26th of September 2025 4th of the Hebrew month of Tishrei 5786 720 days of the October 7th War Shabbat Shalom, Hatima Tova. I was thinking how many different greetings, blessings we have in Judaism. Shabbat Shalom  (I wish you a peaceful Sabbath), Chag Sameach (I wish you a happy or pleasant festival), Hatima Tova…

19th of September 2025 26th of the Hebrew month of Ellul 5785 713 days since October 7th 2023 20 hostages barely living in Hamas hell Shabbat Shalom and very nearly the start of 5786. With your permission I want to start by quoting my friend and mentor Rabbi Jeremy Rosen in his thoughts on Rosh…

11th of September, 2025 24 years since that fateful day in the USA; September 11, 2001 at 3:46 PM GMT+3, 2,977 people lost their lives. The attacks were very specific, the World Trade Center, The Pentagon, Shanksville . The response to those horrific attacks was all out war on Iraq and ultimately on Afghanistan; but this is Israel…

5th of September 2025 Shabbat Shalom dear lovely friends. 700 days of watching the despicable become acceptable 700 days of unimaginable agony for the parents of those who were and are in dire captivity 900 Israeli soldiers, of every race, men and women, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, sons, lost in a war we…

29th August 2025 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Shabbat Shalom, two words that hold so much hope, so much love.  “A lie that is half a truth is the darkest of all”.  Alfred Lord Tennyson. Too often, fear of repetition makes us downplay the impact of lies and half-truths spread by the media, yet their consequences…

22nd of August 2025 28th of the Hebrew month of Av in the year 5785 669 days since Israel responded to the attack of October 7th Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Almost time to wish you a good month as we near the Hebrew month of Elul The month of Elul, the last month of the…

15th of August 2025 21st day of the Hebrew month of Av in the year 5785 678th of October Shabbat Shalom to one and all “Give us back our 50 hostages. Some are alive and some are only alive in our souls. Let the innocent people who are in Gaza have a chance. We are…

8th August 2025 671st of October 2023 15th of the month of Av 5785 “Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it, so that when men come to be undeceived, it is too late; the jest is over, and the tale hath had its effect.” Jonathan Swift Shabbat Shalom dear friends. I was looking for…

1st of August 2025 7th of the month of Av, 5785 665th of October Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Gosh you have no idea how important you are to me. By writing to you I feel a closeness and it forces me to think pragmatically in a world that has become insane. Tomorrow night we enter…

25th July 2025 The 658th of October Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Today is also the Feast of St. James for the Catholic and Anglican Churches and Jews are in the second week of the three weeks of penitence which lead up to Tisha b’Av, the commemoration of the destruction of both Temples. During the 3…