Quick post to get out the following:
Last Friday on my third try I made it to Tel Aviv's annual Jazz Festival, and caught a great show by Israeli group Swing de Gitanes.
My old Rabbi Lopatin is basically too cool for shul.
Barry Rubin says why Salam Fayyad isn't the guy here.
Here's the latest on that Shabaneh PA corruption story from last post.
And this ditty, with my favorite blues guitarist Buddy Guy, and Rahsaan Roland Kirk will tide me over in blues-less Israel for quite awhile.
Enjoying the warm spring-like Jerusalem weather for everyone out there who's snowed in, including even my folks in Big D! Love,
אריק/Eric
Friday, February 12, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Acting on Dreams
It's after midnight here, but on Feb. 3 last year, I picked up my new pair of tefillin from dear friend Mordechai. A year later, after the "new tefillin smell" has faded, what was at that point still a foreign ritual has become an intrinsic part of each day. Now I'll just have to make sure to get up extra early if I have a morning US flight to avoid a re-routed flight and a security scare. That absurd story is yet another reason it's great to be in Israel--tefillin are normal here, and our flight security is, thank G-d, as good (and rational) as it gets.
Last week, and the week before, I commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory by celebrating his holiday over a 10 day stretch. Mother nature forced a re-scheduled 2nd Annual clean-up of his Jerusalem street. I proudly represented Michigan, where I first volunteered on King Day as part of Project SERVE's Acting on the Dream day of service.
As proud as I still am of the IDF Medical Corps' incredible service in Haiti, I am almost as embarrassed by the giant pile of trash that was once again awaiting me this year. Roommate Louis joined in on the fun this time. He was a huge help in amassing quite a collection of trash and recycling. I continued the work on a giant pile of trash at the train tracks right by my apartment. Sadly, the municipality street cleaners completely abandon areas off the main streets--we'll have to get on their case. Of course the piles of trash wouldn't be there but for the sad treatment of the Holy Land as a garbage can by its residents. Environmental education simply must be prioritized. But in the meantime, it sure felt good to clean up not only Dr. King's street, as it well deserves, but also the abhorrent eyesore by the train tracks that I walk by almost every day. (Not to worry, I washed my hands afterwards like nobody's business).
As Stevie Wonder sang in "Happy Birthday," his anthem for the movement to create a King Day:
Why has there never been a holiday where peace is celebrated all throughout the world?
I'm in, Stevie. (And if you're reading out there, I think you'll be impressed that, as you can see in the picture above, "Martin Luther King St." is also written in Arabic.)
My Tuesdays with the incredible participants (who are Holocaust survivors) at Cafe Europa continue to be out of this world. This has quite simply been one of the most beautiful things in which I've ever been involved. By dancing to the best of my (non-existent) abilities, singing, warming up the crowd with my piano repertoire, learning a weekly Yiddish lesson from Ada, and just being there to get to know these amazing people, I'm contributing to a project that returns the youth that was brutally stolen from them by the Nazis. The positive, beautiful spirit emanating from these participants exudes Dr. King's vision: these people, who more than anyone I know of could so easily become embittered and filled with hatred, pour out nothing but love to each other in creating this community that warms the cool Jerusalem winter.
Last Wednesday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Please read President Shimon Peres' extremely powerful speech in Germany (just watch out for some less-than-stellar translations from the Hebrew).
I had a lovely Tu B'Shvat/Shabbat Dinner at friends the Bambergers, celebrating the new year of the trees with all sorts of amazing Israeli fruit + good times with old friends.
Khaled Abu Toameh picked up a story enormous even for his high standards about corruption in the Palestinian Authority. PA politics don't usually end well for those who expose that kind of corruption.
I found Bret Stephens' list of Iran myths quite interesting.
