Shabbat Shalom, at the beginning of what is forecasted to be a very cold weekend, with snow over much of Great Britain, but not likely here in Brighton and Hove.

As one who is a sport fanatic, this week has offered me much, but sadly mostly defeats for the teams which I am supporting, so that UK has not won a medal at the Olympics, Brighton and Hove Albion seem to go from bad to worse, and the England cricket team suffered a reverse in the 20/20 World Cup.

Looking at Politics, for most of the week, the news in England was all to do with the British relevant connections with Epstein, as it was affected by Peter Mandelson and the former Prince Andrew. To my way of thinking this has taken too much time.

Barely a mention has been made of what happened between President Trump and Bibi Netanyahu regarding Iran. Looking at YouTube, Mr Trump has had a major row with Canada, which may well lead to problems with trade between the two countries and real threats to USA's security.

Thank you to Jack Kaye for your Albion Gazette XXIX about Brighton's defeat to Crystal Palace.

Much more tasty is Rachelle's One Pot Apricot Chicken and Rice.

The Parsha this week deals with many mitzvot, telling the Insraelites, and I suppose us, how to behave.

The numbers tuning in to this website are returning to normal, and it is a pleasure to see people from so many countries tuning in.

For those who are in the Brighton area, can I alert you to an event, Single and Mingle organised for Sunday af'ternoon, which brings single people of a more mature age together. Whether these would be potential shidduchs, I don't know. But good luck to Michelle Ziff who is the organiser For details see below.

There are also displays about a Purim Party organised by Chabad Brighton at Ralli Hall and Ralli Hall's 50th anniversary disco.

Carolyne Davis is in News from Israel which comes under the heading of Jewish Life and Israel.
Barbra Paskin's Letter from Hollywood is first under the Entertainment section.
Rachelle's Recipes are in the same section.
Jack Kaye's Albion Gazettes are under Sport.
This week's Parsha comes under the heading of Religious Community

I hope you have a great Shabbos and an enjoyable week to follow.

Keep warm!

Nick.