Exhibit Two Gets Aished! (Exhibit Two at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem earlier this month) A bit of explanation is in order. Aish = Aish HaTorah. [1] Aish HaTorah is an apolitical network of Jewish educational centers in 35 branches on five continents. [2] Aish is all about Jewish education and kiruv… drawing Jews closer to [...]
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Exhibit Two Gets Aished!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, parenting, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts on May 25, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Exhibit Two Flies Back to Israel!
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Family, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, Parenting, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, Travel, tagged Children, Family, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, My Life, People, Relationships, Religion, Thoughts, Travel on April 30, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Tomorrow morning, May 1, 2012, my son, Exhibit Two [1], flies off back to Israel. He is taking part in the Jerusalem Fellowships program for three weeks, studying at Aish HaTorah in Jerusalem as well as traveling to various other places as part of the program. His sister, my daughter Exhibit One, did the program last [...]
Quick & Easy Purim Hamantashen
Posted in Community, Cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Kosher, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style, tagged Children, Community, cooking, Culture, Faith, Food, Fun, History, Holidays, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Kids, kosher, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, People, Recipes, Religion, Spirituality, Style on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This Wednesday night, March 7, marks the beginning of the Jewish festival of Purim, commemorating the events of the biblical Book of Esther in ancient Persia (now Iran). The wicked Persian premier, Haman, plotted to wipe out all the Jews (sound familiar?) but was ultimately thwarted. Purim falls into the “they tried to kill us, [...]
Materialistic Couples Have More Problems!
Posted in Culture, Family, Fashion, Friends, Health, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, Opinion, Parenting, People, Personal Observations, Psychology, Relationships, Research, Style, Thoughts, tagged Children, Culture, Family, Fashion, Health, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, love, Modern Culture, Musings, People, Psychology, Relationships, Research, Style, Thoughts on February 20, 2012 | 5 Comments »
Several recent studies over the last few years have suggested that money is not the key to happiness. Now while it is admittedly hard to maintain a sunny disposition under conditions of grinding poverty, once basic needs are met such as food, shelter, clothing, and so on, having more and more money and more and [...]
Nanny Shortage Leads to ‘Nanny Poaching!’
Posted in Children, Community, Culture, Family, Friends, Health, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Parenting, People, Personal Observations, Relationships, Thoughts, Toronto, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Family, Health, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, parenting, People, Relationships, Thoughts, Toronto on February 15, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It is a sad day indeed when someone poaches your nanny. Let me say right off the bat that I’ve been extremely lucky with all of the nannies I’ve hired over the years for Exhibits One and Two when they were mere tots. Each one better than the next with not a clunker in the [...]
Exhibit One Moves to Israel!
Posted in Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Love, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Parenting, Personal, Religion, Thoughts, Travel, tagged Children, Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Musings, parenting, Religion, Thoughts, Travel on February 6, 2012 | 6 Comments »
Those of you who have been following this blog for a while are aware that my daughter, Exhibit One, along with her brother, my son Exhibit Two, first went to Israel last May on a Taglit-Birthright Israel trip. (My daughter on a camel during her Birthright trip) A few months later, Exhibit One returned to Israel [...]

