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12th April 2025
Pesach Seder at Vered and Aviv
l-r: Danielle, Aviv, Vered, Lior
Ron, Michal, Maayan, Zoe Segoli, Aviv Karni, Lotem Segoli, Alex,
Hefzibah,
Steven Rudofsky, Doreen and me. (Moran taking the picture)
We has a most enjoyable seder at the home of daughter Vered and Aviv
Ron. We didn't "passover" any of the haggadah
and the atmoshphere, spirit and food were all excellent.
See a few pictures here.
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Doreen has written her thoughts on celebrating pesach in
these troubled times.
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Monday 7th April 2025
We returned today to our flat in
Larnaca after having taken part over the weekend in the Limossol Bridge
Festival. There were 98 pairs and we were satisfied to finish in the
middle (46th place).
We enjoyed the the hotel and the bridge and played in the late
afternoon. We took the opportunity to visit the north west coast of
Cyprus above Paphos.
We aim to do or visit at least one new thing on each trip to
Cyprus and so far this visit has been highly successful in this regard.
On Thursday we return to Israel in time for the passover seder.
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- We are deeply saddened
by the death of our dear friend Pam
Bethlehem. In addition to physical
problems as a result of an accident she had not been well for some time
but she bore her afflictions bravely and with good humour. Our deepest
condolences to husband Geoff and her children.
- Niece Denise
Braverman and her partner Shai Arroyo are visiting Italy
and sent us a picture.
- We decided to buy
a new
mattress to replace the one we have had for many
many years. We thought
it would be hard work to choose but we certainly enjoyed trying
out the various options.
THIS WEEK'S PICTURE
29th March 2025
February 2012: Sharon and Joe Leibowitz visit
clockwise: Joe Leibowitz, Braham Kansky, Cheryl Tal, Aviv Ron, Dina
Levy, Wendy Kansky, Jonty Levy, Sharon Leibowitz, Malia Levy
(This
is
another
picture taken from October 2010 to February 2012 when this
site was not updated)
On their way back from South Africa (where they celebrated her
mother Winnie's
90 birthday) to Australia cousin Sharon and Joe Leibowitz paid a
short visit to Israel, and we enjoyed the get-together of the Levy
cousins. (Shirley and Nathan Kansky were overseas).
(and happy birthday today to Joe!)
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We'll
be in Cyprus next
week at the Limassol Bridge Festival. This will be the third time we've
taken part and we have always enjoyed the friendly atmosphere at this
event.
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22nd March 2025

Happy Birthday Aviv
Gal, Lior, Aviv, Vered, me, Doreen, Dani
Last night we celebrated the 65th
birthday of son-in-law Aviv Ron. We went to a new for us, restaurant
Sushi Room, which was very noisy but the food was very good. It was a
lovely evening.
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15th March 2025

Purim/Harucon 2025: Ilay and Will
Granddaughter Ilay Levy and her
friend
Will Mayzenberg stayed with us
this weekend preparing for the anime and manga extravagena at Binyanei
Ha'uma in Jerusamem tomorrow, the Harucon Convention. Conveniently the
Convention coincides with Purim so fancy dress served a double purpose.
They spent hours and hours on Friday and Saturday preparing their
costumes, makeup, hair and so on, resulting in the impressive
appearances.
Yesterday we
celebrated our 60th wedding anniversary at a catered brunch for family
and friends. The food was beautifully presented and delicious. More
importantly the atmosphere was festive and truly wonderful. Towards the
end of the party we distributed copies of Doreen's cookbook "Memories
for the Future".
Family and friends are very important to us, and it was heartwarming to
see and feel so much love.. Our grandchildren were wonderful and
enjoyed themselves - not only did they help but they also interacted
with
our guests. After the celebration they presented games they had made
based on the
family. More on this in
next week's
post.
Of course hundreds of
pictures were taken
by our son-in law Aviv Ron, our official photographer, and I have
chosen just a few representing our family and friends.