536/watch-hillary-clinton-vs-jon-stewart-on-gaza Bill Maher –…

140717 17th July 2014 Gosh, I hadn’t realised how hard it is to be so far away during times of war. I know what is happening, I know what the truth is for Israelis, I am horrified at the half-truths told but don’t know what to do about it! The current situation is very much one…

140710 10th July 2014 Shalom dear friends. Two nights ago was chaotic, distressing and very, very annoying. We sat having a delicious Jerusalem meal at Zion ha Gadol withRebecca and Harold Finger and Irit and Itzik Lev. The meal was up to the usual standards as the cornucopia of Jerusalem “salads” spread before us, each…

140704 Friday, 4th July 2014 Shabbat shalom dear friends and to all America and Americans I wish you a truly amazing Independence Day. I wish the USA the strength to be a light unto nations, a leader among followers and an example of democracy, a caring democracy which looks outside itself to make this world…

140630 30th June 2014 I am furious, sad, brokenhearted and filled with despair. I don’t understand how or why the terrorists made the coldhearted decision to dress up as religious Jews and offer a lift to three young hitch-hikers, children really, and kill them within a short time leaving the families to believe there was…

140627 27th June 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear Friends. I hope this letter finds you well and that your loved ones are well too. As you can well imagine we are all deeply involved in the search for the 3 boys so cruelly kidnapped by Hamas. The incredible work done by the IDF and the Shabak have…

140620 20th June 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. It is a sad letter today, very sad. Yes of course we did some lovely things this week but with a heavy heart. Three of our beautiful children were kidnapped and are now suffering a horrible existence, if they are alive, at the hands of Hamas. We know…

140613 Friday 13th of June 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends, Last night I sat on the hammock on our veranda (mirpesset) talking to my beloved sister on Skype and trying to decide what on earth to write to you today. Jerusalem spread before me, but for once it did not calm me despite a wonderful…

140606 6th June 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well. This is indeed a week of anniversaries of historic events. 70 years ago the  D-Day landings and the ensuing battles began http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-27727518 The day’s commemorations began at midnight with a vigil at Pegasus Bridge near Ouistreham, marking the first assault of the D-Day…

140530 30th May 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you had a good week. In Israel we celebrated Yom Yerushalyim, Jerusalem Day,  47 years since the re-unification of this great city after 19 years  of enforced division, half Jordanian, half Israeli. The Old City was in the hands of the Jordanians and I remember…