2nd of April 2021   Shabbat Shalom, Pesach Sameach, a Blessed Good Friday and a Holy Easter.   Jews have entered a 49 day Omer period of prayer, restraint and holding back from excess, while Christians have just ended the 40 days of Lent; We have so much more in common than that which separates…

25th February, 2021   Shabbat Shalom! Pesach Sameach, a blessed Pascha and for those who do not celebrate those three, have a wonderful weekend!   Yes, I know, the elections provided yet another quandary! There is no clear winner of the fourth election in two years but I have a sneaky feeling that it may…

11th March 2021   Shabbat Shalom everyone. I hope this missive finds you well and inoculated, not only against Covid but against the idiocies of a modern world.   For some reason, some of the finest literature is being force off the shelves because of the way people are portrayed. Nobody seems to understand that…

5th March 2021   Shalom! Shabbat Shalom! I should have written yesterday then the date would have been 4-3-21!   I must start with an anomaly. Ms. Fatou Bensouda is leaving her position as Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in The Hague – an organisation which has no legal standing whatsoever yet has…

26th February 2021   Shabbat Shalom and Purim Sameach. I hope this missive finds you well.   Purim, so many traditions which depend upon the land of the dispersion, taking on the flavours of wheresoever your family found safe haven – or not. I was fascinated to see an invitation to a Purim event by…

210219 19th February 2021   Good Shabbes dear friends.   I just wanted to drop you a note to explain why I’m not writing my long missive today.   Yes we had snow, albeit for a short time and yes President Biden and PM Netanyahu had an hour and a half long conversation, apparently a…

12th February 2021   Good Shabbes, Shabbat Shalom, Chodesh Tov (the new month of Adar) and Happy Year of the Ox! I hope you had a blessed Candlemas   So there is a huge kerfuffle about the fact that President Biden has not yet called PM Netanyahu. He has called Canada, Mexico, UK, India, France,…

5th February 2021   Shabbat Shalom! How are you?   Isn’t it strange that now that the world has opened up and we can reach even the most remoted corners of the world, but we can’t go anywhere? Yes of course that was a rhetorical question, yes it is strange, but when a virus has…

29th January 2021   Shabbat Shalom! How are you? Did you know that I’m green?   Don’t worry, it’s not some obscure new virus, “being green” in Israel means that the Ministry of Health has issued a “Green Passport” for you. That means you have had both vaccinations and a week to ten days later…

  22nd of January 2021 9th day of the Hebrew month of Shvat in the year 5781   Shabbat Shalom! How are you? Have you had your vaccine yet? One or two?   I will explain the reason for placing the Hebrew date at the top of this missive, but not yet, I’m saving the…