More about my grandson

Presumably due to the facts that he was born slightly "late" and that his mother suffered from gestational diabetes (this leads to a higher than normal level of insulin in the mother's blood that causes the foetus to grow larger), the baby weighed 3.86 kg at birth, which is heavy. The same happened with our daughter: my wife suffered from gestational diabetes and the baby weighed 3.8 kg.

To my surprise, I will be the baby's godfather - I will be the one who holds him when he undergoes circumcision. I assumed that his maternal grandfather would have this honour as he is older than me and more religious than me, but I am told that as he already has two male grandsons, he is passing on the opportunity.

As his maternal grandfather is housebound, the ceremony (to be held next Monday) will be held in their house and so by necessity will be attended by only the nuclear family.

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One comes, another goes

I am thrilled to announce the birth of my first grandson (and my fourth grandchild overall) who came into this world yesterday evening, the first candle of Chanuka. In accordance with Jewish tradition, we won't know his name until his Brit (ritual circumcision) which should take place next Monday or Tuesday.

Although of course we've been waiting several months for this birth, he was expected to come at any time in the past few days. At least he was born when the weather is calm, as opposed to the heavy storm that we had a few days ago.

Hopefully today I'll be visiting him and his mother in hospital later today.

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In stark contrast to the above, I was dismayed to read of the death of film director and actor Rob Reiner. As it happens, I watched "When Harry met Sally" a few days ago; originally the film was going to end somewhat differently, but because Reiner met his wife to be during the filming, the end was changed so that Sally and Harry ended up together. Other notable films of his are "Spinal Tap" and "A few good men".

And our eyes are drawn south to Sydney, Australia, where 15 people were shot and killed at Bondi beach on the first day of the Jewish festival Hanukah by a pair of Muslim terrorists. This is the final outcome of anti-semitism.

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