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Pursuing your dreams?
About a year ago, someone recommended a Paulo Coelho book to me—a popular one—The Alchemist. Most people I know that have read the book loved it: they feel it's speaking to them, encouraging them to take life by the horns, and live it to it's fullest; to pursue their dreams. But I… I hated it.
Like many books of its type, its assumption is that when people don't live their dreams out, it's because they didn't try, or they didn't dream big enough—books like these are inspirational posters writ long. Not that I have anything against inspirational posters. If that's your thing, feel free. But at the same time, I can't help but think that this attitude underlies so much of what Judaism struggles with against secular culture: that adults are required to act as part of a social contract and to sometimes do boring things for the sake of others. Where is the recognition that sometimes you work hard at a crappy job to support your family? My father was a bureaucrat until his retirement, and I think he did the best job at it he could, and he did good for others in whatever way he could there. But I strongly doubt that it was the job he dreamed of as a child. But I always had enough to eat and a roof over my head. He's still married to my mother. Did he not dream big enough? Maybe he should have lit out for the hills to pursue his dreams instead?
When I hear people saying that the only thing in the way of one's dreams is oneself, I find myself angry for the janitors and clerks and fast food workers—did they not dream big enough? Do they not work hard enough? Do the poor of other nations simply lack imagination? And angry on behalf of people like my father, who work hard all their lives to make sure their families have enough, even if the job isn't—in itself—meaningful or stirring. Whose lives are just not exciting. From the outside, at least. Continue reading
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Torah for Siblings
In just a couple weeks, with the help of God and the hospital staff, my family is going to undergo a noticeable change. In about two weeks my wife will deliver our second child. Our 2 1/2 year old son will for the first time not be the only child in the house but will need to contend with a baby brother. As someone who was an only child growing up I am fascinated by what will come next. What are sibling dynamics like? How will our older son adjust to his younger brother? What will our younger son learn from his older brother?
As we read the beginning stories of the Book of Genesis in synagogue, I can't help but also think about the dynamics of siblings presented in the Torah. It seems like the track record for sibling success in the Bible is not so good. One can ponder Cain and Abel, Isaac and Ishmael, Jacob and Esau or Joseph and his brothers and find plenty of discord and disunity. It would seem reasonable to not turn to the Book of Genesis as a parenting book, especially on the parenting how-to's of siblings.
Yet, parenting books can be as much about what to do as they can be about what not to do.The one lesson that stands out for me from the episodes we read is the danger of preferential treatment. Whether it is preferring the older sibling because he was your first child or preferring the younger because he will always be the baby, the Torah through these formative stories is sending a clear and resounding message: preferential parenting is wrong. The urge for preference must be resisted.
As we venture down the mysterious path of raising children we pay close attention to not only the lessons of what to do but also the lessons of what not to do and heed the warning of preferential treatment. While reading the stories of Biblical family dysfunction, I, for one, remain grateful for that lesson.
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But what have you done for me lately?
A couple of weeks ago, Michal Kohane caused a few ripples in the blogosphere by getting fired over the column "40 Plus and Screwed: More on Less Young Adult Engagement." Her premise is that the Jewish community has put most of its efforts into engaging 20-and-30-somethings – with trips, and "service opportunities," grants, fellowships, and essentially begging young Jews to come and be Jewish by offering all kinds of swag and calling them "leaders" (whether or not they are) and basically offering any kind of enticement that can be imagined as attractive to the young. And that this effort is excessive, misguided – and really, not quite Jewish in its exclusion from consideration the talents and wisdom of those over this age demographic:
…one can be "old," and much freer, able and available, professionally and spiritually, with lots of energy, insight, wisdom and knowledge about life, but guess what. If that's who you are, the Jewish people don't need you anymore. Oh, wait, I'm exaggerating. They do need you. You're welcome to pay dues. And memberships. And support the never-ending campaigns. And we will call on our various phonathons, because young people need to party. And travel. And explore their identity. And you? you're already 50, maybe even 60. Seriously? You haven't been to Israel?? and you still date?? But that's one leg in the World to Come! So we are not going to invest in you. Please, step aside, and hand over the keys. And your check book? Thanks. Because that is the only role we left you. You are "40 plus and – therefore – screwed."
Yes, I'm exaggerating, but not much. At a recent meeting about the millennia generation, someone – over 45 – dared ask, what can any of us, "alter kakers" "do. Alter Kakers by the way is not a nice thing to say, but no one corrected the derogatory term. One "millennia child" answered quickly: "You can listen," he said. Another joked: "there is really nothing you can do." The audience nodded with pride.
I don't disagree. I would also add, although she doesn't that this particular form of ageism is gendered (take a look around the room of any powerful Jewish organization and see how many of them are older men, as opposed to older women).
But I'd ask some additional questions here – not because she's wrong, but because I think she actually misses the point. While there is certainly ageism, and gender bias, and an insane focus on getting young Jews to breed by any means possible, this doesn't really have anything to do with the young people whose narcissism she complains about. These programs aren't developed by those twenty and thirty somethings, and don't, for the most part take into account their needs – which is why many of them fail to develop long-term affiliations.
But here's the real question:
Not just for the "screwed 40somethings," but also the 20 and 30 somethings. Why are we offering any bribes at all?
Because, ultimately that's what a great deal of this boils down to. "Please be Jewish, so we don't die out."
But Judaism doesn't need that.
Judaism is not going to die out. And I think perhaps it's time that we stopped treating Judaism as though it needed to be bolstered by various metaphorical swag bags.
The attitude comes from a view of Judaism which thinks that Judaism is simply a sort of super-ethnicity, with some nice cultural baggage that we want to live on. But Judaism is a rich, powerful relationship with the universe and the divine, and it is a mission. And not everyone is going to accept that mission.
The mission requires some dedication – it means that priorities have to be set because -as Moses said to Reuven and Gad in the Torah portion this week – your cattle? really? You're going to put your flocks ahead of this great mission that we're on? They are not the most important thing. God drives our lives, and our goals; God is our mission, and bringing the holy into this world is our mission- you need to get your priorities straight, and sometimes that means setting aside the bigger paycheck, the soccer game, the Saturday shopping trip.
Instead of asking why 40-somethings aren't being offered tidbits along with 20-somethings, I'd ask, "what are you offering Judaism?" All of us, whatever age we are.
I have to say, I'm also tired of the endless programs, the baby-marriage-hookup-drives for the young, the demographic desperation.
And in perfect honesty, I suspect that few of those 20 and 30 somethings are that impressed by them either.
