You cannot spend time and energy wondering where the years went. They are finished.
Seniors must concentrate on now. Enjoy life now. Do what you can within your abilities. Life is precious and good. Tomorrow will come at its own speed.
This past week, the New York Times Book Review ran a lengthy essay by writer Wendy Shalit titled \”The Observant Reader.\” In it,
Shalit harshly criticized books she deemed to be unfriendly to Orthodox Judaism. Even worse than the books, she asserted, were some of their writers, including such literary luminaries as Tova Mirvis (\”The Outside World\”) and Nathan Englander (\”For the Relief of Unbearable Urges\”).
Now, 40 years later, The Sarah Sommer Chai Folk Ensemble (Sommer died in 1969) is no longer dancing in basements or clicking their heels to accordion music. The nonprofit troupe is run by a board of directors and has a full artistic staff, including costume designers, choreographers from Israel and Argentina, and a technical team that ensures that Sommer\’s Israeli folk-dancing vision stays alive. The troupe itself now numbers 47 — including eight vocalists, nine musicians and 20 dancers. They perform in large venues all over the world.
To me, skiing is almost a religious experience. When you\’re flying down the back bowls, sun on your face, cool air filling your lungs and a warm feeling filling your heart, it\’s like you can feel the hand of God.
With their narrow passageways and cobblestone streets, picturesque Girona and Jerusalem\’s Old City share more than just a certain outward appearance.
Like Donald Trump\’s \”The Apprentice,\” at the end of every episode of \”The Ambassador,\” the panel of judges kicks another contestant off the show. The winner will be rewarded with a yearlong job at Israel at Heart, a New York-based organization that promotes Israel\’s image.
You\’ve just spent the morning shooting a television commercial on location, and you\’re famished. The rest of the cast and crew are chowing down on hamburgers, but you adhere to the Jewish dietary laws. Will you have to go hungry?
Not to worry. Now Mohammed brings the mountain to you, so to speak. Kosher on Location, a mobile catering company, can send one of its fleet of four self-contained catering trucks to prepare RCC-certified kosher fare at the location of your choice.
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