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 »
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 Two Turns 20 Today (The Big Shot!)
Posted in Culture, Faith, Family, Inspiration, Israel, Jews/Judaism, Kids, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Opinion, Parenting, Personal, Personal Observations, Relationships, Religion, Spirituality, Thoughts, tagged Community, Culture, Faith, Family, Israel, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Life, Lifestyle, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, parenting, Religion, Thoughts on February 13, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Just when I barely got my mind around the fact that my son, Exhibit Two, was no longer five years old and was, in actual fact, a teenager… he turns 20!! (My son with his sister, the lovely Exhibit One) It seems hardly fair, to my mind. For those of you who think that you [...]
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 [...]
My Sister is a Nonna! (or The Next Generation Arrives!)
Posted in Family, Life, Modern Culture, Musings, My Life, Personal Observations, Philosophy, Rants, Relationships, tagged Bisnonna, Family, Nonna, Nonno, parenting, Zayde on August 3, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Last week… July 28, 2011, to be exact… my sister’s daughter – my niece Jennifer – had a baby girl. Myla Rose. Genealogy being what it is, that makes my sister a grandmother (a ‘nonna’, in Italian) and it makes my mother a bisnonna (great-grandmother). Next month, my other niece, Jennifer’s younger sister Angela, is [...]

