Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day, 26th Nissan 5779 1st May, 2019 Yesterday, I sat on our veranda, the sun was shining on the panorama of Jerusalem before me, the rehearsal for the Independence Day fly-past of Israeli Air Force aeroplanes overhead, the flowers were bright red and the blue and white Israeli flag was blowing in…

25th April, 2019   It isn’t yet Shabbat Shalom, Easter and Seder night have already passed, but I can wish you a good second days of Pesach!   The tragic, horrific terror attacks in Sri Lanka left us all breathless and furious. At least 359 people slaughtered because they were Christians in churches, at prayer…

11th of April, 2019   Good Shabbes, Shabbat Shalom, Blessed Pascha and a Holy Easter.   I live in a little country with big dreams.   I am so proud of this little country and her citizens – well most of them anyway. Actually 3 citizens in particular who entered a competition, found themselves the…

4th April 2019   Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom from sunny Jerusalem.   They say that miracles no longer happen but the truth is they happen every day in simple acts, births, healing, growing……………… but sometimes incredible, unimaginable miracles happen too.   American born Sergeant Zacharia Baumel z”l, was missing in action in the…

29th March 2019   Good morning, Good Shabbes, Shabbat Shalom!   Last night the clocks went forward into summer but the weather most certainly didn’t. It’s rather cool, cloudy and threatening rain, but in my heart it is warm and sunny because we are home.   Zvi and I travelled to London last week, together…

19th March, 2019   I can’t really wish you Shabbat Shalom yet but I wanted to be sure that you received your pre-Purim newsletter before we set off for Olivia’s Bat Mitzva in London.   The electioneering stopped for a few short hours this week as we were shocked and saddened to read of a…

A friend asked me how to respond to anti-Israel bias in her community and university in the USA – this was my response Did you know that every other country in the world has held on to land won in war and nobody screams foul play? Israel is the only country that was actually recreated…

15th March 2019   Good morning, Good month of Adar 2, Happy Purim and of course Shabbat Shalom   Apropos nothing and everything, as the world is reverting to type I found this quote from Chaim Weizmann, December 1936; “There are now two sorts of countries in the world, those that want to expel the…

8th March, 2019 Good morning! Good Friday, good Shabbes – Shabbat Shalom. I read a Steve Jobs quote this morning, one that encapsulates my beliefs in a very few words. “Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice“ Every day we are inundated with the opinions of others, be they politicians, journalists or television presenters,…

1st March 2019   Good Shabbes, Shabbat Shalom and Happy St. David’s Day!!!   Today, March 1st, is St David’s Day. St David is the patron St of Wales and the only patron St to have visited Jerusalem. When my children were small I used to sing Calon Lan to them – now Only Boys…