170920
20th
September 2017
Rosh Hashana 2017, in
the Jewish year of 5778
Thank you one and all
for listening to my musings and emotions, my thoughts and deliberations. I
appreciate you all, each and every one of you and wish you
שנה טובה ומתוקה
I wish you a year in
which the voice of moderation and reason will not be silenced.
A year of new
friendships while holding the old ones close to your heart
A year of true friends
who will never turn on you and always remember your kindnesses
A year in which Israel's
innovation, desire for peace with our neighbours, outreach to less fortunate
countries, almost excessive democracy will be recognised.
That after 5778 years
the Jews the world over can finally say I am a Jew without concern and can pray
in synagogues without the need for security
That Christians and Jews
in Moslem countries will not be persecuted and that Moslem in the West will not
be singled out – there are good and bad among all peoples.
That all children will
be taught that when someone is different, it simply makes them more
interesting.
That the State
Department and the Foreign Office will play fair and the United Nations will
perform the duties for which it was created.
Ayoub Kara, Israeli Minister
of Communications, gave the most important blessing of all "May we all be
blessed with a fair and honest media who will allow free speech to all
sides"
If the blessing, of
Ayoub Kara will be fulfilled then all of the above will be possible.
As we stand on our
veranda surrounded by glorious colour, warmed by the sunrise in Jerusalem, Zvi
and I wish you and yours a year of joy, of kindness, generosity, tolerance and
patient understanding and of course great good health.
I wish Zvis boys Amiad and
Leor and their amazing families; my family, my siblings Eddie, Doreen and
Ronnie and families; my loving children Daniel, Gideon and Rachel and their
spouses Karen, Stephanie and Igal; our warm, kind and beautiful grandchildren;
cousins, including the new-found Jen and Frank in far off Nova Scotia, a sweet
and fulfilling year. To all of them - I have a dream. My dream it that next
year you really will be in Jerusalem.
Finally to my husband
Zvi, my husband, my mentor, my historian and the man who told me I could build
up a readership of over 10,000 people if I just tell the truth. Thank you my
love.
David Broza sings Yiyeh
Tov – It will be fine – and it will https://www.youtube.com/watch?
With all our love from
our beautiful Jerusalem,
Sheila
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