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Thoughts and words about the life we're living right now -- and my book, Reckonings from October 7th, in serial form
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Sukkah vibes, the good kind and the bad kind (opens the original)
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All week I’ve tried to get my sons — who had a three-day ‘gesher’ this week, the Education Ministry school vacation ‘bridge’ between Yom Kippur and Sukkot — to build the sukkah and put up the decorations, but no luck so far. I tried not to nag, and hey, it’s not my fault they ended up doing most of it in the hot midday sun on Friday.Share
It’s good to have a fresh start with familiar faces (opens the original)
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I’m in full-on Rosh Hashanah mode: Two caramelized apple kugels done, her fig-and-pomegranate brisket is bubbling away in the oven, the Medjool bundt cake needs to defrost, and we’ll be hosting some of our nearest and dearest 28 relatives — yes, it’s like a Passover seder — on the first night.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ybpZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%
It’s a kiddush club’s dream at Whisky Live (opens the original)
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Last night was an evening of many drams at Whisky Live, Israel’s annual gathering for whisky lovers.I like whisky, and I’m maybe the unofficial president of my shul’s whisky club but I wouldn’t say Scotch is my all-time favorite spirit. What I do love is the atmosphere at this event.It’s exciting to see the growing number of Israeli distillers, at this point outnumbering the visiting Scottish and Japanese distilleries on hand, and to watch the tremendous mix of people who show up to the event.Th
Holding onto summer with mangoes (opens the original)
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There were many comments about last week’s post, in which I wrote about the certain sadness I feel about friends leaving Israel — it’s a conversation that keeps going every time I get together with someone. This week as well.ShareBut, today? It’s all about mangoes.</
The recent wave of emigration? It feels personal (opens the original)
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The topic that keeps coming up in conversations of late is about Israelis leaving Israel. Everyone knows someone. My manicurist’s son lives in Phuket, while a young family from our shul has been living in India for the last three years, moving to Thailand during monsoon season.Several friends of mine moved back to the States over the last year, each family for different personal reasons and to different states, and Iranian rocket attacks and incessant war helped make those decisions.Subscribe n
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