by Ivan Ciment – Delivered at Limmud Conference, Wednesday 25 December 13:20 in Birmingham, England Synopsis: For reasons such as demographics, policy decisions, national politics, geopolitics, and changing attitudes, the relationships that sustained the past half century as we knew
Last month I got to see my daughter appear in a federal court room in a mock trial as a lead lawyer arguing in front of the US supreme court. I was very proud of her performance and could see
I traveled with Elizabeth for a father-daughter romp around Paris followed by dropping her off with some German relatives to spend a few days with them while I went exploring on my own. United’s Dreamliner flight to Paris was the
SCOTLAND – We flew through Heathrow instead of nonstop to save a good amount of money, but boy do you pay for it. Heathrow airport Terminal 5 takes an hour to transfer to a flight and it is probably one
Now, exactly one year before the next presidential and congressional election, the following 9 pages are an attempt to give some plain talk about what I would suggest as a political platform if I were running for president. Having looked
Here’s a good joke the rabbi told in synagogue from the pulpit – Donald Trump, Nancy Pelosi and Supreme Court Chief Justice Roberts are sitting in Trump Tower talking about what to do for the country. Trump says that if
I haven’t posted anything since March and I’ve been sitting here for the first half of May drawing a blank trying to think of what to write about, but all the topics I wrote about 2 months ago are still
We took a 12 day trip during the February mid-winter school break to see areas that get really hot during the summer and to avoid peak travel periods. This trip covered the UAE, Jordan, and Rome as a stopover. Here’s
When you look at what most parents try to do for their kids, it seems they want to make sure they get into great schools so that they will have the best chance of monetary success. They also want them
We just returned from a family trip to the United Arab Emirates including Dubai, Abu Dhabi and the Empty Quarter desert, Petra and Amman in Jordan, and Rome. You can read about it in a separate posting by clicking on
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