Judaism is a rich, deep tradition – it is a difficult one, because it is not one that is accessed superficially and easily. It is demanding of time and effort. It is not just about once a week – Judaism is a 24/7 activity, that requires immersion, study, patience, persistence and connection to other Jews.
It can't be done well in isolation. And frankly, maybe it's not for everyone.
Which is not to say "My way or the highway." Our communities have gotten lazy abut very basic things: friendliness (but NOT customer service. Judaism is not a business, and the faster we drop that foolish trope, the better), acceptance, and yes, thinking about what a community is.
Both edgy indie minyans and shuls have forgotten that communities are not about finding your age or personality niche and working it. If you have an age range of only twenty years, you have failed, because a community must be composed of children, teens, twenty, thirty, forty, fifty-somethings, Also eighty-somethings. People who are sweet, people who are annoying as heck; people with money, and those who are middle class (the few of those left) and people who are poor. People with green hair or adopted children, or no children, or single people, or gay and lesbian couples or people who like to camp in the great outdoors and those who think that Holiday inn is roughing it.
That is a community.
There are definitely things that we could all do better, no question. Lots of things could be done better.
The fact that some people will start at a more basic level of learning is fine, but we shouldn't be offering only basic learning. Study can be done at all kinds of levels for all kinds of different abilities – but it should be challenging and difficult and rich for anyone at whatever level – and all of us should take ourselves to the table -Every Single Person should make a commitment to study and Jewish living, and spending time with people who are not like you.
And no one should be satisfied with the same basics over and over again – or, more realistically, unsatisfied with them. Because I think that's really what's missing. The superficial is terribly unsatisfying. Have we gone too far in some ways, emphasizing flashy programs over deep study and demographic concerns over genuine commitment to an important mission from God?
And that's why Kohane is right, and wrong: it isn't that people over forty have been excluded – it's that all of us have been. And it's long past time to do something about it. But there's no "someone else" to do it. It's us. So get up, and open a book, and go to shul, and do something Jewish with someone else. If you don't have the skills to do it yourself, well, that's what shul is for – to create a community where we can all lean on each other.
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Fitting in
I recently read an essay published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her (still living) mother. The essay outlined how her mother saved women from abusive partners, helping with money, or helping them, literally, escape.
The crux of the story, though, isn't just her mother's heroism, but how her mother came to it. To the daughter, it was the following anecdote that was at the center:
You know, it's funny — Cindy was the one who tried to sponsor me for that women's sorority. I didn't have many friends here, being from away, and I'd helped her with all these fundraising projects. I thought it would be so much fun to have women friends. And she put my name in at her sorority, but of course I'd been married before and divorced, and that was a black mark against me. Those women turned their noses up and said they didn't want a woman like me. Cindy cried when she told me, she even resigned over it. Over me." "So, after that I sort of kept my head down, you know? That had killed what little self-esteem I had; I didn't have much to begin with. That's when I decided I couldn't win. Been born on the wrong side of the tracks and that was just that. Of course, looking back on it today, I wouldn't have fit in with any of those women anyway. That's when I quit trying to be social. And not long after that, I guess, women just started coming to me."
According, at least, to this telling it is the mother's otherness, her inability to fit into the mold of the good housewife type of the time, which freed her to do the things that other women simply wouldn't do – like take in women being abused by their husbands to protect them.
The story reminded me a little of my own mother. I had no idea, growing up, that it was at all unusual for a family to have people who weren't related to you living at your house, just because they needed a place to stay. When a high school friend of mine's family decided to move back to Texas in the middle of the year and he didn't want to go, it was our house where he lived until he graduated. When a friend of my sister's was kicked out of her own house, she lived with my family. I don't remember thinking anything of it, off at college. That was just what my mother did, along with making jewelry, and hopping on board with the latest appalling health food fad (please, just don't mention wheat germ or lecithin oil).
The writer of the essay explained that, "As her daughter, it took me nearly 20 years not to pity my mother's 'otherness.' She stopped pitying it herself a long time ago."
It is a natural human tendency to try to "fit in," and failing at it, or deliberately turning away from what is "normal," can make one an object of pity, or disgust. Perhaps it's for that reason that there are so few Jews. Judaism does not only set us apart, it demands our separateness, in our speech, our habits, and in our families. To sanctify is to separate. And it is hard.
But it is also a blessing. To be separate can allow us to see and to do what others are unable to see and do. One who is other can be dangerous, beyond the boundaries of "normal" behavior. On that path can be sociopathy, but it can also be heroism.
Being "outside" is painful. Humans thrive as part of a group, and we need one another. We crave acceptance. But the story from xoJane reminds us that being separate, other, outside – sometimes makes us the ones closest of all to others. When we make that choice to accept and use it.
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Are today's Americans really wimps?
Recently there has been a rash of articles declaring how stupid American parents have overcoddled their children in all sorts of way, resulting in college students who call to ask their parents for advice daily, college graduates who move back into the parental home – sometimes for years, parents who call their offsprings' college professors to demand that they should receive higher grades.
The resounding opinion seems to have become that parents are investing too heavily in their children, protecting them from too much, and refusing to let them grow up. Is this true? Are we producing a nation of wimps?
Except for the last of these, which strikes me as Snopes-bait (the over-the-topness combined with the lack of specificity smells strongly of urban legend), I'm going to offer a suggestion: it's a crock.
It's not that there aren't individuals who hop on to ridiculous trends, or that children have less freedom to play on their own and roam around relatively unsupervised, or even a tendency to emphasize "specialness" over achievement. By and large, human beings are resilient enough, even as children, that this makes not that great an impact. What I doubt is the underlying thinking of the idea that caring deeply abut one's children is divorced from the circumstances in which we live – in which success is more and more difficult to come by, and as we have fewer children, the success of each one counts more, as there are fewer of us to help one another.
But the true underlying thought is a peculiarly American idea – that respect and love for one's parents is a flaw; that true adult hood means cutting oneself off from one's family; that advice from one's elders is a bad thing; that individuals should stand alone. These ideas have become dominant in American society – but they are lies.
Many cultures expect children to live with their families, to ask their parents for advice, to remain in a network of relationships in which to protect one's circle is of paramount value – including Judaism. Rather than criticize the cell phones for "making" adult children depend upon their parents, we should be examining the society in which we live, where it has become a necessity for us to rebuild natural familial ties with one another. Many people speak of the contract of our society being broken: our businesses take no care for their employees, preferring to work them hard without sufficient compensation, our government and communities fail in caring for the power and powerless; laws favor the wealthy. But if anything, the dependance of children on their parents is a sign of healing, not of harm. Perhaps it is from here that we will once again begin to build communities and a society in which instead of valorizing the self over all others, we will once again begin to value our relationships with others.