And in totally different news, my dad and I are celebrating not only his great news as the chemo continues to go extremely well, but also the remarkable recovery of one of our favorite jazz pianists, (like my dad a Cincinnati native) Fred Hersch. Fred was always so nice to me when I told him "hi from Jerry" after his shows. Maybe he'll come to Israel for one of the jazz fests.
That's all from me for now--it's so late! Take good care my people. Sweet dreams. Love,
אריק/Eric
Last week, and the week before, I commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s memory by celebrating his holiday over a 10 day stretch. Mother nature forced a re-scheduled 2nd Annual clean-up of his Jerusalem street. I proudly represented Michigan, where I first volunteered on King Day as part of Project SERVE's Acting on the Dream day of service.
As proud as I still am of the IDF Medical Corps' incredible service in Haiti, I am almost as embarrassed by the giant pile of trash that was once again awaiting me this year. Roommate Louis joined in on the fun this time. He was a huge help in amassing quite a collection of trash and recycling. I continued the work on a giant pile of trash at the train tracks right by my apartment. Sadly, the municipality street cleaners completely abandon areas off the main streets--we'll have to get on their case. Of course the piles of trash wouldn't be there but for the sad treatment of the Holy Land as a garbage can by its residents. Environmental education simply must be prioritized. But in the meantime, it sure felt good to clean up not only Dr. King's street, as it well deserves, but also the abhorrent eyesore by the train tracks that I walk by almost every day. (Not to worry, I washed my hands afterwards like nobody's business).
As Stevie Wonder sang in "Happy Birthday," his anthem for the movement to create a King Day:
Why has there never been a holiday where peace is celebrated all throughout the world?
I'm in, Stevie. (And if you're reading out there, I think you'll be impressed that, as you can see in the picture above, "Martin Luther King St." is also written in Arabic.)
My Tuesdays with the incredible participants (who are Holocaust survivors) at Cafe Europa continue to be out of this world. This has quite simply been one of the most beautiful things in which I've ever been involved. By dancing to the best of my (non-existent) abilities, singing, warming up the crowd with my piano repertoire, learning a weekly Yiddish lesson from Ada, and just being there to get to know these amazing people, I'm contributing to a project that returns the youth that was brutally stolen from them by the Nazis. The positive, beautiful spirit emanating from these participants exudes Dr. King's vision: these people, who more than anyone I know of could so easily become embittered and filled with hatred, pour out nothing but love to each other in creating this community that warms the cool Jerusalem winter.
Last Wednesday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Please read President Shimon Peres' extremely powerful speech in Germany (just watch out for some less-than-stellar translations from the Hebrew).
I had a lovely Tu B'Shvat/Shabbat Dinner at friends the Bambergers, celebrating the new year of the trees with all sorts of amazing Israeli fruit + good times with old friends.
Khaled Abu Toameh picked up a story enormous even for his high standards about corruption in the Palestinian Authority. PA politics don't usually end well for those who expose that kind of corruption.
I found Bret Stephens' list of Iran myths quite interesting.
And in totally different news, my dad and I are celebrating not only his great news as the chemo continues to go extremely well, but also the remarkable recovery of one of our favorite jazz pianists, (like my dad a Cincinnati native) Fred Hersch. Fred was always so nice to me when I told him "hi from Jerry" after his shows. Maybe he'll come to Israel for one of the jazz fests.
That's all from me for now--it's so late! Take good care my people. Sweet dreams. Love,
אריק/Eric
Monday, January 11, 2010
?מה הקטע
I reiterate, I voted against this buffoon. I am thoroughly entertained by the Israeli newspaper's translation of "What the (expletive)?" to "מה הקטע? Ma Ha'Keta" = what's the deal? לקוראי עברית, תמצאו את המאמר השלם כאן. As for Blago getting a TV role out of being a criminal, all I have to say is, I'm quite happy to be in Israel and out of range of such grossly misplaced values.
