Tag Archives: aliya

Good News Friday

Posted on 8 October 2021 by anneinpt

I haven’t written one of these Good News Friday posts for a very long time, but today suddenly the muse has overtaken me. I have just a couple of items but they brought a smile to my face and I … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – Pollard comes home!

Posted on 1 January 2021 by anneinpt

This week’s Good News Friday post simply HAS to focus on the amazing – and far too belated – return of Jonathan Pollard to Israel. If you want to know the background to the Jonathan Pollard case, you can read … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 19 October 2018 by anneinpt

It seems weird writing a Good News Friday post immediately after writing about the missile attacks on Beer Sheva. But for the moment things are quiet (not necessarily a good thing if it means the government is not taking any … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 3 August 2018 by anneinpt

This week’s Good News Friday is going to be Zionism week, starring my very own family! My first item is Aliya, specifically from the United States. This week 232 Olim came to Israel on a Nefesh B’Nefesh charter flight (via … Continue reading →

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My 40th Aliya anniversary!

Posted on 19 October 2017 by anneinpt

Today, exactly 40 years ago, on the Thursday between Bereishit and Noach, I made aliya from England. (The exact date was 13th October 1977, Rosh Chodesh Cheshvan 5738). In the beginning… I fell in love with Israel long before I … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 23 September 2016 by anneinpt

The weeks seem to roll round faster than ever, and here we are, time for another Good News Friday post. My first item is a brilliant, outspoken, very politically incorrect defence of Israel, spoken by British journalist Katie Hopkins on … Continue reading →

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