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170310 Purim, Netanyahu Russia, Boris Johnson

170310 10th March 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this missive finds you well and happy – after all we are in the Jewish month of Adar and are supposed to celebrate! I had a really relaxing week. Yes I know you thought I wasn’t capable of relaxing and doing nothing, but this week we…

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170303 Trump Speech, Standwithus, MDA Bedouin, St David’s Day

170303 3rd March, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope this  missive finds you well. The Hebrew month of Adar has arrived. A month of joy and pleasure, of Purim and the celebration of the survival of the Jews over yet another enemy. A time when children, and adults dress up in fancy dress and to…

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170223 Nikki Haley speech UN, Conference of Presidents, Shkediot

170223 23rd February, 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. This has been a fascinating week which began with a surprise, a breath of fresh air, as Nikki Haley, US Ambassador to the United Nations held her first press conference at the UN. She confidently walked to the podium and spoke out with rare honesty about the imbalance of…

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170210 Miami, Trump, Haredim, Miami, Gideon Saul

170210 10th February 2017 Shabbat Shalom dear friends Yes we are back home and I was very moved by the number of you who asked what happened to us! Well, I tried to write to you, indeed wrote but then found I didn’t have the means to send it!!! Never mind, perhaps it was better that…

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170113 Terror by truck, Mahane Yehuda, Gideon Saul

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it…

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170106 Confusion, Azaria, US Embassy and Alan Dershowitz

170106 6th January 2017 Shabbat Shalom on the very first newsletter of 2017!!! Shabbat Shalom and Happy Orthodox Christmas. What a confusing week! Congress voted to overturn the UNSC vote on Jerusalem; President Elect Trump’s office says he won’t make Mexico pay for the “Wall”, of course the wall is very clearly built in many parts…

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