London,
26.5.53

Dear Bossy,

I had your letter written after you had been to the Rosswalds. I had in mind to tell you that I have read and have heard that the condition of Moshe is found in cases after inoculation. Can you remember whether he had his inoculation at the time or when did he have it? If I remember at all it was Samy who gave him the inoculation. This is by the way.

I was very sorry to hear about Theo and can only sympathise. As far as Dr. Eshkenazi of Jerusalem, I have heard that he is very good indeed and maybe a fine thing for you to take him to Jerusalem. What happened about the man who was to come from Jerusalem and who Dr.R. was going to bring home? I have been waiting to hear about his opinion. Have you answered Dr. Elliott? I am still trying to see about the Great Ormond Street Hospital and have hopes that there are possibilities there. By the way, darling, I shall be trying to bring you over soon, because life is not very difficult here even without much money, and to say the least of it it is much easier and pleasanter. I might try and get a part-time job in the old firm, to be certain of the minimum and the rest of the time I shall be able to look around and try my hand at things. This, with God’s help, is my wish, and since I miss you all dreadfully it will be the best solution. I was at the Bouns and they said they will write to you, and I trust they have. Since we spoke nearly all the time about you, I feel quite quite home sick, but then I feel quite home sick most of the time.

I told you I was moving day after tomorrow. The address is:
c/o Mrs Hermann,
Danes Court
Flat 35, (Ground Floor),
Wembley Park,
Middlesex.
The place is very near the station, and in fact it faces the line of the Electric Metropolitan Railway, but then I shall be able, I hope, to do some work. To get into the B.B.C. as part-time and get mainly Saturday and Sunday duties will suit me down to the ground since I shall have my bread assured and at the same time be free to do whatever I find interesting.

There is not much news otherwise. It was Whitsun and I was on Saturday to the Bouns, the other two days I spent with Arnold and Ruth. They had a lot of people, one richer than the other and it was quite sickening to listen to their conversation. Arnold has been very nice and so has Ruth, but he is of no earthly help to anybody. By the way, Gaby and Jack celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary and at the end of it had a royal quarrel over this, that and the other and have since made it up. But this is no life and I am glad I am getting out of all this strain. Glad also I told them I was moving before the quarrel so that they do not think I am running away. Gaby has been very nice, as always, but he has his moments. The boy is very clever and nice but is getting very nervous and in a way I am sorry for him, since it is not a very happy home. You know Jack and I don’t have to tell you the sort of things he does, but then he can be quite nice too, so that you never know what is coming. I told you that with Nat Levitt everything was O.K. I had, however, to take the chief accountant of Woodhouses to his office together with all the correspondence and accounts before he will admit his mistake and he was quite alright after that. He rang up Alice and told her to invite me and would have invited me too but were going to the country for Whitsun. Alice’s husband on the other hand is taking exams and doesn’t want to be bothered before he sits for them.

The Coronation fever is full on and people do not feel like work so that my task is a bit more difficult. I am trying on a few strings and, please God, hope for the best. I am trying to push hard but you know the English, they just will not be rushed into anything at all. I am working to get a place so that you can come over with the kids. Life in Israel is too hard and unpleasant to stand while here without too much money a person can have a sort of life that is to my liking. That is all there is to be said and I hope you will keep your fingers crossed and pray for me to get what I want. I am going tonight for coffee to the Ulmans. The last three days have been really hot and I have felt quite bad, since all my years in Israel do not seem to have given me much liking for that sort of weather. How is the weather there (an English sort of question) if you please after such a short time here, but it is catching.

Do write to me more often and let me hear how things are. I did write to father about Moshe and trust it will be easier for you to approach him about Eshkenazi. Do let me know what you are doing. My love to you and to the kids. Did you get the toys and were the kids pleased with them? I’ll try and send you a few things since I know you must be tired of your old stuff. Try and bear it a bit longer and I pray we may get you all here soon, Loving you all, Yours Der Boss.

 

NB: ‘Bown’ is spelt as ‘Boun’ throughout letter and ‘Ullmann’ is spelt as ‘Ulman’