January 22, 2018
I was listening this week to a discussion on Radio 5 Live about football. Now, I enjoy the game (as much as is possible now as […]
January 15, 2018
It’s my son Yoni’s birthday today, he turned 13. We were in shul this morning, he put on his tefillin, but he didn’t yet have an […]
January 5, 2018
It was just a passing comment but it had a profound effect on my life and is now the driving force of what we are trying […]
December 29, 2017
I did something I have never done before yesterday. I went to a movie by myself. Now I was not meant to – my son couldn’t […]
December 22, 2017
This is my first Machshavot for three weeks. Two weeks ago, it was the Shwekey concerts that got in the way. Last week I was in […]
November 6, 2017
Yesterday, I got my PhD. Let me explain how this happened. The 2nd of November 2017 was a historic day; it was the 100th anniversary of […]
October 23, 2017
Since Shabbat Chol Hamoed (yes, that is 13 days ago) I have had flu. Not man flu (as many of my friends asked) but the real […]
September 11, 2017
September has arrived, heralding in a new school year and the oncoming Yamim Noraim. It is also good to be back writing for Machshavot after my […]