For the past few days, and across the past few weeks, I have been travelling into some of the remotest areas of Western Australia for business.  I have visited towns where the population consists of a few hundred people, areas that service a pub and a service station literally in the middle of nowhere.  I [...]

Earlier this week one of the most important community events of the year took place. The opening of the fourth year of the Perth Yeshivah was hosted, with around 80 people (a significantly young crowd) in attendance. Rabbi Shalom Coleman delivered a moving tribute to the Yeshiva. His incredible strength and insight was once again [...]

I havn’t been blogging much the past few weeks, for personal reasons.  Apologies.  I hope to post occasionally over the next few weeks and return to business as usual thereafter. There is a lot changing around the Jewish world at the moment, including our remote outpost of Perth.  Yet the old addage goes – the [...]

Spring has arrived in Perth, a little late, but good enough to allow us to sit in the Succah in very comfortable conditions. Courtesy of my neighbours I have a selection of several wireless connections, and the opportunity to contemplate many things. I’ve been reading a number of items in the Israeli press. I love [...]