Light, Life, Love

There are only a few places in this multicultural country of ours where you will find large populations of stereotypical jews. Delray Beach is one of those. From my grandmother who yelled at the kosher butcher about the size of the chickens to the old jewish couple complaining about the orthodox jews at the movie theater. Walking into Glicks is like one of the most surreal things, with endless options of kosher food, meat, milk, pareve whatever my tastebuds desire. I am sure that life in Delray Beach is comforting to the older generations of Jews, it is what a lot of them grew up with in Boston, New York and New Jersey. It is also what I grew up with, I grew up in a town that was 80% Jewish and I do find it comforting to be around kosher food and grandmothers, but I wouldn't trade it for the life that I have in an area of not so many jews. I think that by being in a small community it makes me feel more Jewish, I meet people who have never met a Jew or just don't know any...

All I can say is who knew a child could bitch and moan for 6 hours of flying time! Not even crying mostly whining and "mammaing" and looks like why can't I get out of my sit. All of the goldfish in the world would not have helped and then I messed up by adding apple juice to her water cup thinking that would cheer her up but no that just made her give me the nasty face look. The travel aquadoodle and books get her entertained for short bursts of time. I was very glad that our long leg of the flight she was able to sit in her carseat and there were very few people in the back of the plane. The first flight the overfull flight was not so lucky, I was pretty sure the woman in front of me was going to kill my daughter or me. Luckily it was young 20's girl who was sitting next to us so she didn't care and was full into her ipod touch. Anyway so here we are for the exciting adventures of old people in Florida. Talyah was very happy to see Bubbe who also flew dow...

There are times when I get very frustrated working with teenagers, but this weekend is not one of them. After months of emails, program writing, phone calls, brainstorming; we pulled off an amazing event. Most of the kids had never group led before and they all did great. I was very impressed with their new jewish songs, their "jewtopias", their ruach, their singing, their active participation... They even all went to sleep eventually last night so I got a moment or two of sleep. Thank you to the teens for reminding me why I am doing this job, thank you to Rabbi James for supporting and encouraging me, thank you to Noam Katz for his beautiful music and thank you to the parents for helping me make this event successful!

Why am I starting this blog? I am a very busy mom with 2 part time jobs, freelance gigs, volunteer positions and a family and house to hold together. I am hoping that this blog will help me see the joy in my craziness and give me a moment to think about all the wonderful things that I am creating and working on in my life.