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I am not a morning person
This morning I had a meeting at school at 7:30am. I did not get up at any earlier than usual. I did bathe (you’re welcome classmates). The challenge for me is not the waking up, it is the being around … Continue reading
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I heart public radio
When I lived in that country to the north one of the things that I missed most was National Public Radio. I did listen to CBC radio but honestly, it wasn’t the same. Now that I’m back in SoCal I … Continue reading
Posted in family, memories, technology
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Welcome to NaBloPoMo!
I’ve made a spur of the moment decision to participate in NaBloPoMo, National Blog Posting Month and I will do my best to post something daily. It will probably be good for me because I have a tremendous amount of … Continue reading
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Happy birthday to the greatest dad I’ve ever had!
Today is the one and only birthday of MY DAD! Happy birthday! MY DAD is one great guy, as you probably already know. If you don’t know, you should just believe me because about this one, I am completely right. … Continue reading
I cried this morning
And it was for a happy reason. I knew that while I was asleep, safe in my bed, Gilad Shalit’s transfer from captivity to freedom (and that is a loaded image and I will get there) took place. I looked … Continue reading
Posted in holidays, Israel, Politics
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Gilad Shalit is freed!
It is not a dream or a fantasy. Gilad Shalit, the Israeli soldier captured by a terrorist organization on the border with Gaza has been released after 1.940 days he has returned to Israeli soil. ברוך אתה יי אלהינו מלך … Continue reading
Lady Gaga, Alan Cumming, and a rabbi walk into a bar…
It might sound like the beginning of a bad joke. Don’t worry, I’m not going to make it. Instead I’ll tell you what else these figures have in common. The month of October has been deemed LGBT history month by … Continue reading
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Happy New Year!
I have not been feeling the desire to blog so I haven’t been writing. I hope that you understand. I think it is important to blog only when I have something to say and all I really have to say … Continue reading
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18 years ago I thought the world might be different
Yesterday marked 18 years since Yitzhak Rabin and Yasser Arafat met on the White House lawn and signed the Oslo Peace Agreement. 18 years. I remember this day and my own excitement of what this might mean for the Middle … Continue reading
Posted in memories, Peace, Politics
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I’m worried. The kind where it is hard to sleep.
I wasn’t going to post this yesterday. It didn’t seem right with all of the emotions people were felling about the events of September 11, 2001. I’ve written my own reactions and reflections before. I thought I’d posted them on … Continue reading
Rabbi Eleanor Steinman 