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Let Your Kids Forget Their Lunch
The other day my son called just as I was getting ready to lock the front door. He had forgotten the camera he needed for photography class, would I be willing to bring it to his school on my way to work?
I am usually the last one to leave the house in the morning. This means that if a pair of cleats or a lunch is left behind, I see it. Usually I sigh. Sometimes after having reminded and reminded, I seethe. Rarely do I do anything about it.
Call me mean. Call me crazy.
Just know this, my kids don't think of me that way.
Here is what they know. They know they have to be responsible partners in their own lives. They know I trust them to figure it out –even if I don't know what the "it" is. They know how to solve problems of all sorts.
Sure, sometimes they go a little hungry or have to sit out or wear something entirely inappropriate for the activity –it is true shorts are much better than jeans when playing basketball, but so it goes. None of these things is life threatening. Unfortunate or uncomfortable sure, but dangerous –not at all.
My children know that small problems are really not a reason to give up, stop trying, or sit out and are by no means the end of the earth.
When the people of Israel were wandering in the desert, they complained often about how terrible things were. Each time God threatened a not so natural consequence. Moses was there to defend them, to put things right. Not surprisingly, when Moses, disappeared for 40 days, and they got anxious. They were used to having someone resolve their problems for them. They did not have faith that they could endure the discomfort. So they made a stupid choice –yes there are times when there is no way around acknowledging stupidity. God threatened annihilation. And Moses, like a typical helicopter parent, swooped in defending and excusing their behavior.
It is not surprising that it took forty years for the Israelites to grow up and move on.
I don't have 40 years. My children will leave my home at 18 and while I will always be there to help when a serious crisis occurs, I won't be there to bring them their lunch or forgotten homework, or take away discomfort. When the day comes, I need them to walk out my front door knowing that they can go wandering in the desert on their own and find their own path to their destination, even though there will be bumps or moments of disappointment along the way.
Most of us learn this eventually, it is what makes us successful and empowered as adults. But by letting my children cope with lack of cleats or lunch bags, I am giving them opportunities to grow and experience incrementally and appropriately, making this process less shocking.
When my son called that morning, I had just that week come back from two weeks travelling. During my absence his father had been away for a few days as well. Our teen had been in the house on his own for 5 nights. There had been no panicked phone calls, no angry emails, even though as he had reported there were moments of loneliness and doubt. I was confident in his capacity to navigate on his own. So I hesitated not a moment and told him I would glad to bring him his camera.
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Let's Get Real About Marriage and Parenting
"Being a diplomat is no career for a woman who wants to have a family," said the consul.
"By the time you're ready to get married he'll be married," said my mother.
"Don't put off having children," said the prominent professor.
Jane Eisner's recent editorial Marriage Agenda brought back me to the 80s and 90s. As I finished high school, made my way through college and began graduate school, my elders were filled with advice about family planning. In the Jewish community, where concerns of assimilation reached a fever pitch, there was a very strong chorus that promoted marriage and childbearing. Eisner's piece, which laments the high rates of intermarriage, the delaying of marriage, or even choosing not getting married sounded eerily like a retro recording of days gone by.
As a young woman, I followed the wisdom I received. I was married by 25 and had my first child in my twenties and my second by 32. I did miscarry but I was young and healthy and conception followed with ease. In my 40s, I have healthy older children and a strong marriage.
But to suggest that this has been an easy path or one that comes without costs is foolish. I was still very much figuring out who I wanted to be when I met the man I married. Instead of going off to Israel and entering rabbinical school, I stayed in the United States. Coming to understand myself in relationship to him would mean nearly a decade before I realized my desire to go to rabbinic school. And realizing that dream –while raising two small children-took a toll on our marriage. Having our children before our careers were launched was financially challenging. Studies have shown that delaying childbearing for educated professionals correlates with significantly higher lifetime earning potential. As we face paying for college this is something I worry about. I do not regret my choices but am realistic about the trade offs. It is too simplistic to recommend that we encourage marriage and early childbearing. Continue reading
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If You Could Only Save One Person…
"Because I am a Jew," one person said. I had asked the participants of a class to tell me why we should care about Israel. This response in many ways summarized the sentiments of the group, who were mostly middle-aged, and highly selective. After all, they showed up in synagogue to have this conversation.
I pointed out that this response reflects an assumed value of peoplehood – that we, the Jewish people, are a mutually bound family. As a family, our identities are rooted in shared history and lineage, and we feel responsible for each other. Israel, as the nation of the Jewish people, belongs to all of us. Right?
Well, maybe. It turns out that one's emotional, spiritual and intellectual reaction to this question depends on how we each understand our identities. Are we part of the "family" known as the Jewish people? Does being a "member of the tribe" bind us to any certain responsibilities or obligations?
There is a good bit of hand wringing in the Jewish community about the eroding sense of Jewish peoplehood. Do Jews feel responsible for each other? Do Jews continue to prioritize charitable giving to Jewish causes as we did a generation ago? Do Jews choose to affiliate with Jewish communities to be among "family," as my parents did 50 years ago? The entire Jewish world is being rocked by shifting views of Jewish peoplehood.
For that reason, I was particularly interested to read a fascinating column in the NY Times this weekend, "The Myth of Universal Love", but Stephen T. Asma. Asma argues for "favoritism," and what he calls a "small circle care" and family preference. By rebuffing the social scientists whose universalist values have deeply influenced our culture, he demonstrates that commitment to our "small circle of favorites" is actually a crucial ingredient for human happiness. "Favoritists … are very good at selflessly giving to members of their inner circle."
Wouldn't we all want to be the beneficiaries of selfless generosity? Doesn't it feel good to offer kindness to those who matter most to us?
Asma builds his case by punching holes in the theories of two of the leading liberal social theorists, Jeremy Rifkin and Peter Singer, who "think we can overcome factional bias and eventually become one giant tribe." These universalist "utilitarian ethics" were developed by an early nineteenth century thinker, William Godwin. Check out this logic:
Godwin asked us to imagine if you could save only one person from a burning building. One of those persons is Archbishop Fénelon and the other is a common chambermaid. Furthermore, the archbishop is just about to compose his famous work "The Adventures of Telemachus" (an influential defense of human rights). Now here's the rub. The chambermaid is your mother.
Godwin argues that the utilitarian principle (the greatest good for the greatest number) requires you to save the archbishop rather than your mother. He asks, "What magic is there in the pronoun 'my' that should justify us in overturning the decisions of impartial truth?"
