Shabbat Shalom,

With the World Cup over, and the gold tennis and international cricket, it has been a quiet week for sport lovers. On the other hand the news channels have been busy with politics and economics, and I hope the results have pleased you.

In the Middle East, the Americans have been carrying out bombing raids, but most of the experts believe this is only half addressing the problem. To address it properly would take literally hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground and potentially many US casualties before a full victory can be achieved.

In Israel, there seems to be real movement between Israel and the legitimate government of Lebanon so that Israeli topps have moved out of certain places in the South to be replaced by the Lebanese army. Their president - Mr Aoun seems to want a proper relationship with Israel, which can only be good.

On the other hand America has signed a deal with Saudi to give them nuclear capability An interesting point on this is that one of the conditions Mr Trump has put on the agreement is that Saudi Arablia recognised the State of Israel.

And now to a totally different subject. This is aimed at all those who live in the Brighton and Hove area. Some of you will know that one of my great interests is singing, and I am proud to have been a member  of Top Hat Productions for some years. Unfortunately they do not have a show this year for very understandable reasons.So I am trying to form my own group for this year. What I am looking for are people who like singing and would like to join others in singing some popular songs with other people. I have around 10-12 people already but we would love to have more.

We would start rehearsing together in August and be singing songs made popular in the 60s and 70s, which would include singers like Elvis, Shirley Bassey, Neil Sedaka and even Topol.The rehearsals would be on s Sunday evening and between the start and mid-december we would probably have 8 or 9 dates.You don't have to sing like Joan Sutherland or Pavarotti, but if the idea of singing together, appeals, drop me a line here.

With that thought,
I wish you Good Shabbos

Nick

Carolyne Davis is in News from Israel which comes under the heading of Jewish Life and Israel.

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This week's Parsha , comes under the heading of Religious Community.