We start off with a photo of Jeremy standing in the street selling hot chocolate on a cold Sunday morning. People felt sorry so they just gave him money and didn’t even want the hot chocolate. So America has a
Limmud Address 2016 – Monday December 26, 2016 – Ivan Ciment I’ve had several months to think about what I am going to say and it certainly has been humbling reading the texts of my remarks at Limmuds given in
This was our third visit to Hawaii; the island is a stopover from Australia and this time we decided to use it as a stopover on the way to Japan. Hawaii is a lovely island with lots of vegetation we
Our kids’ favorite 3 words are “No More School.” Our 3 favorite words are “Back To School.” All summer long Jeremy was watching the weather forecast waiting for it to be hot so he could go outside and sell lemonade.
Last week I celebrated my 50th birthday. My mom stood up and said a few nice things about me and my parents gave me a fancy watch. My kids wrote me beautiful cards and we went out to dinner. Karen
I drove my kids all the way to Pennsylvania and back for less than $9 in gas. Can you believe it? We went to this place that just opened a year ago called Camelback which is about 2 miles from
I was thrilled to see my now 10 year old daughter sitting on a chaise lounge at the pool over our holiday vacation reading the New York Times. My son was with her and they were both attempting to do
This has been a big week for us; Elizabeth has turned 10. Our daughter is now in double digit territory. I chaperoned her and several young girls having a tea party at a local tea house and did my best
This past month my daughter Elizabeth who is soon to turn 10 cooked up a chicken cutlet dinner (well, she prepared the cutlet and someone else did the frying). Afterward, she went to bed early. She said that all that
Every year in the final hours before and after Yom Kippur I have a personal ritual of taking out my box of old cassette tapes and listening to some cantorial and other religious music as I ponder my circumstances and
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