Yehuda was in a chess tournament last night and he came home ebullient! In his hands he grasped a chess t-shirt, a certificate saying he had completed the course and….a third place MEDAL! At the beginning of the year, Yehuda announced that he wanted to join an after-school chess class. “Chess?” I replied, as someone… Read More Building Their Confidence
We took the kids to the zoo this afternoon as a treat before Shabbat. We went into a relatively new and very well designed lemur exhibit. The only problem was that there didn’t seem to be any lemurs! We asked the woman who was working there where the lemurs were and she pointed to the… Read More Too Much TV or a Great Sense of Humor?
In the last 24 hours, we’ve been to the Kotel (Western Wall) to watch our adoptive soldier-son, Jeff, be sworn into the army and we’ve watched our first grade son, Yehuda, sing a portion of Beresheit by heart in Hevron at Maarat HaMachpela (the Cave of the Patriarchs where Avraham, Yitzhak and Yaakov, Sara, Rivka… Read More An Incredible 24 Hours
Life in Israel truly cracks me up. There is such a dichotomy, at times, between the organization and the chaos. Israelis don’t always like order and routine. They don’t make their summer plans more than a month ahead of time, they call for Shabbat plans on Friday at 10am, and they think nothing of packing… Read More The Apricot Pit Game
Josh just showed me this incredible series of videos that Aish HaTorah is doing. They have, so far, created feature videos about half a dozen heroes of Israel. This one helps to show what Josh’s work, Nefesh B’Nefesh, does…and again, why we have decided to move to Israel. I seem to be completely unable to… Read More Getting Inspired All Over Again
Josh just showed me this incredible series of videos that Aish HaTorah is doing. They have, so far, created feature videos about half a dozen heroes of Israel. This one helps to show what Josh’s work, Nefesh B’Nefesh, does…and again, why we have decided to move to Israel. I seem to be completely unable to… Read More Getting Inspired All Over Again
Yesterday was my Hebrew birthday and today is my English one. Anyone who knows me well knows that I LOVE birthdays. I love my birthday; I love your birthday; I just love birthdays. What’s not to love? The fact that I’m here for another year means that I’m HERE – the alternative is not a… Read More Life Is All In The Details
Azriel has broken the mold in our family so far. While all of my other boys were climbing on the kitchen counter by 6 months (literally), Zeli is taking his good ol’ fashioned time doing anything. He’s got one of the sweetest dispositions ever, so I’m forgiving him this laziness. As you’ll see from this… Read More Zeli Gets a Move On It
I try to go walking almost every day for exercise. I make a lap around the yishuv, waving to friends as I go and picking up groceries and children along the way, as necessary. Today, Azriel and I were enjoying our walk. It is a beautiful spring-like day and we were happily moving along. When… Read More The Significance of a Single Walk
Just wanted to share some cute pictures of Azriel. I was taking them to show my in-laws that he was wearing his Vermont shirt. Sorry dad, I promise he’ll wear his UCLA shirt tomorrow. He had such a good time posing, that I just kept taking pictures! Enjoy!
