Prior to departing for two weeks in Israel, I have pre-written my Shabbat emails for these travel days.  So any big news that happens while I’m away will be covered in emails upon my return home.  I am often asked the reason I write these emails and my top reply is, always…enjoyment.  I truly relish the creative and research process of looking for interesting and newsworthy information to share with you and selecting graphics, cartoons and photos to highlight the topics. I’m hoping all this research is good for my brain. But I also appreciate vacation down times when thoughts of returning to my computer are on sabbatical.  After nearly 6 years and about 300 consecutives Shabbat emails (I’ve never missed a week), it is now my hobby/habit to reach out to friends and family each Friday morning to wish you “Shabbat Shalom”.  I plan to continue these weekly messages until my brain and/or fingers no longer work…hopefully for a very long time.

With Israel as today’s topic, here is a story from a few weeks ago about Robert F. Kennedy and his daughter, Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, who attended the Herzliya Conferenceto memorialize his life and pay tribute to his commitment to Israel. It was his devotions to Israel that cost his life at the hands of Palestinian, Sirhan Sirhan.

Wishing you and your loved ones a Sweet and Peaceful Shabbat Shalom,