Day 5 11th October 2023 It seems like time stood still. Can it really be 5 days since that morning, when the white-faced news reader had to break the news to all of us? Are we really going about our daily business, albeit in a cloud of disbelief? The answer is yes, and I took…

Day 4 10th October 2023 It’s strange how one can look at a date and it elicits memories long forgotten. At 10:10 on the 10th of the 10th 2010 Zvi and I walked in to the President’s House to attend a ceremony to honour the bravery of the Ethiopian Community and their successful Aliya. We…

Day 3. 9th October 2023 It is unimaginable. Last evening, parents, family, of the hostages and missing held a press conference and told how their children called them as the situation became apparent and while they were on the phone, they heard their loved one’s terrified voices, tears, shots and the jubilant shouts of the…

8th October, 2023, the day after the most horrific day in Israel’s history If only I could unsee the sights of yesterday. If only I could undo the evil of yesterday The enormity, the cruelty, the terror, the vile inhumanity to man. The devastating loss to this tiny country is incomparable  Israel is not only…

Shabbat the 7th of October 2023 This is so far from a Shabbat Shalom. Our morning was broken with sirens and booms quickly followed by the cracking boom of Iron Dome. We thought that was frightening but we went into our cosy safe rooms, unlike those on the border with Gaza and all the way…

6th October 2023 Shabbat Shalom ! a Holy Tabernacles and of course Simchat Torah Sameach. That’s it! We are back home after a truly amazing tour of Uzbekistan. A fascinating country that has successfully, if still not fully, risen out of the oppressive regimes of both Persia and Russia, retaining its own special character. Both…

Friday the 22nd of September, 2023 27th day of the month of Tishrei, 5784 Shabbat Shalom, Shana Tova (a Good Year) and G’mar Hatima Tova (a wish that you should be written in the good book) It is almost Yom Kippur, the culmination of the period of repentance, of atonement, for all our collective sins.…

14th September, 2023 Shabbat Shalom, Shana tova, Gmar Hatima Tova – May you be inscribed in the Book of Life Today the date is the 29th of Elul, 5783 and tonight the calendar month changes to the month of Tishrei and the first day of Tishrei is Rosh Hashana, literally Head of the Year, This…

8th of September, 2023 Shabbat Shalom! For the many of you who didn’t receive last weeks missive, I apologise, but I don’t honestly know what happened, apparently Gmail went crazy! Everything will change very soon because thanks to a wonderful lady called Rochelle Gilbert, you will receive my mailings through MailChimp! Don’t forget, if you…

The first of September 2023 15th Elul, 5783 Shabbat Shalom! I hope this missive finds you well. Elul, the Hebrew month of Elul, has so many connotations. The famous saying “I am my beloved’s and my beloved is mine,” from The Song of Songs written by King Solomon, the Hebrew initials of the words spell…