Singer extends this to the ultimate universal idea: that "we should do everything within our power to help strangers meet their basic needs, even if it severely compromises our kin's happiness."
I bristled with displeasure to imagine anyone choosing to leave their mother to die or harming their own family by prioritizing strangers over them in apportioning resources. My thinking is not just a reflection of my training in Jewish texts and ideas – it is simple logic. We are most satisfied when we sustain mutual relationships with others. As Asma points out, studies show that "the most important element in a good life is close family and friendship ties – ties that bind."
I didn't need studies to tell me this. Being a part of the Jewish people has taught me well. And that is worth saving.
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Intermarriage and Multicultural Families
Like it or not, intermarriage is a fact in Jewish life.
And for the most part the Jewish community has learned to live with it. Sure, different movements deal with it differently. Sure, some congregations are more adept and accommodating. But from Renewal to Orthodox we no longer assume that a Jew by birth will marry another Jew by birth.
But as demographics shift in the United States, the nature of intermarriage is changing too. And the Jewish community will need to adapt if it hopes to continue to create spaces for these new Jewish families.
In particular, my concern is with multiracial and multicultural families. There is nothing new about Jews from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. There were Jews in Ethiopia centuries before there were Jews in Poland and Jews in India before there were Jews in Spain. Jewish institutional life in the United States, however, has largely been built on the presumption that Jews are white. And our welcome to interfaith couples has similarly assumed that intermarriages between one white Jew and one white non-Jew.
But interracial marriages are at an all time high in the Unites States, a trend that is expected to continue as the population becomes increasingly more diverse. And Jewish households are clearly part of this trend.
We will need to change our language and approach in order to live up to the welcoming image we have of ourselves. Having become accustomed to Jews who have blond hair and blue eyes or wear "Kiss Me I'm Irish" t-shirts, we need to be open to those with dreadlocks or who celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Because these new members of our extended community come from many different backgrounds, we cannot make assumptions about how they understand religion, community, or family. We will have to personalize our approach. We need to meet others who see Jews not just as a religious minority but as part of the white establishment. We need to broaden our own learning, so that we understand and appreciate the cultural challenges and gifts that they bring.
In the last year I've attended several b'nai mitzvah ceremonies that exemplify the power of embracing multiracial, multicultural Jewish families. At one service, the boy chanted from the Torah while wearing a Korean hanbok. Blessings were said in English and Korean as well as the traditional Hebrew. At another the bar mitzvah spoke of being half Japanese, half Australian and fully Jewish in a synagogue decorated with origami chains for the occasion. At another, the bat mitzvah took the occasion to also take on a traditional Japanese name sharing her multiple new identities with the congregation. In each case conversations had to be had about how to bring together multiple elements of identity into what is so clearly a Jewish setting. In each case, thought and respect were evident throughout.
These are the success stories, families who feel fully welcome, fully empowered. They are passing on Jewish traditions even as they expand them. They shine of an example of that to which we can all aspire.
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In Pursuit of Learning
Yesterday was a big day for our family. My daughter graduated from college. She was the fourth of our five children (in our blended family) to graduate with academic honors. The youngest, now a college junior, is headed there. It was a day for all the pride that parents feel at college graduation. I couldn't wipe the memory of her pre-school graduation out of my mind as I watched this poised, beautiful young woman in cap and gown take her place in front of the audience as she was recognized for her accomplishments. She told of her areas of academic interest in her double major of Comparative Literature and Women's and Gender Studies and was applauded for it. Her yellow cord hanging down the front of her academic gown announced her achievement for high grades. Her Phi Betta Kappa pin completed the outfit. Her modest smile was the same as the one she wore on the day of her pre-school graduation, and I teared up.
I'm not telling you this to brag. My daughter's achievements were well earned; she worked very hard for four years. In fact, she worked hard for the 12 years before that too. She had earned this moment of pride. It belongs to her.
Her favorite professor told me softly how wonderful my daughter is. "She is really talented. She is such a great thinker, with wonderful questions, and she writes so well! I'm watching her." I asked her if she had discussed future pursuits with my daughter, and she enthusiastically reveled in being an advisor to my daughter. She hastened to add that she would stay in touch and continue to be there for her.
We – parents and professors — had all done our best to give my daughter (and all of our kids) the tools to succeed as learners. She grew up in a home that valued education, one filled with books, journals and discussions. She was encouraged and supported, including our commitment to pay for her undergraduate education, as we did for each of our children. I realize that we were blessed with the ability to do this, even though it was not easy (this is a story for another day.) I was determined that my children should not have to struggle to be educated as I had when my parents didn't provide for my education. We encouraged our kids to study subjects that interested them – to engage with the world through the ideas, questions and knowledge that would fill them with possibilities and prepare them to chart their future.
Our family's Jewish values had taught us the value of learning. The primary tool for Jewish engagement is the discursive nature of Talmud study. Our sages of the early generation of the Talmud spoke repeatedly of the importance of learning; for example, exhorting us to, "Acquire for yourself a teacher." (Mishnah Pirke Avot 1:6)
There is a lot of talk these days about a perceived failure of a liberal arts education to prepare young adults for careers in the real world. Many twenty-somethings are un- and underemployed. It is a frightening problem for a parent of three young adult children who relish their learning in the humanities. But yesterday I remembered why I encouraged my kids to pursue their interests. As my daughter's professor reminded me, the ability to ask good questions, the interest to pursue knowledge and the skills to organize and integrate thoughts and write well are significant life skills for success in any pursuit.
Yesterday's front-page story in the New York Times documented, in sad detail, the sharp decline in public funding for college education and the enormous burden of student debt that has become a national crisis. The problems are vast and deep: the cost of college education is rising faster than is sustainable; it is becoming unaffordable for most Americans. Americans families will have an increasingly difficult time justifying the investment – sadly, many who are burdened by sizable student loans are already proof of this. Without a doubt, our country needs structural change. We must recover our foundations as a nation that offers opportunity for all.
I celebrate the blessing that education offered my children and me. Congratulations to the class of 2012 – our future leaders, teachers, and great minds. There is no telling what you will accomplish. Don't let our nation off the hook – it is our responsibility to preserve what we taught you – that education shapes our future, together.
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It is said that anyone can run for president in America ….. and win. Over the ten years we have been writing articles on freedom and property rights, we have had several readers suggest we should run for president and others who said they would vote for us, if we did run, even if the idea is nothing more than a fantasy. We have resisted the idea for many reasons, the first being, only a fool would subject him or herself and their family to the kind of media scrutiny and feeding frenzy that a presidential candidate must endure, especially a conservative candidate.