Yesterday, Senator Lieberman came to town with a delegation of Senators (Arutz Sheva has the full video of the press conference here), making this Lieberman's second visit here since I met him back in September in Stamford, CT after baby nephew Ben's brit milah/bris. Sadly, I didn't get to meet up with him either time he was in Jerusalem, but I must say here (a few months overdue) how incredible Senator and Mrs. Lieberman were in welcoming me to their Modern Orthodox synagogue. Our paths lined up on the walk to Shabbat/Saturday morning services. They were both so genuinely excited to hear that I was in from Israel and asked me a million questions about my life here and my religious development (Hadassah commented on how my move towards Orthodox Judaism is representative of a generation of more committed Jews, within Orthodoxy anyway). I could barely get a word in to them, but when I said the same thing to Senator Lieberman that I had said a year and a half earlier to my Congressman (at the time) Rahm Emanuel, "Thank you for everything you do to support Israel and prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons," instead of ditching the joint like Emanuel did at Anshe Sholom synagogue, Lieberman told me that it was his honor to do so. The Liebermans proceeded to introduce me to everyone and their aunt after services--they were the epitome of the warm synagogue members who welcome the stranger to town. I wrote the Senator a message soon after, and he replied with a hand-signed note!
I won't get into Lieberman's politics with regards to the health care bill, but to all those who vitriolically criticize him, I am proud to say that I can personally attest to his genuine warmth.
Here's an interesting (and terribly troubling) look into the Obama administration's Middle East policy.
And here's Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief David Horovitz's take on the calls around the world to "Israelify" flight security in the aftermath of the underwear bomber's attempted attack. To all those flying these days, my heart goes out to you. Good luck dealing with that logistical nightmare...just travel safe.
I attended a lecture Saturday night by the always insightful Daniel Gordis. After seeing him a few years back at an Anshe Sholom Israel lunch, Gordis followed up with another great lecture, but he was a bit limited in his time--it seemed he didn't have the opportunity to dig deep in backing up his points. He mostly covered the new battle against Israel that dominated the last decade--de-legitimization of Israel spearheaded by the Arab world. Here are my notes:
-There is a universal, deep and abiding piece of human nature: the drive להיות עם חופשי בארצינו/lihiyot am chofshi b'artseinu = to be a free people in our own land.
-Across the world, in political science departments and the like, people claim that the nation state is a passe concept.
-Quite ironically, the incredible success of Zionism (despite some obvious and severe problems in Israel) inspired Palestinian nationalism.
-People can be mobile and universal, but at a great loss.
-Contrary to popular opinion, imperialism, not the nation state, starts wars.
-We as Israelis and olim are calling the world's bluff--we are to say, "No, international community, this is how people should live." This little country says "Human Difference matters." By living here, we say, "We think you're wrong, we think we're right."
-Judaism has been refashioned in the US as a take on Protestant Christianity: "My personal Judaism."
(Re. the issue of the increasingly disenchanted Jewish community vis-a-vis Israel): -Every time US Jews see Israel depicted in the media, they see endless bloodshed and say, "I don't have a dog in this fight."
-US Judaism is a spiritual odyssey, not a national journey.
-Denominational diversity in the US all answers to the profound question: How will we survive in a culture that embraces us?
-Israel is one answer--we believe in Jewish nationalism. We are in a sense breathing life into humankind.
With that I will leave US/Israeli politics in the rear view mirror for the time being. After the lecture, I caught a phenomenal jazz show at Beit Avi Chai by saxophonist Erez Barnoy and his quartet, part of a series of original Israeli music put together by Sha’anan Street, hip-hop group Hadag Nachash's MC. Barnoy and the gang were all incredibly solid players and soloists. They played several numbers from his new (and first) album AT LAST. And so that I won't forget the personnel of the band, here it is:
ארז בר נוי - סקסופון טנור / הוד מושונוב - פסנתר / אסף חכימי - קונטרבאס / יונתן אולייסקי - תופים
I'll surely mess some of those up if I try to transliterate, and I need to get back to work, so I'll have to wrap up.
