July 5, 2002
Hi and Shabbat Shalom!
Is it really July?????
Hope you are having a super summer!
Love,
Eemah
Enjoy the following.......
Hi Eemah,
I am writing from Israel-- we are here for business and pleasure and I have to
say that we are having a great time. I had a conference to attend last week
and Marc will be attending one next week, otherwise we are hanging out with
friends and all that. The headlines made us forget that life continues as
usual- all the end of school year plays and parties, kids arranging playdates,
etc. Thanks for all your updates--
Much love,
Jenny (Lewis)
Thanks, Eemah! Back now. (from visiting Naomi in Israel) It was great! I'll send you some pictures when I upload them (my girlfriend tells me that's the proper terminology). Everything went really well with the Bar Mitzvah! It's depressing to see how "unbusy" the streets and hotels are. A lot of businesses are suffering. I'll give you more details later.
Love,
Dan (Kroll)
27 Things Your Mother Taught You
1. My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE.
"If you're going to kill each other, do it outside I just finished
cleaning!"
2. My mother taught me RELIGION.
"You better pray that will come out of the carpet."
3. My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL.
"If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next
week!"
4. My mother taught me LOGIC.
"Because I said so, that's why."
5. My Mother taught me MORE LOGIC.
"If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the
store with me."
6. My mother taught me FORESIGHT.
"Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."
7. My mother taught me IRONY.
"Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."
8. My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS.
"Shut your mouth and eat your supper!"
9. My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM.
"Will you look at the dirt on the back of your neck!"
10. My mother taught me about STAMINA.
"You'll sit there until all that spinach is finished."
11. My mother taught me about WEATHER.
"It looks as if a tornado swept through your room."
12. My mother taught me HOW TO SOLVE PHYSICS PROBLEMS.
"If I yelled because I saw a meteor coming toward you,
would you listen then?"
13. My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY.
"If I've told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"
14. My mother taught me THE CIRCLE OF LIFE.
"I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."
15. My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION.
"Stop acting like your father!"
16. My mother taught me about ENVY.
"There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have
wonderful parents like you do!"
17. My Mother taught me about ANTICIPATION.
"Just wait until we get home."
18. My Mother taught me about RECEIVING.
"You are going to get it when we get home!"
19. My Mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE.
"If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to freeze that way."
20. My Mother taught me to THINK AHEAD.
"If you don't pass your spelling test, you'll never get a good job."
21. My Mother taught me ESP.
"Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you're cold?"
22. My Mother taught me HUMOR.
"When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."
23. My Mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT.
"If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."
24. My Mother taught me about GENETICS.
"You're just like your father."
25. My Mother taught me ABOUT MY ROOTS.
"Shut that door behind you; do you think you were born in a barn?"
26. My Mother taught me about WISDOM OF AGE.
"When you get to be my age, you will understand."
27. And my all time favorite, my Mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day
you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!"
July 12, 2002
Wow!
Rick has added lots of new photos to our web page! (madrichim.homestead.com)
Thanks to Dana Jacobs for lots of them!
Puleeze send Rick any photos you might have...or even better, put them on disk and send it to him...Slides have to be put on disk or developed as photographs..Send to:
Rick Shumacher
22649 Town Crier Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302
Now for the latest news..
David Eisenberg's wife, Vickie is expecting,
Jennifer Pickles Berton is moving back to San Diego! So is Adam Pappelbaum and Brad Borevitz! Ellen Papelbaum is moving to Los Angeles!
Laura Katelman got married!
Tammy Berton's wedding is this weekend!
Sarah Milch is expecting!
Leslie Scher's baby is due at any minute!
At Mark Perlman's bride to be's shower I saw the following Madrichim moms:
Berton, Perlman, Scher, Fram, Coleman, Treger, Freed, Borevitz, Schuman, Korobkin,Subin, Harrison, Hill, Rowen, Malkus(Resnik)Milch, Katelman, Preisman, Subin, Katleman, Levy, Witte, Moss, Malkus, Rowen, Scher, Schuman, Coleman, Jacobs, Milch, and of course, Perlman!
Mark and Kenny came by to help celebrate!
