Friday the 13th of September, 2019 Good Shabbes! Shabbat Shalom! Have a wonderful weekend.   Two days ago we remembered. We remembered the horror and disbelief as we watched, time and again, as first one aeroplane then another flew into the Twin Towers – conceivably the archetypical symbols of Western Society. The Twin Towers, where…

6th September 2019   Shabbat Shalom!   Tomorrow marks 50 years since I became a Mother. Incredibly, Daniel, my eldest son, is 50 years old tomorrow despite the fact that I call him baby!! He is far away in New York City and my deepest sadness is that I cannot hold him, hug him, kiss…

190830   30th of August 2019   Good Shabbes Everyone! Shabbat Shalom. Upon waking I went into the salon and raised the blinds to the veranda and the view as I do every morning. The sight took my breath away. The sun was rising over the horizon, a huge bright crimson ball, climbing very fast,…

23 of August 2019   Shabbat Shalom. I hope you are well   I am terribly disturbed and beyond piqued. The reason is obvious but I will just write a few words about why I am so upset.   It isn’t because so many are angry with Israel for refusing entry to two women because…

16th August 2019 – Tu b’Av 5779   Shabbat Shalom! How are you?   Today is Tu b’Av, the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Av, a mini-festival which has evolved from a day of joy to a day of love! Once upon a time young men and women would dress in white and…

190809 9th August 2019 – the eighth day of the Hebrew month of Av.   Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Today is the day before a very important date in the Jewish Calendar, Tisha b’Av, the national day of mourning. More of that later.   Yesterday we woke to the horrific news that a student of…

Friday, 2nd of August 2019 Shabbat Shalom everyone! I hope you are well. Zvi is home and had a wonderful time with his choir in Montenegro. They sang, visited the Capital city Podgorica, where the Chabad Rabbi organised a concert in a local stadium with a Montenegran group and Hakol Yachassi sang. They saw fabulous countryside…

November 2010.   Once upon a time, the world perspective of why the Jews came to live in this particular part of the world held Biblical clarity whereas in a world which values the Bible less and less it has become a topic for debate, doubt and misunderstanding, brought about by disinformation, religious disinterest and…

26th July, 2019   Good Shabbes! Shabbat Shalom! How are you feeling? I hope you are well, or at least getting better.   You have a lot of links to open this week, but I promise it’s worthwhile.   Just when you thought Israeli politics couldn’t get more complicated – Meretz leader Nitzan Horowitz, former…

18th July 2019   Shabbat Shalom! Good to see you again.   Please can I start with the bad news and then move on to the searing heat before I calm down and tell you some pleasant news items?   I know you think you know how I feel about President Trump, but my job…