Yesterday marked another big milestone: a year and a half since my aliyah--unbelievable! I celebrated by picking up a couple of base hits in my weekly softball game. Ok, not the most Israeli way to celebrate being an Israeli for 18 months, but a lot of fun all the same! The part of that tidbit where Israel comes in is of course the fact that I play softball all winter long here, at night no less! Last night it was even too warm out for my long-sleeve t-shirt. Here's praying it'll cool off and start raining again soon though.
Hope everyone has a great week, and GO COWBOYS! I'll be pulling for the upset over the Vikes with a few fellow Texans, after having to catch the last two big late night (here in Israel that is) wins solo at home. I've been watching and/or listening online to Brad Sham (fellow member of my parents' synagogue Temple Emanu-El)'s radio calls. The world is indeed flat. Take care for now,
אריק/Eric
Yesterday, Senator Lieberman came to town with a delegation of Senators (Arutz Sheva has the full video of the press conference here), making this Lieberman's second visit here since I met him back in September in Stamford, CT after baby nephew Ben's brit milah/bris. Sadly, I didn't get to meet up with him either time he was in Jerusalem, but I must say here (a few months overdue) how incredible Senator and Mrs. Lieberman were in welcoming me to their Modern Orthodox synagogue. Our paths lined up on the walk to Shabbat/Saturday morning services. They were both so genuinely excited to hear that I was in from Israel and asked me a million questions about my life here and my religious development (Hadassah commented on how my move towards Orthodox Judaism is representative of a generation of more committed Jews, within Orthodoxy anyway). I could barely get a word in to them, but when I said the same thing to Senator Lieberman that I had said a year and a half earlier to my Congressman (at the time) Rahm Emanuel, "Thank you for everything you do to support Israel and prevent Iran from developing nuclear weapons," instead of ditching the joint like Emanuel did at Anshe Sholom synagogue, Lieberman told me that it was his honor to do so. The Liebermans proceeded to introduce me to everyone and their aunt after services--they were the epitome of the warm synagogue members who welcome the stranger to town. I wrote the Senator a message soon after, and he replied with a hand-signed note!
I won't get into Lieberman's politics with regards to the health care bill, but to all those who vitriolically criticize him, I am proud to say that I can personally attest to his genuine warmth.
Here's an interesting (and terribly troubling) look into the Obama administration's Middle East policy.
And here's Jerusalem Post Editor-in-Chief David Horovitz's take on the calls around the world to "Israelify" flight security in the aftermath of the underwear bomber's attempted attack. To all those flying these days, my heart goes out to you. Good luck dealing with that logistical nightmare...just travel safe.
I attended a lecture Saturday night by the always insightful Daniel Gordis. After seeing him a few years back at an Anshe Sholom Israel lunch, Gordis followed up with another great lecture, but he was a bit limited in his time--it seemed he didn't have the opportunity to dig deep in backing up his points. He mostly covered the new battle against Israel that dominated the last decade--de-legitimization of Israel spearheaded by the Arab world. Here are my notes:
-There is a universal, deep and abiding piece of human nature: the drive להיות עם חופשי בארצינו/lihiyot am chofshi b'artseinu = to be a free people in our own land.
-Across the world, in political science departments and the like, people claim that the nation state is a passe concept.
-Quite ironically, the incredible success of Zionism (despite some obvious and severe problems in Israel) inspired Palestinian nationalism.
-People can be mobile and universal, but at a great loss.
-Contrary to popular opinion, imperialism, not the nation state, starts wars.
-We as Israelis and olim are calling the world's bluff--we are to say, "No, international community, this is how people should live." This little country says "Human Difference matters." By living here, we say, "We think you're wrong, we think we're right."
-Judaism has been refashioned in the US as a take on Protestant Christianity: "My personal Judaism."
(Re. the issue of the increasingly disenchanted Jewish community vis-a-vis Israel): -Every time US Jews see Israel depicted in the media, they see endless bloodshed and say, "I don't have a dog in this fight."
