I have realized that I am at an age when things sometimes seem to speed up. It’s as if time is moving faster, and the days and weeks go by quicker than they should. While I know this is scientifically false, I still feel it to be true. (Even though I cannot see you reading this week’s co…
When I was finishing up my undergrad degree, I didn’t sweat when people asked me the typically dreaded “what are you going to do after graduation?”, because I knew exactly what I wanted to do. In fact, I had already been working in my desired field since a week after I graduated high s…
One of my most vivid memories growing up, one I think about around this time, is being surrounded by family, sitting around my grandparents' dining room table as my grandfather led the Passover Seder. I don’t remember much about those seders or where my grandfather hid the afikomen (althou…
Why I Joined the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys
By Lawrence Lurvey
I enjoy comedy in a scientific way. I like to see the sausage made and really understand what makes people laugh. The great Gilda Radner once said, “Humor is truth, only faster”. But mos…
