150123 23rd January 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Wednesday mornings terror attack in Tel Aviv was carried out by one young Palestinian whose mind was poisoned by Hamas and local religious leaders. He got on to a commuter bus and within seconds stabbed the driver, who fought back. Finding resistance he ran to the back of…

150116 16th January 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope and pray you are feeling safe this week, safe to go to your schools and synagogues without fear and without needing police protection. I am not Charlie. I have never insulted Mohammed, never drawn a picture of him nor am I ever going to, and…

150108 8th January 2015 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This week the long arm of radical Islam tried to silence the pens of a highly irreverent French satirical magazine. Charlie Hebdo was beyond irreverent, it was incisive and often cruel in its cartoons of all religions, giving no quarter irrespective of the leanings of its victims. The purpose of…

150101 The first of January 2015! Happy 2015! The world went crazy with firework displays – each city trying to beat the others. Sydney tends to win but then when you have a firework stand like the Harbour Bridge it must be difficult to lose!!!! Actually it isn’t such a celebratory day for traditional Jews because…