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First Week in January 2014

OUR TRIP TO NEW YORK ON SUNDAY

On the first Sunday of 2014 we drove down to New York to see the Lazaroff’s (Raizy’s sister and family) of Houston who made a big family road trip (stopping

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The Significance of Names

I gave a Dvar Torah before the holidays about the first parshah of exodus for a Judaism class Ricky and I are taking at a local synagogue. I talked about how the title means names, and how in the past &helli

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A Wintertime Sukkot Gift

One afternoon in early January 2014 a FedEx truck pulls up and the driver gives us a small but heavy box. Inside there’s a thick book, a collection of advanced commentaries on Talmud tractate Sukka

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An Emotional Twist on the Polar Vortex

Polar Vortex is the big word this week as a huge swath of Midwest and Central United States is hit with unusually cold frigid Artic temperatures. We have friends and relatives in Chicago and Detroit hit by d

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Making the Case for a Case for Google Glass

An alumnus of ours Ayelet G. has been promoting a kickstarter project for a protective case for Google Glass. It seems that the original bag that Google Glass comes in doesn’t offer enough protection b

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Cozy-Shabbat Jan 10-11 + Sat Night Farbrengen

Jan 10-11 will be our second and final Cozy-Shabbat weekend for this Winter Break. If you are up in Albany, please join us. Prayers 6:30pm, Dinner 7pm on Friday; Prayers 10am, and Lunch will be 12:30pm on Sa

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First Shabbos of 2014

We spent Shabbos by Mendel’s parents on South Main Ave in the Albany community, together with Rabbi Mendy and Devorah Leah Mathless of University Heights Chabad. Also joining us for Shabbos was a Queen

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An alumni Bris, two engagements..

On Tuesday, Dec 31st, we drove down to Lawrence’s Beth Shalom synagogue for the Brit-Milah of Avraham-Eitan Jack-Alexander, son of very dear alumni friend Adam K. and Stefanie. It was a wonderful Simch

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Fire & Ice “Thrilling Contradictions” Porsche Commercial

There’s no chance we’re getting a Porsche. Zero chance. In fact, given our family’s size and lifestyle and budget we’re more likely to get a mini-school bus than a sporty Porsche, eve