However, with the plethora of candidates now allegedly running for the conservative ticket and many of those candidates just a replay of the same old tired political games, we have decided to explore the possibility of being a serious candidate for President, as improbable as that might seem.
There must be a thousand reasons why we shouldn't run, but if we were to run we would be guided by the following platform.
Remember, a political platform is nothing more than a guide and a window into how a person or a party will govern. It is not sacrosanct and it is not set in stone. It may be reduced or expanded upon, depending on current realities. We'll take the issues one by one that a president would face while in office, but not in any particular order, nor is it all conclusive. Common sense will be our guide in almost everything, but still recognizing that common sense is not necessarily the solution to some complex problems.
THE ECONOMY: 1) First rule, you cannot spend more than you take in or you go broke. Sadly, America is broke. We would use our bully pulpit to lobby for a balanced budget, except in time of war.
2) Second rule, excessive regulation inhibits the economy, job growth and wealth creation. We would work with Congress to unwind the millions of regulations that stifle our economy.
THE NATIONAL DEBT AND DEFICITS: While you are sitting there at your dining room table and working on your income and expenses, you instinctively know that too much debt will eventually force you into bankruptcy. The National debt at $18 Trillion and rising is an invitation to what every family knows will happen ….. bankruptcy. But national bankruptcy is far worse than personal bankruptcy. It can lead to a complete change in our political and judicial system. It can lead to a dictatorship as the government moves to bring stability to an unstable country by the use of force under martial law. Annual deficits of $500 Billion to over $1 Trillion dollars will only add to the national debt where there is virtually no way to pay the debt back to the borrowers, even if the government took every earned dollar away from every citizen. If the current very low interest rate rises, and it will, we will be paying more in interest on the national debt than the entire defense budget. Such an inevitable event will make national bankruptcy occur sooner, rather than later. We either get the national debt and the annual deficit under control, or we will face the dire, unintended consequences of national bankruptcy. Our administration would make getting the debt and deficit under control through a long-range balanced budget and the significant rolling back of entitlement spending.
TAXES: Obviously, a government can't run without money. But when government is so inefficient and negligent that it wastes the money you pay them to the tune of 20% of the entire money they spend, it is high time to rein them in. In 50 years, since President Johnson's Great Society, your government has spent $22 Trillion, averaging $440 Billion each year. Has poverty decreased? No! It has increased and made generation after generation dependent on government. Here is the reality on taxes:
"YOUR MONEY IS GOVERNMENT'S MAJOR POWER OVER YOU: The first power that government has over you is YOUR perception that YOUR money is their money. The second power that government has over you is by using the money they take from you by force of law, against you. The third power that government has over you is that you will religiously obey all of their laws." (Will you?)
"Only when the people realize that their tax money is being used to environmentally enslave them; only when the people realize that their tax money is being used to "feed" a growing population of other people dipping their bills in the government "pig trough" and those "takers" voting for those very same politicians that take our tax money by force to keep the "trough" full; only when the people realize that their tax money is being spent to brainwash and indoctrinate their school and college-age children in the ways of socialism, multi-culturalism, radical environmentalism, collectivism and one-world-government; only when the people realize that their government is using their tax money to merge America into the one-world-order; only when the people realize that the only way to stop this attempted conquest of American freedom and sovereignty is to resist government, en masse, in every legal way possible. Only then will we reclaim our freedom."
FOREIGN POLICY: 1) A bully not confronted, is a bully in power. A bully in power is a dictator. It is well known that a bully will only be defeated by a power greater than itself. No power is greater than American power.
2) All "bullies", no matter where or who, will be confronted by this administration with the full diplomatic range and military power at America's disposal, with a significant emphasis on military power. Our policy will be to bring the war to the enemy, no matter who it is, before the enemy has a chance to bring the war to America. Had we been president when Putin threatened invasion of Crimea, we would have sent a full aircraft carrier and destroyer battle group into the Black Sea to confront him.
3) We will reverse the reduction of funding for our military and work to increase it to the point America could wage war on two major fronts at one time. America's military strength is what keeps little and large empires from ambitions of geographical. religious, or ideological expansion.
4) We must seriously consider withdrawing from the United Nations in that the UN works against American interests and sovereignty with a vengeance. If they could, they would repeal the U. S. Constitution.
IMMIGRATION: Illegal immigration is only a problem because the government allowed it to become a problem by not adequately closing the border and not fully enforcing current immigration law. Our administration would move forward with aggressively closing the border first and removing the magnets that attract illegal aliens. We would remove ALL government subsistence, education, or health benefits to illegal aliens, along with withdrawing all social security numbers and drivers licenses, prompting self-deportation. Visa applications from all foreign lands would trigger vigorous investigations and severe limits to visas would be put in place. We would work with border states to enlist their help in controlling the flow of immigrants, drugs and terrorists. No comprehensive immigration policy is necessary. We only need to enforce current law.
VETERANS: The entire Veterans Administration office should be over hauled and new policies put in place with the funds to match. These new policies would create an absolute priority for treating our veterans and their families with respect, honor, dignity and the admiration that they deserve. These people gave their lives, mind and limbs in the service of our country, defending our cherished freedoms. The current VA programs are an egregious affront to these individuals and an abysmal travesty. My administration would make this an absolute priority.
EDUCATION: Public and higher education in America have become infected by a cesspool of over-educated, academic idiots that have trampled common sense into the dust by experimenting with our children's lives and engaging in indoctrination instead of education. Our administration would move to dismantle the U. S. Department of Education and transfer all public education responsibilities to the states and local government where they belong. We would encourage the drafting of an outline of education standards by the states, based on American exceptionalism, to use by local school boards as a guideline only.
SECOND AMENDMENT: We view the 2nd Amendment as one of the most important amendments included in the Bill of Rights and are a staunch defender of it. The 2nd Amendment was put there by the Founders to make sure a tyrannical government could not conquer the people with force. It wasn't designed to promote hunting, it was for self defense and making sure that government couldn't find it so easy to subdue the general population without facing a well armed militia. The people will not go easily into the night when armed.
ABORTION: We do not like abortion. It is without a doubt the killing of a human life, no mater at which stage of pregnancy. However, it is the law of the land and my administration would work with Congress to assure that no public funds would be used for abortion. I would work to stop all government subsidies to Planned Parenthood.
RELIGION: We are not religious, leaning more towards the provable and the knowable from science, rather than having to engage in a leap of faith to believe. However, we recognize that religion plays a vital and pivotal roll in the morality and integrity of any nation and is therefore a fundamental part of the fabric of that nation. We fully respect the religious beliefs of all faiths.
