25th December 2020   Shabbat Shalom to all and a special wish for a blessed Christmas Day to all my Christian friends.   “Peace on earth and goodwill to all men” What a beautiful wish, one which we should wish for every day of our lives. Can you imagine how wonderful life would be if…

11th of December 2020   Shabbat Shalom, a joyous Festival of Lights, Chanuka Sameach and a blessed Lady of Guadalupe Day   What a weird year! How is it possible that just when we thought time was dragging it’s almost over? It’s almost 2021 and as we light our Chanuka Candles or dress the Christmas…

4th of December 2020   Shabbat Shalom! I hope you are well and keeping your sanity when politicians are clearly losing theirs!!   I woke this morning to a glorious, crisp, wintry morning and since the newspapers hadn’t arrived yet I took a puzzle book and went to sit on the verandah with my morning…

9th October, 2020 21st day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei 5781   Good Shabbes! Shabbat Shalom! A Blessed Tabernacles   So how was your week?   Everyone I talk to, irrespective of where they are in the world, expresses at the very least, disagreement and disappointment with their government. I’m not a demonstration person,…

200925 25th September 2020   Shabbat Shalom! Shana Tov (A Good Year) and Hatima Tova (May you be inscribed in the good book)   I have an admission to make. This morning I apparently had a touch of Coronamnesia. I thought it was still Thursday! It was only when Rachel made her “good morning” call…

31st July, 2020   Shabbat Shalom, Happy Lammas and Holy Eid-el Adha!   You know what Shabbat is although this is a special Shabbat after the spiritual cleansing of the 9th of Av, Lammas is the Christian Festival of Bread (tomorrow) when many Christians eat popcorn and bake bread, and Eid-el Adha the joyous festival…

17th July 2020   Shabbat Shalom dear friends, hope you have a good weekend.   The easiest thing in the world is to blame our leaders for the failure to contain this pandemic, but is it really their fault? Basically it is a lose-lose situation, a juggling of economy, health and an unresponsive public that…

10th July 2020   Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I hope you are well, entertained and busy despite being home. For all the medics out there – thank you, you have done wonders despite the ineptitude of our leaders!!   Since the vote to recreate of the State of Israel out of the shreds of the…

3rd July 2020   Shabbat shalom dear friends. I hope you passed the last 2 weeks without too much drama and are well and surviving yet another round of isolation or closure.   “Get your facts first,” said Mark Twain “and then you can distort them as you please.”   Today’s journalists rarely get their…

18th June 2020   Hello dear friends, I wish you a Shabbat Shalom, I wish you shalom – peace.   I don’t know about you but I am sick of gloom, doom, viruses and politics. So, after I’ve tackled the question on everyone’s lips – it’s good news only – well actually a “Do you…