Keep the news coming!
Shabbat Shalom!
Love,
Eemah
Dear Eemah,
I have news! Geoff and I had a beautiful baby girl on June 7th! Her name is Sylvie and big brother Avi adores her. We hope you will have a chance to meet her soon:)
Shoshanah (Feher)
USA Today did a profile on the show I'm working on, "Still Standing" in
today's paper. My Jewish face is featured on page three of whatever is their
equivalent of the Calender section. I think it's called Style.
xxxxooo (Ali Adler)
I am sure many of you have already received information about the victims of July 4th shooting at LAX, and the name of the funds to send money to help if you can.
I am sending this note to you because I feel it is important to do everything I can for Anat Aminov and her family. Her children were in day care with my children when they were younger and I have been a hat customer for six years. I can not adequately explain the grief and helplessness that all of us who have been touched by this family feel.
There was also a little girl who witnessed the tragedy at LAX and she is a good friend of my daughter Kaila. My heart goes out to her family in dealing with the ramifications of this tragedy as well.
The following funds are open to help Anat, please do what you can.
Aminov Fund
Bank Leumi Encino Branch
16530 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
Account Number 8100983606
Aminov Fund
National Bank of California
14724 Ventura BLvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Account number: 003206114
Fondly,
Lenie Singer (Greenspan)
This is really worth passing on to those who could benfit. Lenie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard" <President@rlki.com>
To: <history@rlki.com>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 8:09 PM
Subject: Middle East History in a Nutshell
> Very interesting presentation.
> If you are on dialup, this may be a bit slow, but definitely worth
> checking out.
> http://www.conceptwizard.com/conflict.html
Another site to consider sent by Erica Bennett:
http://www.shopinisrael.com/
July 19, 2002
Shabbat Shalom!
Sooooo many new babies on the scene!
Leslie Scher........Joshua Eban
Brittney Erlich.....Lindsey Niclole
Abby Katz.....Piper Jane
Mazal Tov!
And soooooo many toddlers coming to Beth Israel Preschool......parents are:
Alison Fisher
Brad Fisher
Jennifer Berton
Diane Shelley and Buddy Voit
"Oldest" Rady
Erica Bennett
and......Dan Schlafman
My classroom overlooks the preschool playground......Can't wait!!
Tammy Vener is the preschool director and Dana Jacobs is on the staff!
Time does zooooom by!
Have you checked our web page?
Rick has posted lotsa' new photos........
Madrichim.homestead.com
Password is xxxx
Please continue to send bios and photos!
Please put them on disk if you can or just send the photos. ...Slides have to be put on disk or developed as photographs..Send to:
Rick Shumacher
22649 Town Crier Rd.
Calabasas, CA 91302
Hope you are having a wonderful, relaxing summer.......Anne Goldberg's son Evan and I went Boogie Boarding on Monday.....and Joel and Barry Gendelman's mom and I went on Tuesday! Today I'm meeting Patrick and Tony Pollock's mom.......
Join us at tower 32.....I have extra boards.....
Much love,
Eemah
Dear Helene,
Thank you for keeping me in touch every week with news from San Diego. As you have seen, I'm not great about writing back. The only excuse I can give is that raising a family in Israel, learning and teaching is somewhat time consuming!
I think I read last week that you were in touch with Jennifer Lewis and her husband Marc who were here in Israel. If you have their telephone here or some other means of getting through to them, I would appreciate it if you could let me know. We are making a Bar Mitzvah in less than two weeks and I would like very much to have them if they are still here.
I just read from your most recent mailing that Rick (Ricky, for me!) Shumacher lives in Calabasas, CA. Interestingly enough, I will be going to Calabasas on August 1 for the completion of a Sefer Torah and subsequent ceremony for a community there. I will no doubt try to hook up with him. I will be in San Diego for about two days (the following Tuesday and Wednesday, August 6 and 7. I will try to come by to see you or at least to call.