-US Judaism is a spiritual odyssey, not a national journey.
-Denominational diversity in the US all answers to the profound question: How will we survive in a culture that embraces us?
-Israel is one answer--we believe in Jewish nationalism. We are in a sense breathing life into humankind.
With that I will leave US/Israeli politics in the rear view mirror for the time being. After the lecture, I caught a phenomenal jazz show at Beit Avi Chai by saxophonist Erez Barnoy and his quartet, part of a series of original Israeli music put together by Sha’anan Street, hip-hop group Hadag Nachash's MC. Barnoy and the gang were all incredibly solid players and soloists. They played several numbers from his new (and first) album AT LAST. And so that I won't forget the personnel of the band, here it is:
ארז בר נוי - סקסופון טנור / הוד מושונוב - פסנתר / אסף חכימי - קונטרבאס / יונתן אולייסקי - תופים
I'll surely mess some of those up if I try to transliterate, and I need to get back to work, so I'll have to wrap up.
Yesterday marked another big milestone: a year and a half since my aliyah--unbelievable! I celebrated by picking up a couple of base hits in my weekly softball game. Ok, not the most Israeli way to celebrate being an Israeli for 18 months, but a lot of fun all the same! The part of that tidbit where Israel comes in is of course the fact that I play softball all winter long here, at night no less! Last night it was even too warm out for my long-sleeve t-shirt. Here's praying it'll cool off and start raining again soon though.
Hope everyone has a great week, and GO COWBOYS! I'll be pulling for the upset over the Vikes with a few fellow Texans, after having to catch the last two big late night (here in Israel that is) wins solo at home. I've been watching and/or listening online to Brad Sham (fellow member of my parents' synagogue Temple Emanu-El)'s radio calls. The world is indeed flat. Take care for now,
אריק/Eric
Monday, January 4, 2010
My Dad is way cooler than the Cowboys' defense
As proud as I am of the resilient Dallas Cowboys, who after being written off as DOA in December, stormed back to win the NFC East, I am so much prouder of my dad for his continued fight--kicking cancer's butt every day! Please do keep up the prayers for Jerry/Yedidya ben Naomi though, as he recently found out that his chemotherapy will continue through March. We all thank you so much!
It goes without saying that my mom is also way cooler than a group of overpaid athletes. She has been such an incredible support for Dad through these many difficult months.
And as wired as I still am way past my bedtime by a thrilling Cowboys win, the highlight of the night was undoubtedly hearing Dad play his amazing new composition for baby Ben! Oh, and a Michigan hoops win over osu made for quite a sports day!
Speaking of babies, a couple weeks back, a Jewish life cycle of sorts was completed...I was thrilled to celebrate the brit milah/bris of my colleague Rakel's first grandson. It was especially joyous for me to celebrate with her family, after having attended her late father's funeral (my first in Israel) in Beit Shemesh early in 2009.
I've been working with Rakel and other staff from Shaare Zedek Hospital & Melabev in the field of elder care in Israel on this amazing Geriatric Study Tour, coming up Feb. 23-25. If any of my wonderful blog-readers could forward the link about the tour (http://www.melabev.org/posts/109?locale=en) to anyone you know in your communities (outside, as well as in Israel) who you think would be interested in participating, I would be enormously grateful. The tour has traditionally drawn a very diverse group of professionals in the field; this diversity is one of the keys to the program's success.
לילה טוב לכולם/Lila tov l'kulam/good night everyone!
אריק/Eric
It goes without saying that my mom is also way cooler than a group of overpaid athletes. She has been such an incredible support for Dad through these many difficult months.
And as wired as I still am way past my bedtime by a thrilling Cowboys win, the highlight of the night was undoubtedly hearing Dad play his amazing new composition for baby Ben! Oh, and a Michigan hoops win over osu made for quite a sports day!
