121214 12th December 2012. Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from wet and windy Jerusalem. Chanuka. Every Jewish Festival tells a similar story; they tried to kill us, we won now let’s eat! Well Chanuka tells that story as well but in a much more involved and important way, it is the only battle fought to preserve…

121207 7th December 2010 Shabbat Shalom and Chanuka Sameach In both English and Hebrew this is called the Festival of Lights. Wouldn’t it be amazing if it became the Festival of Enlightenment? What if, instead of giving your children or grandchildren gifts every day of Chanuka to make up for the fact they don’t have a…

121201 1st December 2012 Shevua Tov dear friends From your letters it is clear that you want to know how we feel here in Israel, how we feel that the world has shown us exactly what they think of us. Well to start with no-one really thought the outcome would be any different and in truth…

121129 29th November 2012 Shabbat Shalom to every single one of you! 65 years exactly since the historic United nations vote declaring a Jewish State beside a Moslem State in the Middle East. . Mahmoud Abbas is nothing if not thorough in his rewriting of history especially in the UN. http://www.zionism-israel.com/ezine/Partition_A_Night_To_Remember.htm Please please listen to this amazing…

121122 22nd November 2012 There is a quote from Russian direct Vachtangov, which loosely translated means “If there is a gun in the first act there will be a death before the last” Israel is currently agreeing to an intermission, not a cessation, nor a cease-fire, rather an intermission to leave the tension behind, have a…

121120 20th November 2012 Excitement! We just had a siren in Jerusalem! I grabbed my coat and with Zvi we went down one floor to the enclosed stairwell of our building and consoled our terrified neighbour, while waiting for the sound of the boom. It was very distant, apparently in the West Bank again. They just…

121118 18th November 2012 I was listening to the radio just now, on my way home from a delightful breakfast with a friend. Radio One was airing an interview with the head of the Israeli Air Force and every few seconds the interview was interrupted “Tseva Adom b’Sderot – Tseva Adom b’Sderot” a few more words…

121115 15th of November 2012 Dear Friends, Shabbat Shalom is a dream this coming weekend. Shalom, sadly, is a prayer not a fact. After eleven years of missile attacks on the towns and kibbutzim along the border with Gaza, culminating in nearly 200 missiles just this month, Israel decided to act. Despite the headlines this is…

121109 9th November 2012 Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem!! Yes I am home. As I walked into the house, after the most incredible welcome from my daughter Rachel with Yosef, Talia and Ayala, the first thing I did was walk out onto the veranda and soak in the view. I did my best to concentrate on the…

121101 1st November 2012 Shabbat Shalom from Coral Gables. Shabbat Shalom from the most beautiful garden on earth! Before I continue to wax lyrical about South Miami I want to wish all of those who live on the East Coast of the USA and Canada who were hit by hurricane Sandy and the path of…