My daughter asked me last night while I was tucking her in to put her iPad on Night setting because she did not want to be disturbed during the night. I said why not just turn it off. She answered
There is this guy in Australia who has some kind of broadcast where he is playing Fortnight and babbling commentary while the game is being played. My son loves watching it and even after half a year of being addicted
I love this saying I heard: Education is what you’re left with after you’ve forgotten everything you’ve learned in school. Our 12-year-old son Jeremy has kicked off his teenage rebellion by declaring that he is a Nazerite, and is taking
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 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
In this edition, you can read notes on our recent family visit to Spain during the Thanksgiving week holiday. We visited Madrid, Toledo, Granada, Seville, Cordoba and Barcelona. We traded sun for cooler weather, some rain but less crowds and
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