Happy Birthday Asaf

Happy Birthday Asaf

January 1st: A Day of Double Blessings Today, I celebrate the beginning of a new year and the birthday of my one and only darling son, Asaf. While the world popped champagne, I welcomed an incredible gift that keeps on giving. Asaf’s creativity, sharp mind, and loving...
Happy 90th Birthday to my Mom

Happy 90th Birthday to my Mom

Happy 90th Birthday to my beautiful mother, Shulamit Shimoni. Today, we celebrate a wonderful milestone and the life of a woman of incredible strength, love and true devotion. My mother is the very embodiment of Eshet Chayil, “A woman of valor, whose worth is...
Shanna Tova

Shanna Tova

On this last Shabbat of the year, marked by deep loss and hardship for Jews in Israel and around the world, we find comfort in the Haftarah reading and the words of Isaiah: “בְּכָל־צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר וּמַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו הוֹשִׁיעָם בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ וּבְחֶמְלָתוֹ הוּא...
In the Quiet of the Night

In the Quiet of the Night

In the quiet of the night, where my thoughts softly streamI drift to distant lands, a place of endless dreams—where whispered echoes and fantasies take flighta world unseen by daylight, yet vivid and so bright. Stars gleam like diamonds and moonlight paves the...
Takers and Givers

Takers and Givers

There are takers and there are giverssome give love, some give shiverssome spread warmth like summer lightsome cast chills as winter’s night. In this world of give and takewe choose the paths we want to make:to heal or harm, to build or break,to lift up hearts or make...
In Memory

In Memory

Today, the 5th of Av, marks 30 years since my father, Haviv Shimoni, passed away at 61. Haviv, meaning “the beloved one,” was loved by all who knew him. As a member of the Jerusalem City Council, member of the Knesset, and a leader of the Kurdish community...