HOMOSEXUALITY: Not being religious we do not object to homosexuality on those grounds. Nevertheless, homosexuality, from our perspective, is an aberration of nature and although homosexuals should be afforded all the rights inuring to heterosexuals, we do not believe that those rights should extend to marriage.
ENTITLEMENTS: Run away entitlements are breaking this country. We would move to phase out most entitlements in 15 to 20 years in that the funding mechanism for every entitlement program is inherently flawed and totally unsustainable. Subsidies to the undeserving seriously weaken a country. Left on the current path, America will go bankrupt, sooner rather than later. It is high time that Americans quit relying on government and find ways in the private sector to subsist and care for them while sick and disabled, or in their later years. Obama Care is just one more entitlement leading America to national bankruptcy and must be repealed and replaced with a market-based solution that recognizes the doctor-patient relationship. The reduction of entitlements will free up funds for other vitally needed functions of government.
HIGHWAYS AND BRIDGES: Why is the highway trust fund running out of money next year? Why are our bridges and highways in such a sad state of repairs? Why isn't there enough money for maintaining a strong military? Why is our economy in such dire straits? The major reason is that Progressives have been buying votes with money from the public treasury for the last 100 years and the money that would be available to keep our vital highway networks functioning and safe has gone to three types of exponentially expanding welfare. Without substantially reducing the funds to entitlements there will be less and less money available for roads and bridges, a vibrant economy and a strong military. The following graph illustrates the explosive growth of entitlement spending as it relates to America's Gross Domestic Product. This isn't bad fiscal policy. This is INSANE! Even an idiot can see that it is unsustainable.
THE BUREAUCRACY: The federal, state and local bureaucracies have become powers unto themselves, without any legislative oversight. Many federal bureaucracies have bloated budgets and tens of thousands of employees that "make" work. Their "make" work is an integral part of and adds to the too many regulations that plague people and businesses and make us all less free. I would present proposals to Congress to either rein in many of these bureaucracies, or dismantle them altogether.
ENVIRONMENT: We could write volumes on the environment and have. The environmental movement started out with good intentions to clean up air and water pollution in America. Then it got hijacked by radical national and international environmentalists, aided and abetted by the United Nations and the federal government. Environmental policy not only limits our rights, but adds significant costs to everything we buy. Current environmental policy is all about control of the masses, where in the masses are guilty of gross violations of the environment and must be regulated and restricted from many different activities. This is all part of the ever-shrinking bubble we mentioned earlier, in which government allows you to reside. My administration would take on the environmental lobby and put the brakes on a wide range of radical environmental policy promoted by national environmental groups and those affiliated with the United Nations. The United Nations Agenda 21 policy would be one of our first targets.
Any government program, including environmentally driven programs, that requires scientific evidence before implementation, must have at least a two-thirds majority of all private (not government) U. S. scientists in that specific discipline agreeing to the condition, prior to implementation of that program or the spending of government funds. New information should be analyzed frequently to see if changes to the program should be made.
Climate Change, alias man-caused global warming, is a planet-wide con and a fraud by world elites to implement a one-world-order by making the masses feel guilty about damaging the environment and conditioning them to draconian environmental regulations where property rights exist no longer and the bubble of individual freedom gets smaller and smaller. These regulations fall much harder on rural America but urban Americans feel the pinch in higher taxes and increased limits on their behavior.
RACE RELATIONS: Race relations and the accusations of racism will not go away until there is a major cultural shift in the black community. Police go where the crime is to control it. A large percentage of crime is occurring in the black inner city precincts, thus the incidence of police – black encounters will occur more frequently. This leads to allegations of systemic police racism. Until the fractured black families start putting more emphasis on two-parent homes and a good education for their children and quit playing the "victim" roll, these charges of police and white racism will continue. The government welfare system has made the situation even worse by demeaning the need for fathers in black families. Nevertheless, a president can use his bully pulpit to reverse the welfare trends and quit exacerbating the situation by parroting the racial stereotypes as has the current president and U. S. Attorney General have done. Cooler heads need to prevail if racial bias is ever to subside.
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Not a butterfly but I really am fascinated by hummingbird moths. I plan to plant some host plants this fall and I was wondering, does anyone know where to find caterpillars for sale to raise and release?
Depending on your region, it would be a lot easier to plant host plants and attract the moths that way.
Hummer moths use pretty much the same nectar plants as Hummingbirds (Salvia, Agastache, etc).
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work great as hosts.Grape and Virginia Creeper also bring in some different species, such as the White Lined Sphinx and others. And of course, the easiest to attract, there is the famous Tomato Hornworm Sphinx.
Oh WOW! Thanks Leafhead for responding...I saw a Hummingbird moth for the first time in my garden about a month ago. I was so excited! Now I know why....I have 3 snowberry bushes! I bought them because I liked the pink berries, not realizing they were a host plant! (sorry for all the exclamation points, but I'm very excited :)
I'm going out right now to inspect the bushes - maybe I'll see some cats!
Good luck finding some late cats, but they should be going into the ground to pupate for the Winter very soon.
I can hardly express the excitement of my first sighting up here in Madison, WI!! (Like seeing a Monarch or Atala Butterfly for the first time.)
My neighbors had never seen anything like it either. Now they look for them:-)
I always go native when I can. Unfortunately no one has any native honeysuckle in my neck of the woods right now and I needed to get this planted so I can mulch for colder temps. (Most people look at me like I have three heads when I tell them I'm looking for things like milkweed and honeysuckle haha)
And please don't forget nectar plants. I enjoy visits of both types of Hummingbird moth most of the summer. I don't have their host plants but they nectar each day on various blooming plants. They especially enjoy Butterfly Bush, Lantana and Verbena bonairiensis here in my area.
Usually grown as an annual, the Verbena bonairiensis roots overwinter here and begin to put out new growth very early in the spring, so I have blooms of this plant quite early. All the butterflies, moths and bee's love these little blooms.
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I'm really confused about the effect of my various lighting options. We've had incandescent lighting in there since Day One, and the coloring is really okay with me. But obviously there are lighting options that didn't exist when we built our home 30+ years ago, and I want to choose wisely. My question is, what type of light bulb will provide the best light in terms of brightness and natural color?
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Cavanaugh, then a sophomore on the Susquehanna football team, spent his winter break last year at home in Toms River, N.J. doing what most college student-athletes do during breaks-catching up on sleep, hanging out with family and friends and working out, because no matter if it is in or out of season, workouts are a year-round commitment for student-athletes.
Driving to what was supposed to be one of those routine workouts at the gym turned into something completely different.
