140523 23rd May 2014 Shabbat Shalom from wonderfully fresh and sunny Jerusalem! Now the truth can be told about our whereabouts last weekend. We were in Paris but I couldn’t tell you because we went for a surprise birthday party for one of my readers. Actually it is not just one of my readers, it…

140515 15th May 2014 Dear Friends, Shabbat Shalom Why is this Shabbat different from all other Shabbatot? Because last Shabbat our newest, youngest and very wonderful little grandson came into the world and today he came home from hospital. A lovely little boy was born to Amiad and Noga, 5 weeks early, he was clearly…

140508 8th May 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from a 66 year old Israel, even more beautiful then she was at age 65!!!! I often say I don’t know where to begin but this week I don’t know where to stop!! I feel that we fitted at least two weeks into this last…

140502 2nd May, 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This week is filled with waves of emotion taking us from Yom ha Shoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, through Remembrance Day to the joy of Yom Haatzma’ut – Independence Day. On Yom ha Shoah we ate breakfast in the German Colony with John and Adrienne Kraus and their daughter, chatting…

140425 25th April 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and not too depressed by the constant bad news reports in this world. Remember that the bad news is what they report not the wonderful everyday beauty. I wish I could start with good news but unfortunately I must begin with the disturbing news that Hamas…

140418 18th April 2014 ​Shabbat Shalom, Moadim le Simcha, Chag Sameach and a blessed Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Have you noticed that as the counting of the Omer and its required limitations coincides with Lent? Indeed as Pancakes are eaten on Shrove Tuesday so we eat Bubbelech/Chremslech pancakes on Pesach!!! The Last Supper was indeed…

​​ 140411 11th April 2014 Shabbat Shalom Everyone! The Shabbat before Pesach I can understand John Kerry‘s disappointment that all his efforts were apparently in vain. If it is any consolation Henry Kissinger,  John Mitchell, Denis Ross and Ambassadors Kurtzer and Dan Shapiro  can sympathise with him. I was equally disappointed by his “Poof”! What the United States ​ administration​ does not…

140403 3rd April, 2014 Shabbat Shalom! How are you? I hope you are well. I must begin with the news that gripped Israel this week. The entire country watched with bated breath as the final stages of the trial of 13 defendants wound its lengthy way to a Judges decision. One reason, maybe the main…

140327 27th March 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. How are you? Is the crazy weather keeping you warm, cold or uncertain?   Canada recognises Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Canadian Members of Parliament joined together across party lines to concur with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Report on Jewish Refugees from…

140321 21 ‎March ‎2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. So here I am back in Jerusalem after a truly amazing time in the UK with my glorious grandchildren and my loving family. I know how popular it is to “knock” the UK but I enjoyed every second of my visit, am delighted by the warmth and…