150330 30th of March 2015 The 30th of March is indelibly written in my memory, 30th of March 2002, the day that Kinneret Boosany became Kinneret Chaya. I can never forget the telephone call from Orly as we returned from a visit in Tel Aviv “Sheila, Kinneret has been hurt in a terror attack in…

150326 26th March, 2015 On this day in 1934, Hitler declared the boycott of Jewish businesses. BDS, you had a great teacher. Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This has been a week of thanking G-d for what we have, taking nothing for granted. The Germanwings/ Lufthansa aeroplane crash over the French Alps was a tragedy. While inured…

150318 18th March, 2015 It isn’t Shabbat yet but I had a feeling that you would want to hear our views on the result of the Israeli elections. I have a feeling that even the PM was amazed at the result, which gave him (by Israeli terms) a landslide victory. Why? Well there are many…

If​150313 13th March 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and that the upcoming Israeli elections are not disturbing your sleep! I am afraid that I have reached the oint where I change programme or simply turn off the TV when the nightly political broadcasts begin. I still haven’t decided where to…

150306 6th March 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom and Shushan Purim Sameach. Shushan Purim, the day after regular Purim (the 14th not the 13th of Adar) is celebrated in walled cities around Israel. Why? Well the battle against the people of Shushan, who were filled with deep hatred for the Jews, lasted an…

150227 27th February 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear Friends. I hope this missive finds you well. Just as I think we cannot be more deeply offended by the vile behaviour of ISIS by any other name, something else happens. The sheer inhumanity of their slaughter has gone beyond our worst nightmares exceeded by their determination to destroy…

150219 19th February 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. For a change I am not looking at the view of Jerusalem from our veranda but rather the stormy waves of Herzliya.With the impending snowstorm hanging over Jerusalem we came a day early to Herzliya, where I undergo minor surgery tomorrow. This has been a turbulent week in…

150212 12th February 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well and that life is being kind to you. As you know, I search for songs and poems that express my thoughts. This quote from Edward Yashinsky perhaps is the most fitting, the most apt. “Fear not your enemies, for they can only kill you.…

150206 6th February 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom. The moment Zvi and I heard that a Jordanian pilot had been captured by Da’ ish/ ISIS we looked at each other in dismay. We knew that he would not only be horribly tortured, not uncommon for their captives, but would suffer horrifically simply because he…

150130 30th January 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom after a week that proved so many of our theories, in a very sad manner. Hezb-Allah attacked the Israeli border land of Har Dov, site of the kidnapping of the bodies of  Ehud Goldwasser and Eldad Regev.  The road that many civilians use was just too…