Speaking of babies, a couple weeks back, a Jewish life cycle of sorts was completed...I was thrilled to celebrate the brit milah/bris of my colleague Rakel's first grandson. It was especially joyous for me to celebrate with her family, after having attended her late father's funeral (my first in Israel) in Beit Shemesh early in 2009.
I've been working with Rakel and other staff from Shaare Zedek Hospital & Melabev in the field of elder care in Israel on this amazing Geriatric Study Tour, coming up Feb. 23-25. If any of my wonderful blog-readers could forward the link about the tour (http://www.melabev.org/posts/109?locale=en) to anyone you know in your communities (outside, as well as in Israel) who you think would be interested in participating, I would be enormously grateful. The tour has traditionally drawn a very diverse group of professionals in the field; this diversity is one of the keys to the program's success.
לילה טוב לכולם/Lila tov l'kulam/good night everyone!
אריק/Eric
Friday, December 18, 2009
חנוכה שמח/Happy Chanuka!
Hey all,
Just a quick 1-second Happy Chanuka to all! Hope everyone's eighth night is full of light tonight, and may we all continue to bring light into each other's worlds throughout the year.
I'll send everyone a quick laugh. Rebecca, a friend from University of Michigan, is visiting from Amman before she moves to Bahrain for her Fulbright Fellowship research. So she just used my Skype to call her mom in New Jersey and was telling her all about her first Shabbat in Jerusalem, where my roommates and I observe Shabbat according to Jewish law (and I really have to get off the computer asap as time is running out). Anyway, the Skype connection went down, and then Rebecca called right back. Her mom said, "Oh, I thought they had turned all the electricity off!" So that's our fun inter-cultural lesson for the night: no, Israel doesn't turn off all the country's electricity on Shabbat!
More to come soon. חנוכה שמח!
אריק/Eric
Just a quick 1-second Happy Chanuka to all! Hope everyone's eighth night is full of light tonight, and may we all continue to bring light into each other's worlds throughout the year.
I'll send everyone a quick laugh. Rebecca, a friend from University of Michigan, is visiting from Amman before she moves to Bahrain for her Fulbright Fellowship research. So she just used my Skype to call her mom in New Jersey and was telling her all about her first Shabbat in Jerusalem, where my roommates and I observe Shabbat according to Jewish law (and I really have to get off the computer asap as time is running out). Anyway, the Skype connection went down, and then Rebecca called right back. Her mom said, "Oh, I thought they had turned all the electricity off!" So that's our fun inter-cultural lesson for the night: no, Israel doesn't turn off all the country's electricity on Shabbat!
More to come soon. חנוכה שמח!
אריק/Eric
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
A bit more cool news
Hi again everyone,
Old friend Caroline Musin found my picture today in this Chicago Jewish News Special Needs Birthright article. It was really cool to see the article tie together the 2007 Hillel Rolls trip and the 2008 Shorashim-Koach special needs trip, both of which I staffed. I'm hoping to meet up with this year's group very soon!
With that I call it a really late night,
אריק/Eric
Old friend Caroline Musin found my picture today in this Chicago Jewish News Special Needs Birthright article. It was really cool to see the article tie together the 2007 Hillel Rolls trip and the 2008 Shorashim-Koach special needs trip, both of which I staffed. I'm hoping to meet up with this year's group very soon!
With that I call it a really late night,
אריק/Eric
Sunday, December 6, 2009
Welcome to my new blog!
Hi loyal friends and family, so sorry about the extended blogging vacation. Back at it from a new location:
xanga has given me fits for quite some time, so the recent complete inability to access their website at all has spurred me to finally follow blogger friend Benji Lovitt's advice and move here to blogspot. In addition to the lovely fact that this is a functioning website, I'm most excited about (and pleased already by) the outstanding autosave feature.
