Celebrating Passover & Crossing Over Into Freedom
As a child, I used to love celebrating Passover. Taking extra pieces of matzah with me to school so my friends could try it. Many of them liked the taste so much, they would ask me each day for another piece. I was always amazed at how they …
Counting can provide more information than just the numbers they indicate
This has always been one of my favorite times of the year. The sun is out later in the day, the temperatures start to climb, the start of the baseball season is right around the corner, and Passover will begin this weekend. Growing up, Passover was always my favorite holiday. Since we lived …
We have now officially surpassed the one-year mark as a community dealing with COVID. Time sure flies by. It is hard to believe that a year has passed. It has been a year of holidays around a computer screen “seeing” and “spending time” with family. A year of birthday drive-by celebr…
Growing up, I considered myself rather athletic. I played in soccer and baseball teams through my teen years, while I also enjoyed playing tennis, racquetball, and golf. I also swam on a swim team for a number of years. I distinctly remember my coach reminding us each summer to make sure we …
Something magical… possibly even mythical…happened this past Sunday. If you guessed a third vaccine was approved, while amazing, you would be incorrect.
After almost a full year, the Jewish Federation held an in-person event - social distancing, masks and all, but still in-person. It wa…
I have always been amazed at milestones. Whether it is a record-breaking performance, or something hitting a specific threshold, I am in awe. I find something very exciting when things hit round numbers. It feels like a sense of accomplishment. And yes, I have been known to stop and take a p…
When Michael Josephson was doing his daily segments on KNX 1070 around anecdotes that were meant to remind us to do good, he would always end them “This is Michael Josephson reminding you that character counts.” I used to love hearing these missives because they were good reminders of th…
Now we wait. Wait for what? Well, with Sunday having been the Super Bowl, it was the latest in a string of holidays/gatherings that we all typically get together with others to celebrate. Thankfully, the next possible gathering, according to the calendar is most likely Passover (at least for…
Shortly after both of my daughters were born, I was reminded that my wife and I were going to not only be their first teachers but also their life-long teachers. It was going to be our job to make sure they learned important life skills, including being polite, using manners, the importance …
Each year, thousands and thousands of people enter the new year, expecting something to change… something to make their lives better just because the calendar changes to a new year. Memberships to gyms skyrocket, diets are begun, and promises of quitting that “nasty habit” are made. Sa…
As a child, I used to dread when we turned our clocks back because it meant I had less time to play outside each day. Now, I enjoy the idea of the sun breaking over the horizon shortly after I wake up in the morning as I am now able to get more time seeing the stars at night.
I bring th…
Each month, as I sit down to write my From Where I Sit column, I often struggle to figure out what I want to write about. One of the challenges is that since this JLife SGPV is a monthly magazine, I am not able to address “current events” in real-time. There are usually two to four w…
