Firstly, Ruth and I would like to wish you all a very Happy and HEALTHY New Year. As we enter this year, we now find ourselves in national lockdown again due to the epidemic of Coronavirus that we have had for almost ten months. However, this time, we do have the vaccine beginning to come […]
Happy New Year! I’m sure we have all wished this to others many times today and in the past few days, and had many others wish this for us. It is lovely that people express this hope for each other, and so we should. Deep inside, you might be feeling confident that 2021 will be […]
We approach a very special time in the Christian calendar that is also a very important one for the overwhelming majority of the population, in that it normally affords us all time and space to meet relatives and friends. This year, and especially in the light of the developments over the weekend, many, many people […]
This has been another week when the news has buffeted us like the autumn winds, sun and rain. There has been some encouraging news on the Covid vaccines front, but there have also been troubling developments in both major political parties this week. My training is as a rabbi. As a consequence of my Liberal […]
One of the most famous British sporting commentary soundbites is of Kenneth Wolstenholme towards the conclusion of the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley: “They think it’s all over … it is now!” I’m guessing that many of you, like me, are wishing for that moment when we can say “It is now!” You might […]
As we approach winter and the clocks go back this coming weekend, it is clear that the so called ‘spike’ in coronavirus cases is having its effect across the country and here in our area of East London and Essex. We are now in the ‘Tier Two’ stage of local restrictions. We cannot deny that […]