Category Archives: Family

Good News Friday

Posted on 24 May 2013 by

This week, in contrast to previous weeks, I present you with a bumper-pack Good News Friday installment, chock-full of good news. My first item comes from last week when we took part in a reunion Shabbat of British Olim, most … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 10 May 2013 by

Once again, despite the amount of bad news in the media, there is always a spot of good news to be found if one only looks hard enough. (And believe me, I looked very hard this week!). So here is … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 5 April 2013 by

It’s time for my latest Good News Friday post, the first of the “summer term”, i.e. after Pesach. My first item for this week is from the scientific world – but this time it’s not a new invention or clever … Continue reading →

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Mazal tov! It’s a girl!

Posted on 23 March 2013 by

Since I mentioned in a previous post that we were imminently expecting a grandchild, I feel it’s only fair to keep you updated with the good news that our daughter-in-law gave birth on Friday night to a baby girl, weighing … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 1 March 2013 by

I can’t quite believe it’s time once again for another Good News Friday post. My first item for this week is the widely publicised news that the brilliant smartphone app Waze won the Best Overall Mobile App award at the … Continue reading →

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Day 3 latest update: Sirens and blast in Tel Aviv

Posted on 16 November 2012 by

Tel Aviv is beginning to get just a slight taste of the hell that the residents of the south have been suffering for 8 years: another missile fell in Tel Aviv – and this time I heard it.  As I … Continue reading →

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Shabbat Chatan and Sheva Brachot and the missing keys

Posted on 6 November 2012 by

One last post about the wedding and its associated celebrations and then I’ll be back to normal programming.  (Apologies to those of you who’ve been expecting some political blogging this past week. I’ve been so out of it that I … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – and Wedding Photos!

Posted on 2 November 2012 by

Here is this week’s Good News Friday installment – including wedding photos! First, the news items. The Wall Street Journal reports on the outstanding international success of Israel’s start-ups (h/t David): It is hard not to be impressed by the … Continue reading →

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Wedding Day!

Posted on 31 October 2012 by

Those of you who have been paying attention will have noticed a countdown timer in my right-hand sidebar, marking the passing days until Vered’s wedding. Well, the great day has finally arrived and I’m having a hard time trying to … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 3 August 2012 by

This will be a drive-by posting in my Good News Friday series because it’s a minute to Shabbat. I might edit this post and add details after Shabbat if I have time. This week saw the worldwide Siyum Daf Yomi … Continue reading →

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