Tag Archives: Good News Friday

Good News Friday – Purim Same’ach edition

Posted on 25 February 2021 by anneinpt

Purim has started (or is starting) around the Jewish world, and we are celebrating a “triple Purim” which is quite a rare event. It started tonight at sundown and lasts till tomorrow night when Shabbat begins. But in walled cities … 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 25 December 2020 by anneinpt

It’s a strange Friday-Shabbat this week, from the sadness of Asara BeTevet to the happiness of Shabbat, and it’s a bit discombobulating (I love that word!) to add some good news to the mix. It’s also a very short day … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday – Shabbat Chanukah edition

Posted on 11 December 2020 by anneinpt

It’s been a long time since I’ve done one of these posts, and while I don’t promise to be going back to making this a regular feature, I am delighted to feel “the muse” awaken within me. It’s the first … Continue reading →

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Corona, political infighting, is there any Good News for Friday?

Posted on 13 March 2020 by anneinpt

The news has been inexorably bad for the last few weeks and I have been in no mood to write anything (in case you hadn’t noticed). The 3rd round of Israeli elections yielded exactly the same results as the second … Continue reading →

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Good News Friday

Posted on 28 February 2020 by anneinpt

Apologies for the long hiatus in blogging. Family life, crises and dramas keep getting in the way. But now it’s time to catch up on some good news for a change, so here is my latest Good News Friday post. … Continue reading →

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