Hello, my name is Alexandra and I am a Master Scheduler, also known as a mother. With almost four teens in the household (one joining the ranks in about six months), it’s all I can do to keep their calendars clear. Not as in empty-clear, but as in understandable-clear. Simple blocks on a piece of…
My oldest son and I watched the brief interviews with the Chechen terrorists’ father, now in Dagestan. He claimed that some cops framed people, and that this had undoubtedly happened to his poor sons, accused of placing bombs at the Boston Marathon. My teen thought this through. “Mama, if someone accused us of a crime,…
Events like this day are often more meaningful in Israel, because they are commemorated by all, rather than people wondering what the day is all about. Known as “Yom HaShoah”, or Holocaust Remembrance Day, the commemoration starts at sundown, this year on Sunday, April 7th and continues through Monday, April 8th. It is a day…
We took about a long lunch break and ducked into the Sackler Gallery of Art in downtown Washington, DC. The Cyrus Cylinder was on display, loaned from the British Museum, its first stop on a US tour. This iconic artifact of Biblical history was discovered in 1879 in Babylon, and has a most amazing story…
1 Who has believed our report? and to whom is the arm of the LORD revealed? 2 For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: he has no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we…
To me, Passover is like a Jewish Thanksgiving, not that Jews don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, and not that Passover is only that. The first Passover was a Thanksgiving-in-advance as the people of Israel were about to be led out of Egypt by God, and his servant, Moses. They were to eat the meal in haste, no…
Bought a neat wooden sign the other day. It’s the kind that looks distressed, black lettering of various typefaces on an off-white background, the kind of tchotchke that my husband loves to wonder why I brought home in the first place. Because I like it. And for under $20 it’s cheap therapy. (Just for that,…
Thus far, we have been fortunate to escape the bullet of organized sports. However, our eldest is out to change all that, carrying with him, not only himself, but the rest of his family, on this wild ride. Petya plays for his high school tennis team, as well as for the U.S. Tennis Assocation. It…
It’s that time of year, the spiritually-envigorating time of Passover and Easter when Biblical movies proliferate on the small screen. This year, a five-part miniseries is airing in two-hour installments on the History Channel, aptly named, “The Bible”, and ranking as cable’s most-watched entertainment telecast this year. Everyone knows that the Bible (the book) is…
You’ve no doubt heard about the elderly woman at the independent living facility in Bakersfield, California, who was not given cardiopulmonary resuscitation by a nurse there after the resident collapsed and had trouble breathing? It was not their “policy” to help, simply to call 911. The emergency calls records the fire department dispatch pleading with…
