130621 21st June 2013 Shabbat Shalom to you dear friends This has been an incredible week for Israel, an amazing week for Jerusalem and a celebration for President Peres. He is 90 years old in August and the Presidential Conference this year was dedicated to his birthday. Not many nonogenarian Presidents in the world eh? Sharon…

130614 14th June 2013 Shabbat Shalom! I hope this missive finds you well. Isn’t it strange how history is re-written? The songs and love-beads of the sixties belie the truth that there were violent demonstrations which brought about enormous changes. Bobby Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr were assassinated and university campuses were cauldrons of change.…

130607   Friday, 7th June 2013   Shabbat Shalom dear friends.   Do you remember where you were on this date in 1967? I was glued to the television set, awed by the successes of the Israeli Army as the mighty forces of 6 countries battled to push us into the sea. I lived in Cardiff, South…

130531 31st May 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well. This has been a very, very special week for me as my nephew Steve, his wonderful wife Claire and their son Jake came to Jerusalem. It was such a privilege to have my family here and to show them why I…

130524 Friday 24th May 2013 Shabbat Shalom everyone. I very nearly didn’t manage to write today since we have 12 people coming for supper including 6 Swedes (the people not the vegetable!!) and 6 Israelis. The Swedes belong to a choir called Swedish Basta Choir, and they came to take part in a Choir Festival run by…

130517 17th may 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this letter finds you well. Here I am sitting in our salon looking out at the veranda blooming. It really looks amazing. More of that later, first to the news not much of it is good so we will need cheering up later!!! I was thinking…

130510 10th May 2013 I had to write again today. It is just a short note but something beautiful happened yesterday and I just had to tell you about it. Driving through the gates of the International Christian Embassy in Jerusalem on Rachel Imenu (Rachel our mother) Street, half way between the German Colony and Old…

130509 9th May 2013 Shabbat Shalom lovely people! Shabbat Shalom. Yesteerday was Yom Yerushalyim – Jerusalem Day, so I will try to get through the news as quickly as possible to tell you all about the incredible sight of thousands of young people singing dancing and marching with flags from all corners of the city to…

130503 3rd May, 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear Friends. The rain went away and the heat came upon us, late, but oh my goodness – it arrived!!! The plot thickens, as we knew it would. Few thought that the Boston Bombers worked alone. Few thought that this was their only target. No-one honestly believed that it all started…

130426 Friday 26th of April, 2013 Shabbat Shalom lovely friends! I hope this missive finds you well and if not then I hope it will cheer you up. I have to start with the “difficult” news and then I promise to lighten the mood and move on to the part you all love best – Jerusalem…