The view from my veranda

2013

Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem

131220 20th December 2013. Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well. First and foremost I must apologise for last weeks typos. Of course it was Mandela not Mandel.  I was probably traumatised by the snow!!!! Miracle after miracle after miracle – Kinneret Chaya just gave birth to a baby boy. The ultimate revenge…

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Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem of White!!!!

131213 12th December 2013 Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem – gosh that sounds good!!! I don’t think it will be a white Christmas but it surely is a white advent!!!! We had 50 cms of snow last night and the city is closed. Yesterday I went to see Rachel and family in Givat Zeev and got stuck…

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Shabbat Shalom from Chiang Mai

131206 Friday 6th December 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends, Shabbat Shalom from Chiang Mai, Thailand It will soon be Shabbat but I wanted to send you a quick greeting. Today we rode elephants, went in a cart drawn by oxen, Zvi travelled down river on a bamboo raft (I had a well deserved coffee) and…

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Shabbat Shalom from Sydney

131129 29th November 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from Sydney Australia This week Zvi and I received some very sad news. A dear dear friend, Guiora Esrubilsky,  passed away suddenly and prematurely in Florida. The official obituaries will tell you that Guiora was the President of Maccabi World Union, Vice-President of the World…

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Shabbat Shalom from Melbourne Australia

22nd November 2013 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom and G’day Mates!!!! Did you know that Australia is a very very long way from Israel? I have developed a new respect for our Australian friends who make that trip twice a year to visit friends, to attend meetings and support the organisations they are proud…

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Shabbat Shalom – MK’s pot, Toronto Mayor on Crack, Liberman, Iran, Chanuka,

131108 8th November 2013 Shabbat Shalom to everyone but a very special Shabbat Shalom to my daughter Rachel who celebrates her Gregorian 40th birthday today, having celebrated her Hebrew date three weeks ago. Our news has been full of admissions to pot smoking by various Members of Knesset – in particular Yair Lapid and Shelley Yachimovitch, bot leaders…

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Shabbat Shalom from Jerusalem – Special

131025 25th October 2013 Shabbat Shalom everyone. Yes I know I didn’t write last week but the reason will become clear in a minute or two. Haim Saban lives in Los Angeles but his heart remains in Israel. Each year he throws a bigger and bigger bash for the Friends of the IDF and this year was…

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