140425 25th April 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and not too depressed by the constant bad news reports in this world. Remember that the bad news is what they report not the wonderful everyday beauty. I wish I could start with good news but unfortunately I must begin with the disturbing news that Hamas…

140418 18th April 2014 ​Shabbat Shalom, Moadim le Simcha, Chag Sameach and a blessed Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Have you noticed that as the counting of the Omer and its required limitations coincides with Lent? Indeed as Pancakes are eaten on Shrove Tuesday so we eat Bubbelech/Chremslech pancakes on Pesach!!! The Last Supper was indeed…

​​ 140411 11th April 2014 Shabbat Shalom Everyone! The Shabbat before Pesach I can understand John Kerry‘s disappointment that all his efforts were apparently in vain. If it is any consolation Henry Kissinger,  John Mitchell, Denis Ross and Ambassadors Kurtzer and Dan Shapiro  can sympathise with him. I was equally disappointed by his “Poof”! What the United States ​ administration​ does not…

140403 3rd April, 2014 Shabbat Shalom! How are you? I hope you are well. I must begin with the news that gripped Israel this week. The entire country watched with bated breath as the final stages of the trial of 13 defendants wound its lengthy way to a Judges decision. One reason, maybe the main…

140327 27th March 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. How are you? Is the crazy weather keeping you warm, cold or uncertain?   Canada recognises Jewish refugees from Arab countries. Canadian Members of Parliament joined together across party lines to concur with the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development Report on Jewish Refugees from…

140321 21 ‎March ‎2014 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. So here I am back in Jerusalem after a truly amazing time in the UK with my glorious grandchildren and my loving family. I know how popular it is to “knock” the UK but I enjoyed every second of my visit, am delighted by the warmth and…

140313 13th March 2014 Shabbat Shalom everyone. Shabbat Shalom from ……………… London!!! I came on the spur of the moment to see my beautiful London family and pop down to Cardiff to see my siblings. I will probably go to my parents graves at the same time, to honour their memories although they are with…

140307 7th March 2014 Shabbat Shalom dear Friends. I hope this missive finds you well. I am happy to start on a high note, as usual because we have a wonderful friend by the name of Canon Andrew White. Nothing stops that man, not war, illness nor cynicism. Andrew had a successful meeting in Cyprus which brought together…

140228 28th February2014. Shabbat Shalom dear friends I really don’t know where to start this week. I barely left the house because I had,what is known in the UK as the “dreaded lurgy” – an unknown but annoying cough and cold!!! Actually a phrase invented by Spike Milligan for the Goon Show and which the Cambridge…

140221 21st February 2014 Shabbat Shalom Everyone! So much happened this week that I decided to start at the beginning and then go where my fancy takes me!!! So we will begin with the unbelievably successful concert and then go to the news and then cheer you up again at the end!!!! Yoni Rechter is a…