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…8 min read·Aug 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…8 min read·Jun 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…8 min read·May 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…8 min read·Mar 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…3 min read·Mar 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…6 min read·Mar 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…4 min read·Feb 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…5 min read·Feb 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…3 min read·Feb 3, 2021----