130222 22nd February 2013 Before wishing you Shabbat Shalom……….. Happy Birthday Sammy Samsam!! Happy birthday wonderful eight year old. Now Shabbat Shalom to you all, Shabbat Shalom and Purim Sameach. Remember that Purim is the story of a clever man with a brave and beautiful niece who together saved the Jewish people from a Persian tyrant.…

130214 14th February 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I need to begin with a very serious story to honour our many Australian friends who may be distressed and disturbed by the news stories racing around one rather unwise young man who came to live in Israel, was inducted into the Mossad and on visits to Iran, using…

130208 8th February 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. If I were to choose a quote that expressed my feelings, albeit not PC today, I would choose Benjamin Disraeli’s response to the goading of a fellow Member “Yes, I am a Jew, and when the ancestors of the Right Honorable gentleman were brutal savages in an unknown island,…

130131 31st January 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope that you are happy and well. On Tuesday night Israel decided to act against the clear and present danger presented by the clandestine attempt by the failing and ever more violent Syrian regime to pass anti-aircraft missiles and non-conventional weapons across the border with Lebanon and so…

130124 24th January 2013 Shabbat Shalom everyone! Elections are over but as always the opinions abound Ouch! My head is exploding from the constant talk of elections, Lapid, Likud, Bennet, Tsippi, Sheli………. how much can they all say on the subject? All the old, defunct MK’s have been dusted off and the smell of mothballs removed so…

130120 20th January 2013 Shevu’a Tov dear friends – Gut Voch, have a good week! Today I envy the United States, the election fervour is over and today President Obama’s inauguration ceremony with its full pomp and circumstance takes place. One thing is exceptional in that his oath of office was taken in private rather than…

130117 17th January 2013. Shabbat Shalom to you all and a great big Mazal Tov to my wonderful brother in law Melvyn who is 80 years old today. My time in the UK was warm even if the weather was cold and of course I loved being with my incredible grandchildren. Kinneret Chayas father Moishe calls…

130111 11th January 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and that my “week off” didn’t bother you. I am in the UK, but before all my British friends get cross for my lack of contact, I am here for a very specific reason, helping to take care of my glorious grandchildren…

121228 28th December 2012 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This week you get a quick run-down of the news and then, then a surprise for the New Year!! Professor Alan Dershowitz condemned the UN for acting against peace, encouraging terrorism and showing unbridled anti-Semitism. The Kurds, Armenians, the Tibetans, can’t get on the door yet those nations that…

121220 20th December 2012 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Christmas in nearly here and the world is singing of peace and goodwill unto all mankind. Sadly our world is not at peace and goodwill tends to be a one way street. Sad, so many Christian values are decried, so much goodwill extended and I am sorry to…