Move Along

This morning on my trek to Ulpan as I was listening through the shuffle selection of my music, the song, Move Along by All American Rejects began playing.  I don’t know if this happens with you or not, but certain songs can take me back to specific time periods of my life in a flash. [...]

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Oppression = Multiplication

Something I read stuck with me all day long, so I decided to share my revelation. I was reading in Exodus, the first chapter, with the Israelites Oppressed in Egypt. Verse 12 really spoke to me, 
“But the more they were oppressed, the more they multiplied and spread; so the Egyptians came to dread the Israelites [...]

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God has such a sense of humor!

I stumbled across a piece of paper I had tucked away from many years ago.  On this piece of paper was listed 5 things. It was an assignment for my missions class; we had to do one new thing each day for the week.  I remember that day, thinking “what the heck can I do?” [...]

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My online community

I’ve heard many people talk about online communities vs. real life communities vs. social networking communities etc. People blog about it, debate over it, and discuss whether your online community is as valuable as your in person community.  While it differs from person to person, let me tell you about mine:
I recently sent out an email [...]

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Yes! I’m a little bit meshuga (crazy)

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away I did something that was a bit hasty indeed.  I was in NY at the time when I came across a wedding dress that I absolutely fell in love with (on the Nordstroms website).  I thought to myself, “one day you will get married, and [...]

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My Slump

For the past couple of days, I’ve been in a gym slump.  The honeymoon stage is officially over, and I’m having to push myself to go now.  My heart is in it, but my body isn’t.  I know all the rules about starting a routine, keeping it going etc. but I need more motivation……
So, today [...]

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Getting My Butt Kicked

Thanks to an extremely generous friend, I was given a 6 month membership at the most amazing gym in the city. (It was actually his remaining time, but he recently moved back to the states so I gladly received his leftovers.) I have gone for the past two days, and while its been great to [...]

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Matza, Matza, Matza

And here I was wondering what I would do with all my extra matza from Pesach…..

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Shameless Plug…

My grandma’s new book has just come out.  I say new cuz this is not the first book she has written, but it is the first one that has been available on big sites like Amazon and Barnes and Noble.  We didn’t even know until my mom googled it and up popped all these sites [...]

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Bring on the heat!

Today after Shabbat service I went down to the beach to do a little reading.  It is sunny outside, but still a bit chilly (only 18° C…64° F) I wore pants, a t-shirt and a sweatshirt with flip-flops.  As I was sitting there reading, I looked around me and saw all sorts of CRAZY people [...]

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Oh Where, Is My Hairbrush?

I have no idea why, but this song has been playing in my head for 2 days now.  It definitely stems from my Kindergarten-teaching days, but why its emerging now…..who knows!  Why don’t you join me in my hairbrush-singing days….

 
What song has been singing inside your head lately?

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Call of the Wild

On my trip to קיסריה (Cesaria), we were just looking around, exploring the ruins….when we came to the caves where they would keep the animals chained up before the Gladiator events.  As we were sitting in the entrance we heard a squeaking noise, so Dudu went to check it out.  
The squeaking was a whole-lot [...]

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Mini Heat Wave

Yesterday we had a crazy, hot day of 33° (91 F)!  It was such a change from the weather we’ve been having of rain, wind, and cold; everyone was out at the beach at full-force.  It was awesome!!! I have been waiting for this weather since I arrived, last year.  Unfortunately, it was some sort [...]

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Nostalgia…

So, I was feeling nostalgic today and decided to post a bunch of pictures from my teaching days in Brazil on facebook.  I cannot tell you how many times I have been told that I look more like a student than the teacher….
… Ok, maybe this was a bad example for a picture (with me [...]

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This is for all my American friends…

I’ll start out with a disclaimer: “What I am about to say might offend and upset some of you, but I need to rant.”
Would it seriously kill you to email me once in a while???
I have lived in three different cultures now, all of them being ‘relational’ ones. If its one thing I’ve learned [...]

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