Thank you all so much for all your kind words and prayers for my dad. Please do keep up those tehillim (psalms), prayers, etc. as this is a big month for Jerry/ידידיה בן נעמי/Yedidya Ben Naomi. The chemo's scheduled to continue into January, and Dad has a couple of big scans coming up (one of those is this Tuesday). Please G-d, we'll get good results that no cancer has spread.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I took it down a notch from last year's four Thanksgiving dinners (half of the hosts/families have left the country), and just savored the one killer round of turkey, then of course enjoyed the Cowboys win over a beer with an old TX buddy. I tried my hand at Mom's interpretation of Nana (Dad's Mom)'s green bean casserole recipe...practice (and maybe key ingredients purchased ahead of time in the States) will have to make that one perfect. We are all of course so thankful that Dad made it through a scary summer, and thankful for his two beautiful healthy grandsons!
xanga has given me fits for quite some time, so the recent complete inability to access their website at all has spurred me to finally follow blogger friend Benji Lovitt's advice and move here to blogspot. In addition to the lovely fact that this is a functioning website, I'm most excited about (and pleased already by) the outstanding autosave feature.
Thank you all so much for all your kind words and prayers for my dad. Please do keep up those tehillim (psalms), prayers, etc. as this is a big month for Jerry/ידידיה בן נעמי/Yedidya Ben Naomi. The chemo's scheduled to continue into January, and Dad has a couple of big scans coming up (one of those is this Tuesday). Please G-d, we'll get good results that no cancer has spread.
Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! I took it down a notch from last year's four Thanksgiving dinners (half of the hosts/families have left the country), and just savored the one killer round of turkey, then of course enjoyed the Cowboys win over a beer with an old TX buddy. I tried my hand at Mom's interpretation of Nana (Dad's Mom)'s green bean casserole recipe...practice (and maybe key ingredients purchased ahead of time in the States) will have to make that one perfect. We are all of course so thankful that Dad made it through a scary summer, and thankful for his two beautiful healthy grandsons!
I'm still keeping quite busy between working + a pseudo-job, volunteering regularly (the Tuesdays at Cafe Europa with Holocaust survivors continue to be amazing), auditing a gerontology class at Hebrew University, researching potential graduate degree options, applying for work in elder care, and squeezing in time with friends--mostly celebrating a nice wave of engagements and weddings!
The pseudo-job is promoting this amazing Geriatric Study Tour in Israel sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Aging of Shaare Zedek Hospital and Melabev. That connection got me into a cool Shaare Zedek hospital fun
draiser with Phil Rosenthal ("Everybody Loves Raymond" Creator and Executive Producer). Rosenthal and his wife were enjoying their first day in Israel on a business trip for an upcoming TV series based here. The Rosenthals were pretty hilarious in explaining some of the backstories for the show's plots while playing "Raymond" clips with medical connections. I hadn't realized that the Romanos on the show were an Italian family based on Rosenthal's Jewish upbringing. I told him that I'd get into the show anew after figuring that out; he said "I guess we did our job," was genuinely friendly, and took this photo with me.
I'll have to catch up on the less-breaking news soon. Take care for now! Love,
אריק/Eric
The pseudo-job is promoting this amazing Geriatric Study Tour in Israel sponsored by the Institute for the Study of Aging of Shaare Zedek Hospital and Melabev. That connection got me into a cool Shaare Zedek hospital fun
draiser with Phil Rosenthal ("Everybody Loves Raymond" Creator and Executive Producer). Rosenthal and his wife were enjoying their first day in Israel on a business trip for an upcoming TV series based here. The Rosenthals were pretty hilarious in explaining some of the backstories for the show's plots while playing "Raymond" clips with medical connections. I hadn't realized that the Romanos on the show were an Italian family based on Rosenthal's Jewish upbringing. I told him that I'd get into the show anew after figuring that out; he said "I guess we did our job," was genuinely friendly, and took this photo with me.I'll have to catch up on the less-breaking news soon. Take care for now! Love,
אריק/Eric
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