V'ahavtah by Josh Goldberg with Craig Taubman

I love this!

 

V’Ahavtah

featuring Craig Taubman
Music by Josh Goldberg. Lyrics by Josh Goldberg and Josh Warshawsky
Based on Liturgy

And you shall love Adonai
With all your soul and all your might
and teach these words through day and night
to all your children, for it’s their right
and wear them proudly as a sign upon your hand
and as a crown above your eyes
and you shall write them on the doorposts of your house
and on your gates throughout all time

Shema Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Echad

Rebekah Going on Vegan Birthright Israel trip! 8-13 to 8-24-17

My daughter Rebekah is off to Israel for 10 daysl!  And...it's a Birthright Israel Trip for vegans!

• New Vegan Birthright Trip Takes Flight in August

Happy 18th Birthday Annabelle!

18 years ago today, July 23,1999, Dan and I drove to the hospital in the morning for a scheduled planned C-Section. We talked about what we'd name our baby and even though some relatives thought the name Annabelle was out of date, we decided that our baby girl would get that name.

I was in terrible pain (didn't know it, but I was in danger since my uterus was about to burst...told that by my doctor later). The planned C-section didn't go as planned and I had to be put to sleep, but after a difficult operation, all was well, and Annabelle Deborah Schneider-Farris was BORN! ....

Oh...by the way...I taught skating (in hockey skates since my feet wouldn't fit into my figure skates) until the day before she was born!

Happy Birthday to my youngest child Annabelle! I love you! You've grown up to be a confident and independent young lady and I know your future will be bright and full of amazing and wonderful adventures!

Wonderful New Friends - A Holocaust Survivor

We made some really wonderful friends in Sun Valley.

Here we are smiling with Golda and Aime Avniel who have been married for 60 years.

Aime is a Holocaust survivor who as a child hid and ran. After the Holocaust he went to Palestine and was reunited with his mother at the age of 15. All his other family members were killed in Auschwitz.

He and Golda met in Palestine (now Israel) and have known one another for 70 years!

An Amazing-Cool Encounter! 7-21-17

This was one of those amazing-cool encounters!

Sy and Reva Alban sat at the same table as me and my dad at Temple Israel in Long Beach's Tu B'shevat seder last spring. Sy knew my dad's Uncle Irving Schneider and other Schneiders in Long Beach including my granda Max Schneider and my dad's uncle Dave Schneider and my dad's first cousin Mark Schneider which was very cool.

Anyway...at the Friday 7-21-17, at the Shabbat service for the Wood River Jewish Community in Sun Valley,Idaho, I recognized Sy and Reva and we all thought it was quite amazing that we were all in Sun Valley, Idaho at the same time! The world has to be small!

Boker Tov: Good Morning!

I listen to this song almost every morning when I get dressed!

Boker Tov means good morning in Hebrew. I especially like the part about the birds singing and the sun rising and the part about being glad I'm alive.

Listen to this if you can!

 

Shabbat HaNefesh - Cantor Hass Back! 6-17-17

When I can't be physically at Temple Israel, it is so awesome that I can watch online! I love Cantor Hass and Shabbat HaNefesh!  She's been on maternity leave and it is good to have her back!

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