101029 29th October 2010. Shabbat Shalom! How are you? I hope you are doing well. I am now doing so much better and beginning to move around and cook although the family calls me Hopalong Cassidy!!!!! Today is a very good day in Jerusalem, it looks like rain. After the searing heat of this seemingly…

101022 22nd October 2010. Shabbat Shalom I very nearly used my broken ankle as an excuse not to write this week, but Rosa called to tell me that I only had an hour or so to decide before Shabbat and too many people would worry, especially Pola!!!!! Incredibly on November 4th it will be 15…

101014 14th October 2010. Shabbat Shalom A further building moratorium or not? The United States President reneged on the Administrations promises to Israel on many levels and now makes yet another demand on us. Ten months without results and we are asked to serve another period where Israel pays the price but the Palestinians do…

LESTER ROSENBERG Z”L Once in a rare while a special Jewish leader emerges; he may be a world leader or a communal leader but what distinguishes his leadership is humility, humour and quiet wisdom. Lester was determination for Tikkun Olam and a deep love of Israel, Chicago and the United States. Lester Rosenberg z”l encompassed…

100929 29th September 2010 Chag Sameach, Moadim le Simcha, Shana Tova and Happy Tabernacles Britain, Italy, France, USA and Pakistan spent the last month wiping out an entire terror cell in Pakistan thus preventing a number of huge terror attacks in Europe – especially in the UK. They killed an entire cell of terrorists using…

100916 16th September 2010. The time for reflection is over and the time to beg forgiveness is upon us. Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. If I have at any time offended you, albeit unintentionally, please forgive me Forgive me for hasty judgement of our enemies, and for pre-judging people for their apparent alignments rather…

שנה טובה לכל עם ישראל וחבריה A good year to all the people of Israel and their friends My prayers for the New Year are for tolerance and understanding truth and recognition generosity of spirit and of pocket and self-love that rises above calls to war. I pray that the world’s children have a childhood…

100903 September 3rd 2010. Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom as we enter the last period of Atonement before the New Jewish Year. Actually it is a misnomer because it is the seventh month of the year but as always, in Judaism things are not as they seem – but for very good reason! http://judaism.about.com/od/holidays/a/roshhashanah.htm Everybody’s…

100827 27th August 2010. Shabbat Shalom to you all. I hope this letter finds you well. Our New Year is almost upon and the holiest period of the Jewish year. It is a time we contemplate our actions and try to change our mindset to a far less selfish one. One subject is always on…

100813 Friday 13th of August 2010. Shabbat Shalom to you all and an extra happy Friday 13th to our smashing friend John Gandel who is celebrating his 75th birthday. John is ever young thanks his wife Pauline….. who fills his life with love and humour. Did you know that in Lebanon, Syria, Egypt, Saudi Arabia,…