You may know that I am still best friends with Yair (Ross) Kobernick and speak to him almost daily. His newly married daughter, Hanna, and her husband Yishay were at our home for this past Shabbos. I live with my wife Tova and our six children in a town called Beit Shemesh which is a half an hour from Jerusalem. Yair just got a job as principal of a school here in Beit Shemesh which has an enrollment of about 300 boys. Look who's following in your footsteps!
All the best to you and your family. Yerachmiel (Robert) Strausberg
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Thank you Eemah for the announcing "I'm back," and looking forward to seeing lots of you! I understand that Daniel's child and our daughter Alexis might be in the same preschool class? Really great! Hope all is well,
Love,
Pickles a.k.a. Jennifer
P.S. let you know my new e-mail once I've arrived (on July 24th)
My daughter Amanda Barrett has upgraded her Jewelry web site, take a look.
www.bbjewelrydesigns.com
Thanks,
Rick
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Here's a message.....about aging from Barry and Joel Gendelman's dad, Max.
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when
we like to get old is when we're kids?
If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited
about aging that you think in fractions.
"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!"
You're never thirty-six and a half.
You're four and a half, going on five!
That's the key. You get into your teens, now they
can't hold you back. You jump to the next number,
or even a few ahead.
"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!"
You could be 13, but hey, you're 'gonna' be 16!
And then the greatest day of your life ... you become 21.
Even the words sound like a ceremony ...
YOU BECOME 21 ...YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there?
Makes you sound like bad milk. He TURNED, we had
to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're just a
sour-dumpling.
What's wrong? What's changed? You BECOME 21, you
TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa!
Put on the breaks, it's all slipping away.
Before you know it, you REACH 50 ... and your dreams
are gone.
But wait, you MADE it to 60. You didn't think you would!
So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50
and MADE it to 60.
You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70!
After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle;
you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.
My grandmother won't even buy green bananas!
It's an investment, you know, and maybe a bad one!!!
And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going
backwards; "I was JUST 92."
Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100,
you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"
My wish to you...
May you make it (healthily) to 100 and a half.
This article was written 34 years ago, still applies today.
http://www.science.co.il/Arab-Israeli-conflict/Articles/Hoffer-1968-05-26.asp
July 26, 2002
Shabbat Shalom x3!
We'll be up north for a few weeks......My brother, Mickey's youngest son is becoming a Bar Mitzvah in Palo Alto......Then we'll be staying at Sea Ranch at a friend's place, then to Berkeley to visit with Lani and Erin and then through Yosemite and back home!
Hope you all are having a wonderful summer!
Keep the news coming!
Check out our webpage...Madrichim.homestead.com
Much Love,
Eemah
Dear Eemah,
I've really enjoyed these updates--though its been a long time since I left
San Diego, its great to hear what everyone is up to, about their children
and their lives in general. I'm most amazed by the number of former
madrichim who have made aliyah to Israel.
We are doing well--but life seems to be pretty busy these days! As you
know, my husband David and I have two children--Ian (5) and Jake (2). We
just joined Temple Sinai in Oakland and are excited about having Ian start
Sunday school this fall--if you know of former Beth Israel families with
children at Temple Sinai's preschool, I'd love to know!
Again--thanks for the news (and thanks, Rick, for managing the site!)
Esther Saidman
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Hi Eemah!
It was great to hear from you. My mom told me about running into you at the
book club and all that and how she gets to speak to the Women's Club, she's
very excited for that. I'm not sure what to tell you in terms of bio info, I
go to American University in Washington D.C. and I love it, I love being in
the city and I am really enjoying school. I have been in San Diego for the
summer and I am flying back to school in August. I'm not sure what my major
or anything is yet but I figure I've still got a little bit of time to
figure that out. :) Thanks for sending me the newsletter!
Love,
Debi (Behar)
Hi Helene!
So great to hear from you via email! Hope all is well by you and your
family!
Loving Denver - have 2 boys - Grant who is 4, and Logan, who is 9 mon. Very
busy naturally!
How's David and Lani? Hope they're doing great!
Well, Shabbat Shalom to you!
Take care,
Love, Barbara (Schrift)
Re: New baby
thank you. she is a angel baby and we are doing well (although sleep
deprived!).
hope all is well-
shabbat shalom,
abby katz
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