Baila reminded me that tonight is Yom HaShoa V’Hagvrua, the Day for Remembering the Holocaust and the Strength. “The Strength” is about the fact that the Jews did respond to their enemies, both physically and spiritually, unlike how my 9th grade Israeli-born Hebrew teacher told us that “they went like sheep.” Balashon explains the difference [...]

Who ate my tulips? Was it you? Or you? Here are my tulips one week ago: And here are the unhappy remnants today: Most probably it was a deer. The deer live a few blocks away. Families that live close to RPRY on the Edison/Highland Park border report having a difficult time growing tulips. The [...]

   My husband told me there is a custom of fasting after Pesach (and after Sukkot as well) that is called BaHaB. I read more about this custom here and here. The “B” is for Beis (Monday), the “H” for Hei(Thursday) and the final “B” again is for Monday. Those were the days on which [...]

Years ago I attended a workshop on “I” statements and owning the problem. This is a simple, useful communication idea: instead of placing blame or accusing someone else, one starts a sentence with the word “I” to make it clear that the onus of the problem is on the speaker. For example: I have a [...]

I like to read. But I don’t care for much of the fiction written these days. So I am looking for recommendations; please leave some in the comments. Or else I will read yet another health book. Some blogger recommendations that sound good: The Physician by Noah Gordon (Ilana-Davita’s recommendation) The World to Come by [...]