ErmintrudeReflections on Writing and Social MediaI’m going to be taking a break from writing for a while. Off and on, I’ve written about social work online since 2008. This has seen me…Aug 14, 2021Aug 14, 2021
Ermintrude‘Like the Nazis’There’s rarely any reason for me to talk about the ‘Shoah’ or ‘Holocaust’. The period in the 30s and 40s when two-thirds of the Jewish…Jun 9, 2021Jun 9, 2021
ErmintrudeReading Board PapersThis is a brief guide to looking through Board Papers. I have aimed it at people looking at the board papers for NHS trusts, because that’s…May 3, 2021May 3, 2021
ErmintrudePassover — Memories, History and FreedomPassover, or Pesach – as it is in Hebrew, is coming. It is an eight day festival that starts on Saturday night this year. It is probably…Mar 25, 2021Mar 25, 2021
ErmintrudeA year and a heap of memoriesLast year was not the hardest time for me during the stretch of the pandemic up to this point. I am glad I didn’t know it would get worse…Mar 23, 2021Mar 23, 2021
ErmintrudeThe Longest, Strangest YearThis time last year.. we’ll be saying that a lot over the next months and the world wakes up into a very different Spring. Things happen…Mar 9, 2021Mar 9, 2021
ErmintrudeOf Purim and the fight against racismThis evening is the start of Purim. I always have, as I imagine most Jewish people who grew up within the Jewish community do, happy…Feb 25, 2021Feb 25, 2021
ErmintrudeDistant GriefLast week, someone asked me (in a situation in which is was entirely appropriate), something about my parents. Were they well? How were…Feb 5, 2021Feb 5, 2021
ErmintrudeTomorrow will be a better dayI’m writing this at the beginning of February 2021. In March 2020, I started a journal. It was as we saw the beginning of the spread of…Feb 3, 2021Feb 3, 2021
