Skypanukkah 5772, A Candlelighting Odyssey

A couple of weeks ago I received an email: “New York Times reporter wants to interview you.”  Yeah, right, I thought; and there is a Nigerian bank account just waiting for me after we talk. I googled her and it turns out she was legit, a reporter who had...

Slides

During my last visit South, my dad gave me a box of slides, snap-shots of me as an infant and toddler. A treasure trove.  Just had them developed last week. It was a shock to see images of myself, and of my father, that I had never seen before. He was so young!...

Laminating Life

When we were in Sedona back in October, we attended Shabbat services. During her sermon, Rabbi Magal commented that she was trying to stop “laminating life.” In other words, she had grown acutely aware of how fruitless it is to try and preserve the...