Tag Archives: education

Shalom Kita Aleph 2014

Posted on 1 September 2014 by

Today is the first day of the new school year, much to the relief of parents (and grandparents!) around the country. This year of course, the long hot summer vacation was ruined by Hamas’s attack on Israel from Gaza and … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 17 January 2014 by

Here we go again, time to end the week with a refreshing dose of good news in my latest Good News Friday installment. As you might have noticed from the frequency in which I use Dry Bones cartoons to illustrate … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 30 August 2013 by

Despite the plethora of terrible news this past week, and the imminent possiblity of things becoming even worse, I still cannot allow myself to go into Shabbat without some good news. So here is this week’s Good News Friday installment. … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 19 April 2013 by

The weeks seem to go by faster and faster, and here it is, Friday again, and time for another Good News Friday post. Despite the previous two posts which were rather full of gloom and doom, there is plenty of … Continue reading →

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An inspiring message for Pesach from Rabbi Warren Goldstein

Posted on 24 March 2013 by

Rabbi Warren Goldstein, the Chief Rabbi of South Africa, is an amazingly inspirational thinker and speaker. Last year he produced a beautiful pre-Pesach video, and this year he hasn’t let us down. Watch this beautiful video about the importance of … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 8 February 2013 by

It’s time for another Good News Friday post. My first item is the good news that despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth that the younger generation are not motivated or patriotic enough, a new report tells us that in … Continue reading →

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