My Naughty Yard-Sign Plan
I spent most of my time in the US staying in my childhood home where I grew up from the age of 3. My father has many Jewish neighbors, but on my daily walks around the neighborhood I detected not a single external sign of Jewishness or support of Israel. Not a single Israeli flag. […]
Read MoreThis Sandwich is Me
Tomorrow (unless my flight is canceled because of a war) I return home to Israel after almost 3 weeks in the US. I have an elderly father in the US who needs his daughter. I have a house full of kids in Israel who need their mom. I’m a member of the Sandwich Generation. But […]
Read MoreAn Update on My Dad and Me
Thanks to all of you for your prayers, my father is B”H feeling much better thanks to the incredible staff of the PCU at Sinai Hospital in Baltimore where he spent 2 weeks. This Friday my father got transferred to a rehab center a few minutes from where my brother lives near Washington, DC which […]
Read MoreMy Father’s Mysterious Nighttime Visitors
I’m in Baltimore visiting my dad, who’s in the hospital after a fall. He has a mild case of COVID and is weak but he’s overall in good shape considering what he’s been through and is in good spirits and undergoing various tests.My father, for his whole life, had genius-level intelligence. In high school he […]
Read MoreMy Emergency Trip to the Airport
Since my mom passed away almost 4 years ago, my siblings and I have been making sure my Dad gets a call or 2 every day. Fridays at 7:30 AM EST is our turn.So this Friday at 2:30 PM IT my daughter tried to Skype Saba. And, in the meantime, I opened my whatsapp to […]
Read MoreMy Son’s Whatsapp Group
My almost-7th grader, Yaakov, has a whatsapp group on my phone with 6 of his classmates called “The Best Friends.” In preparation for the final game of the Euro soccer championship tomorrow night, which they’ll be watching together at our home, the group has been exploding with dozens of messages that sound like what they […]
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