A week after returning from the Disney Cruise with our Grandchildren ( here ) we celebrated a lovely Seder on Passover first holiday's eve. with dear friends from the neighborhood, Although uplifting some how the gathering didn't seem realty a "liberating" experience , this year, while the Roaring Lion/ Epic Fury has been, still raging and "imprisoning" all involved, in the atrocious war lock-down. Trump's furious ultimatum to Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz by the deadli

On the backdrop of the 4th week into the raging US/Israel war of attrition with Iran, and  2 weeks before Passover - the Holiday of Freedom -David and I were due to board The Disney Wonder - Disney Cruse Ship  with our grandchildren, which was long booked a head. Tel: 800 951 3532 DCL GUEST.COMMUNICATIONS@disneycruise.com While in Israel, the grandchildren weren't spared the Iranian ballistic missile horrific retaliation, during the first round of the 12 Days Israel/Ira

Friday morning (03/13) on which I flew from SFO to DC to visit my daughter Keren. mentioned also in my previous posts ( here  ) the Spring weather exhibited  abnormal hot temperatures in the 70 F, at our West Coast N. CA sphere. However the mountains' range, over which Alaska Air flown across America, toward the East Coast, were all covered with white snow. As if it isn't enough for nature to get unpredictably berserk, another week passed since the start of the man-made R

This February - my BT month ( here ) seemed not only to have marked another year in my personal life , but also has changed the course of world's history. Unlike the previous Israel/Iran war round of June 2025, named  "Rising Lion"   in which   Israel Carried Out Preemptive Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities without U.S.   involvement , and which within its violent web-cob claws I and my dear family were caught while in Israel ( here )  this second time round only

My daughters decided that for my this year's BT it would be nice to have me treat the 3 of us + baby Salo during a weekend stay, at the famous Wine Country of Bay area CA, primarily referring to Napa and Sonoma counties, situated, just one hour drive north of Oakland , and is known as an wine-producing region with over 1,700+ wineries . So off we drove on Friday Jan 29th, well aware that, alcohol sampling in the company of a baby , wouldn't be the highlight of this g

36th Palm Springs fest 2025 ( here ) The Palm Springs International Film Festival which I have been attending for over 10 years, and which offers a large and high quality selection of international foreign language films , has been one of my delightful interests, I have enthusiastically perused it every year in January. enjoying viewing about 4 films, each day for the 8 days on average of my stay., in this charming desert town, about which I wrote more in detail here

On the backdrop of the national and international heartbreaking events, which have been taking place in Israel, and around the globe, both our daughters and their families, sadly moved out of the country, after living in Tel-Aviv almost 20 years, and to our delight, moved into our township in California, next to us. My oldest daughter Keren escaped Israel / Iran war (more here ) 3 days prior to Israel's surprised attack, as she luckily departed Israel on. a flight to CA

My daughters and I had planned to meet in NYC and spent few days together after a lengthy separation, due to the prolonged...

About an year after my daughter Keren wed Elie in the midst of the Corona pandemic ( read here ) the new couple "gave birth" to Rugalach...

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This fall, which was spent in the San Francisco area, my favorite museum the-   Legion of Honor  -founded in 1924 in this Golden Gate city -celebrated its centennial    focusing on remarkable women contributions  to the arts. The Legion of Honor is a component of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco  after it merged with the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum   in 1972 In this post, experiences of exhibits I visited this month, in both museums, are outlined.  

Unplanned sad circumstance brought us to NYC, right after our daughter -Inbal ( see post ) and her family, who visited with us for a...

The departure from Israel to CA on July 21st, coincided with, the Israel's fierce attack of the Houthis Hadida Sea Port , with Biden's...

Standing & Dancing United against Antisemitism In response to escalating hate acts against the Jewish community over 5000 Jews and...

On Sunday, Feb 25,/2024 I attended, along with a small group of other Jewish fellows, sadly hardly a Minion (less od 10 ) to protest...

After an extended traveling period, and upon returning in mid May, back to CA, being embraced by an amazing spring flowery bloom that has...

This post was originally written and posted in July 2017 and updated in Sept 2022 First Visit - July 4-6/2017 During the entire 25 years...

One week prior to end of the old Jewish year, just before the beginning of Rosh Hashana - (the New Jewish one) our oldest daughter -...

A touch down of 2 days only, when returning back from Israel on Aug 4th, got us geared toward the Legoand kingdom, situated along the...

Only 2 weeks stay between the landing, back from the Aranui cruise to the Marquesas islands Tahiti, and taking off again, back to...