210603 3rd June 2021 Shabbat Shalom dear friends. Today I intend pouring my heart out about the state of politics here, actually, that’s the wrong expression because I firmly believe that, if it actually comes to fruition, Israel will have the only truly democratic government in the world! Just think about it, discount the extremes…

21st May, 2021   Shabbat Shalom dear friends   So, it happened, just as we expected. Hamas was out of the public eye during the entire Covid-19 period. Nobody cared, we were all too busy. How do you draw attention? You launch thousands of rockets on ordinary Israelis, not to kill them, although that’s a…

This is the 9th day of the current confrontation with Hamas and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and yesterday, after all our guests had left, Zvi and I sat down to understand the gains and losses of both sides of the conflict.   I must add something of utmost importance. We are not a belligerent people.…

16th May, 2021 5th Sivan 5781   Tonight we wear white clothing and light the candles to welcome the beautiful festival of Shevuot. Shevuot, the first harvest and the time we celebrate the arrival of Torah and the laws which came down from Mount Sinai. Shevuot is also called the Feast of Weeks or Pentecost,…

13th May 2021   I don’t know how to start this missive. Shabbat Shalom? Not sure it’s appropriate this week. A Blessed Idel Fitr? Same problem. I can pray for both but my hopes are not high.   In fact I’m currently beyond angry, not at the rockets and missiles but rather about the disgusting,…

7th May 2021   Shabbat Shalom and Ramadan Kareem   Yes I’m back, well established in our new home and luckily we found the computer in the fourth box! Did you miss me? Of course I chose the busiest, most fateful week in Israeli history to go off line, but I will try to catch…

23rd of April, 2021   Shabbat Shalom dear friends and Ramadan Mubarak to my Moslem friends   The weather is perfect, the sun is shining, Shabbat is before us and I am deeply worried. In 2017 a woman, a 65 year old woman, a 65 year old French woman by the name of Sarah Halimi,…

210416 16th April, 2021   Shabbat Shalom, Ramadan Kareem   We have mourned for the Shoah and cried over those we lost to war and terror, switching in a flash and a bugle call to the celebrations of Independence.   Two wonderful things happened for Zvi and I on Yom Haatzmaut (Independence Day). To his…

From Sorrow to Celebration   13th of April 2021 1st Iyar 5781   יוֹם הזִּכָּרוֹן לַחֲלָלֵי מַעֲרָכוֹת יִשְׂרָאֵל וּלְנִפְגְעֵי פְּעוּלוֹת הָאֵיבָה‎‎ ‘Memorial Day for the Fallen Soldiers of the Wars of Israel and Victims of Actions of Terrorism   It is said that Israelis understand how to mourn better than any other country. It isn’t…

Holocaust Memorial Day 25th Nisan 5781 7th April 2021   Tomorrow at precisely 10:00 the wail of the siren will remind all Israelis to stand in deference to those who perished and those who survived the Holocaust.   Buses stop and passengers alight and stand to attention, cars stop, even in the middle of the…