"I was driving down a side street and I saw two people struggling with each from a pretty far distance away so I sped up to see what was going on," Cavanaugh explained. "I saw it was a police car so I went faster. I put my car in park and ran up to the cop and asked 'what do you want me to do?' He said 'reach for his right hand, he's trying to go for something.' So I reached for his arm, put it behind his back and the officer said to put him on the ground, so we put him on the ground."
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What Cavanaugh had stumbled upon was the attempted arrest of several suspects who were robbing local businesses and houses in the area. Unfortunately for the Toms River police force, the arrest did not go according to plan and that's when Cavanaugh showed up.
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Spacious open plan lounge. A comfortable corner sofa, plus two further double sofa's. A 50" inch Samsung LCD TV, satellite channels, (sports, disney, movies). Log Fire, DVD and portable docking station, Ipod touch.
The lounge area leads out onto the south facing terrace giving a stunning 180 panoramic view. The balcony terrace has comfortable seating area, dining table with chairs and cushions. With a large BBQ (gas supplied) complete with utensils to feed the family and also a fridge to store cool drinks. Views over La Sierrezuela and the sea in the distance. Stunning.
The open plan dining/lounge area leads through to the dining area , tables and chairs, which overlooks the beautiful scenery. Leading to a modern kitchen that has a breakfast bar, stools. With modern appliances including dish washer, gas oven and hob and microwave, slow cooker , coffee machine, mini oven and toaster, & brand new high chair. The utility room has washing machine, tumble drier, iron, ironing board.
The barn door leads to a secure play area at the front of the villa, ideal for kids to play or have a bit of time in the shade on just to let a breeze flow through the villa.
Downstairs, the three beautiful bedrooms have WIFI, access to the pool and brand new smoke detectors, All rooms have air conditioning.
With a great size en-suite in the master bedroom, bathroom that has a double shower, toilet and sink with vanity basin, leading to:
The Master Bedroom : Overlooks the swimming pool area. A very spacious and sunny bedroom. Air conditioning and fan, an en-suite bathroom, double shower, bath, toilet and vanity unit. With a flat screen TV linked to the satellite TV, and a King size bed. We have also a brand new double sofa bed and there is also room for a cot if required. . With twin double wardrobes and patio doors that lead onto the swimming pool. IPod docking station.
Bedroom : The second bedroom has extra large double bed from Barker & Stonehouse, with air conditioning and wardrobes and patio doors leading to the pool.
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Large private pool with vast terrace areas to chill and relax. Plenty of loungers, chairs, Life Buoy. We have the sun all day, through to the evening. The pool has a sensor to switch on the pool nightlights. Complimentary inflatable toys for all, the pool has a shallow and deep area line for safety. The swimming pool is maintained to a high standard and cleaned twice weekly during the summer.
We have a large decking, with sofa, table and chairs. Sun loungers and table for dining. The table tennis is located on the decking.
With a very large established and well maintained orchard garden, an ideal huge paradise for children to play in. Fruit trees in the garden include, advocado, orange, olive and almond trees & one baby banana tree. The real beauty of this villa is the exclusive beautiful location and panoramic views with the sun all day long. We have the garden maintained weekly.
With the best location to spend a summer break it is also a welcoming paradise and comfort has been carefully considered. We are situated in the exclusive Urbanisation La Sierrezeula. La Sierrezuela has shops and local restaurants within walking distance as well as many kilometres of fabulous Mediterranean beaches just a five minute drive away. Ultimately we have the views around Villa Tesoro that will make your holiday special. It holds a privileged position on The La Sierrezuela urbanisation hence the incredible views of both the sea and mountains perfect for sunrise and sunset enthusiasts. The well established gardens shaded by orange, avocado, grape vine, fig, olive and palm trees, together with colourful and scented flowers and climbers (jasmine, bougainvillea, dame del noche).
Bonus for the kids: With two nintendo DS & a wide selection of games for kids to play with. An indoor play area with table and chair, for kids to sit down quietly and colour/play in their own space for entertainment. There are plenty of books, games and playing cards for all to enjoy and a selection of DVD's. Two scooters for kids to play on and also fishing rods, arm bands and inflatables for the pool.
Peace of mind:
Safe for valuables
Secure Gates
Private Pool
First Aid Kit
Life Buoy
Smoke Detectors
Emergency Telephone
FREE Wifi
Free laptop
High Chair/Baby Bath/Steriliser
Games/Toys for Kids
Secluded privacy
Air Conditioning
• Beach
• Bicycle Hire
• Cash Machine
• Children's Play Area
• Golf 18 and 9 Hole Courses
• Gym & Fitness
• Hairdresser
• Horse Riding
• Medical Centre
• Newsagent
• Pharmacy
• Restaurant(s)
• Shop(s)
• Spa / Beauty Treatments at 5* Hotel The Beatriz Palace nearby
• Supermarkets
• Water Sports
• Multi-Screen Cinema
• Racecourse
• Short (paddle) Tennis
• Dolphinarium and Zoo
The villa has enough room to accommodate 8. That's 2 x family groups of 4 (8), plus 2 cots which takes to 10 if needed.
Attractions nearby include: Horse Riding, Zoo, Selwo Dolphinarium, & Tivoli World & Water Parks. (See links below)
Restaurants nearby, locally with attached sports bar, the beautiful family run restaurant Town End Bar, they have the happy hour and serve a wide selection of wines, beer, soft drinks and foods. With their early bird offer it is truly a beautiful meal and very reasonable. They cater very well for the younger members of the family. English speaking staff. We have local shops, a supermarket with good meat, pharmacy and cafe/bakery, hairdresser and takeaway pizzeria and tapas bars. Further tapas bars, restaurants and banks. 3 large supermarkets within 5 minutes. Many of the supermarkets will deliver shopping free of charge.
Fuengirola has shops, cinemas, waterpark, zoo, theatre, churches, a mosque, and markets. The numerous bars and restaurants cater for those wanting a typically Spanish experience as well as some good English, Chinese, Thai and Indian fare. The Myramar shopping mall is 10 minutes away where you can do your weekly food shop or spend the entire day browsing around over thirty shops located in the complex, having a tapas lunch or go to the multi cineplex. The water park is not too far away (open mid April to October).
This is a beautiful part of the world. Only 20 minutes from the Airport. Every thing you need and want in this villa. You can take a short drive to the hotels, beaches, restaurants, all the staff in local shops are very friendly and helpful. In the town you have all the shops you need, just like home from home only you have the sun here.
