160304 4th March 2016 Shabbat Shalom everyone. Just a quickie note to say that I am not writing today – will do on Sunday or Monday. I underwent surgery, nothing serious but rather uncomfortable, so prefer to wait and write later. Zvi has been excellent, my daughter Rachel has cooked up a storm and brought it…

160226 26th February, 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well and happy. Politics are strange, indeed on occasion unfathomable. British Prime Minister David Cameron, a proclaimed and proven friend of Israel, suddenly came out with a distressing statement in Parliament, a double whammy yesterday when he said that after touring his beloved Jerusalem, he…

160218 18th February 2016 Shabbat shalom dear Friends. I hope this missive finds you well. Have you ever felt that you fitted a month into 7 days? Well this week I was convinced that time had run away with me. No sooner did I wake up than the whirlwind of life passed through and it was…

160212 12th February 2016 Shabbat Shalom Everyone! I hope this missive finds you well. Another insane week, whether one refers to the primaries, the world reaction (or lack of it) to what is happening in our midst, the continued demonization of Israel, the final admission of the head of the CIA that, yes, ISIS has chemical…

160205 5th February, 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends, Yes I know I am writing a bit late today but we had a surprise birthday party for Danby Meital this morning and I have 15 people for dinner tonight so please excuse me!!! This has been a week that rocked the religious establishment and the earth for the…

160129 29th January 2016 Shabbat shalom dear friends. Are you as confused by our world as I am? I am dumbfounded by the ignorance, no not ignorance, insouciance, nonchalant disinterest of the world, our Western leaders, as to what is really happening to them, their people and to Western society as a whole while successfully…

160122 22nd January 2016 Shabbat Shalom everyone! They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder and I can only say that even when one is in the glorious cities of Rome and Florence, Jerusalem is the city I yearn for. So, home sweet home even though our heating isn’t working and it is bloody freezing!!.…

160115 15th January 2016 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This is your 70 year old Israeli correspondent giving you the lowdown on what really happens here in the Middle East and what we think happens in your neck of the woods. Yup, yesterday was my birthday and I am very thrilled to have reached another benchmark. It…

160108 Friday, 8th January, 2016 Shabbat Shalom everyone. How are you? How’s the weather where you are. Right here, right now I think our veranda is about to take off the winds are so strong, mixed with sandy, horrid air – most unusual for this time of year. This week I decided to begin with some…