It’s birthday week for me. The first part of the festivities was hosting a small celebration at the Jerusalem Scrabble Club. The above picture was taken from the club website. My wife arranged a small table of sandwiches, cut vegetables, and drinks (including wine). All our children plus some of their spouses and some of … More 80th Birthday – part 1
A few weeks back my wife pointed out some little black specks on the kitchen counter. “Those are mouse droppings.”She asserted. So we went to the local hardware store and bought 2 mouse traps. One of the traps was a “humane” trap. It had a spring loaded door that would shut if the mouse entered … More About That Mouse…
It all started out as a normal Friday. But that all changed when I woke up at around 3 AM. I was having reasonably severe pains in my lower abdomen on both the right and left sides. The pain was in the front, not the side or lower back. That led my wife, a former … More A Day at The Emergency Room
I’m what is called, euphemistically, a “senior citizen”. That means I have control over what I do most of the time. I’m no longer a wage slave. Being free to change my schedule at a moments notice has some real advantages. One of my grandsons, a 16 year old, dropped in on us the other … More A Great Way to Spend an Afternoon
Saturday was the big day for our older daughter’s youngest son. Of course, we were there. For his mother, one of the best parts was when I was called up to the Torah reading. She said when she saw the three of us, Eilon, myself, and his older brother, Yair, all together on the platform, … More Eilon’s Bar Mitzvah
Today our younger son dropped by and brought his 4 kids. They are our youngest grandchildren. The oldest will soon be 8, The next is 6. The younger ones are officially 1 and 3. We had such a good time with them. the kids played on the same swing set we had installed for their … More Grandchildren are Great
This year our Passover holiday was very busy. We went to a hotel. Our older son and his family joined us for the first two days. The next day our older daughter came with most of her family/. The day after that we went into Jerusalem to meet a close friend. We went to see … More Holiday’s Over
The Jewish Passover Holiday is fast approaching. It’s an 8 day festival known particularly for the requirement that we eat unleavened bread (Matzot). My wife and I are going to spend our holiday with friends and family. For the first nights’ festive meal we will be with our older son and his family at a … More Time for a Holiday Break
I applied for graduate school to the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. I was accepted. But classes started only in June so I had almost 6 months to wait. The Student Zionist organization, of which I had been a member , was looking for a regional director for the Middle Atlantic States area. I got the … More A Busy Summer – 1966
My maternal grandparents escaped from Ukraine, then part of Czarist Russia, in 1905. At some point after arrival they, along with many other Jewish families, applied for a land grant under the provisions of the homestead act of 1862. The Bureau of Land Management records show that Harry Weisman was granted a 160 acre farm … More A Piece of Paper + A Piece of Land = A Piece of History
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