Pause, Celebrate, Enjoy!
Boca Raton, FL – Back in 2008, our friends Gabi and Orna Klein, invited us along with Sam and Tali Schneider to the Asolo Rep Theater to the show Working, a Studs Terkel story with some new Lin-Manuel Miranda songs sprinkled in. After the thought-provoking show, we stopped at the Starbucks on University for a […]
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Ft. Atkinson, WI – Traveling always creates challenges for celebrating Shabbat. First, one doesn’t know if it is possible to have the props of Shabbat, and in this case, I wasn’t sure if Erin or members of the Beauty and Beast from the Fireside Theater cast were interested or intrigued by the moment. So I […]
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We, Jews, do not bury or memorialize on the Sabbath, as it is a day of pause and rest, but luckily, we have the daytime prior to sundown to wrap up business. While Grandma Carol’s service took place at Temple Emanu-El on February 2, we had not officially laid her to rest until this day. […]
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2017- Sarasota, FL This Shabbat was unlike any others as we spent it around the table in the family room of Tidewell Hospice in Sarasota caring for my mother-in-law, Carol Weinberger. On last Sunday, my brother-in-law, Mitch, found his mom face down on her desk in her room at Heron’s East. She was […]
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January 20 -22, 2017: Sarasota, FL & Washington, D.C. Excitement filled my veins as this Shabbat approached. However, that was not the story prior to the life changing phone call from my girlfriend, Lori Dorman, on Thursday morning. I was actually driving south on I-75 and listening to NPR when Lori called. My mood was […]
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January 14, 2017 – Sarasota, FL Luckily, our long time friends, Kala and Ken Sheckler, had this Shabbat planned out for us as we all had tickets together to see The Million Dollar Quartet at Florida Studio Theater. Kala made dinner featuring stuffed cabbage, salad, and Caribbean sweet potatoes with beans. She shared with us the actual […]
Read MoreOctober 14, 2016 – Sarasota, FL You can pray with someone side by side for 15 years and miss little details about them that actually connect you. Our friends, Lori and Bruce Dorman, were informally introducing themselves to Temple Emanu-El’s new rabbi, Michael Schiffrin, several Shabbats ago.Their common bond was that the Rabbi Schiffrin is […]
Read MoreSeptember 30 ,2016 My Grandmother Jean always insisted that I look up because there would undoubtedly be a clue or gift to see and while I listened, I never quite understood the metaphor. The obvious denotation was for me to walk proudly with my head up and not shuffle my feet. But as motherhood and […]
Read MoreSeptember 23, 2016 – Sarasota, FL This Shabbat ritual began for two reasons: the Schneiders included us in their Shabbat dinners on a regular basis and my mom needed to connect with something pleasant at least once a week as her Parkinson’s and Lewy Body diseases continue to ramp up, and it was joyful for […]
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Septemer 9, 2016 – Lido Beach, FL The props for this Shabbat include 2 paddle boards, 2 paddles, 2 floats, 1 table, 1 orange tablecloth, 10 beach chairs, 1 beach type sheet, 4 large and medium-sized ice chests filled with delicious vegan and not so vegan Shabbat delicacies such as pasta veggie salad, avocado salad, […]
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