With a fantastic variety of restaurants and bars in the towns of Fuengirola, La Cala and Puerto Banus. Fantastic beaches with short drives to Fuengirola, La Cala, Cabopino and Puerto Banus.
Satellite TV Free
Conditions: The villa is rented for four days minimum
|Sleeps up to 10, 3 bedrooms
|Nearest beach
|Fuengirola or a short drive Cabopino Beach, 2 km
|Will consider
|Corporate bookings, Long term lets (over 1 month)
|Car not necessary
|Nearest Amenities
|1 km
|Nearest travel links
|Nearest airport: Malaga Airport (Easyjet, Jet2, Monarch, Thomson) 20 km, Nearest railway: Fuengirola Train Station to Tivoli and Malaga 2 km
|Family friendly
|Great for children of all ages
|Some pets are welcome - please contact the owner, Yes, smoking allowed
Features and Facilities
|Log fire, Internet access, DVD player, Staffed property, Sea view
|Private outdoor pool (unheated)
|Air conditioning, TV, CD player, Telephone, Table tennis, Safe, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available
|Kettle, Toaster, Iron, Hair dryer
|Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Freezer, Washing machine
|3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms of which 1 Family bathrooms, 1 En suites and 1 Shower rooms
|2 Sofa beds, King Beds (1), Double beds (1), Single beds (3), Cots (1), Dining seats for 8, Lounge seats for 10
|Linen provided, Towels provided, High chair
|Private outdoor pool (unheated), Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ
About this location
The Andalucia region
The Costa del Sol is one of Spain's most popular holiday destinations. Tourists are attracted to the region for the long hot summers which merge into the mildest winters, with over 300 days of sunshine over the year it's not hard to see why this destination is proving to be popular all year round.
Without doubt the many well kept beaches which have been awarded the European Blue Flag award, for high standards of water and sand hygiene help to provide a diverse variety of outdoor activities including, sailing, fishing, scuba diving and windsurfing.
These are just a few of the activities available all year round.
The towns of Fuengirola with its golden beaches and extensive night life, and the picturesque hill top village of Mijas old town are both only a few minutes drive away, Marbella and Puerto Banus are only a short drive proving a favourite location for the rich and famous.
Tivoli World Amusement Park is the biggest amusement park on the Costa del Sol and offers both rides and a variety of shows including Flamenco and Wild West. To cater for younger children it has an area of the park call Tivolandia, which is perfect for kids to let off some steam.
Benalmadena Cablecar is right next door to Tivoli World, the cars run up to the summit of Monte Calamorro. Once at the top you can enjoy fantastic views over the Costa del Sol and on a clear day see Gibraltar and the North African coast.
Each car can carry 4 people and the journey takes approximately 15 minutes, at the top you also have donkey rides, exhibitions of birds of prey and Spanish horse riding exhibitions all included in the price of the ticket.
Aqualand Aqua Park, Torremolinos is the largest water park on the Costa del Sol, covering more than 70,000 square meters and has rides called Boomerang, Kamikazee Twister, Rapids and the Black Hole.
The park also has an area for small children, wave pools, lots of grassy areas for those wishing to sunbathe, many restaurants and an 18 hole mini golf course.
Torremolinos Crocodile Park is located in Torremolinos next to Aqualand. Fuengirola Zoo can be found in the centre of Fuengirola opposite Mijas Aquapark.
Mijas Costa
Mijas Costa
Mijas Costa is the area covering the coastline from Torremolinos to La Cala incorporating such resorts as Fuengirola, Calahonda, La Cala, El Faro, Riviera.
La Sierrezuela, El Coto, Las Lomas de Mijas and Campo Mijas are in the area known as Laguna de Mijas, all being exclusive residential areas set in the countryside (campo) between Fuengirola and the old town of Mijas, thus offering easy access to both the coast and the mountains.
The village of Mijas is one of the oldest towns in Spain, steeped in history and culture it comes as no surprise this charming village still proves to be a popular tourist attraction today. Perched high up on the hillside you can explore the narrow cobbled streets and enjoy the stunning views in one of many view-points/resting places located all over the village. The Andalucia white-washed houses add to the character and charm of this village with numerous traditional Spanish craft shops, bars and restaurants.
A leisurely stroll will provide an excellent opportunity to find a wonderful souvenir to take home with plenty of small shops offering leather goods, ceramics, jewellery, paintings and more. If your legs are tired from all the walking or you fancy a novel experience, why not stop by the Tourist Office and try the famous donkey taxi service and take a tour around Mijas on a donkey's back, typically around 12 euros.
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18 Sep 2014
Just home from a 10 day break with my husband, brother and sister in law. The villa was stunning, it had everything we needed and the pool was great especially with the heat we had. Angela was there t… More
Thank you so much Norma, was lovely to meet you all and my pleasure to help you start the holiday, see you next year, Angela
18 Sep 2014
"Outstanding Service and a great Villa."
I booked this villa after reading a number of reviews and I have to say they are all accurate. I have tried to think of something unique to write, but have failed miserably. This villa is excellent an… More
Thanks you so much for the review, it was my pleasure to ensure all was there for you and to help as much as I could. Hope to see you all again, and thanks so much for looking after the villa
7 Sep 2014
"Wow, location, location, location"
This villa is spectacular; has stunning views, and wonderful space to accommodate a large family.Angela was fantastic from begining to end. She provided us with drinks and food as an initial greeting,… More
Thank you for the review, was lovely to meet you and your lovely family. It does have fantastic views and the pool is a luxury after a day at the beach. Hope to see you next year!!!
17 Aug 2014
"Perfect home from home."
We enjoyed our 2 weeks stay here. We have used James Villas in the past so this was the first time we had booked ourselves a villa and flights separately but it was so easy.Definitely recommend this v… More
Thanks Liz and and Joe, that's a great review. So pleased all went well and you had a good holiday x
24 Jul 2014
"You will love this fantastic villa."
The other reviews have just about said it all. A fantastic villa, not only does it have everything (and more!) that you need for a relaxing family holiday in the glorious Spanish sunshine but it is i… More
Thank you for the review Mike & family, so pleased you enjoyed yourselves. AM xx
1 Jun 2014
"Truly a treasure!"
This was our 2nd stay at the villa. It truly is magnificent and I cannot fault it in any way. Attention to detail and generosity of the owners is beyond expectations. Great location for exploring the … More
thank you so much I am so happy you all had a fabulous relaxing time Dee xx
31 May 2014
"Beautiful villa with gorgeous views and everything you might ever need... Perfect!"
The villa is everything you could want and more - beautiful, light and spacious! Angela is the perfect host and has thought of everything you could want or need. The villa has superb amenities - a bea… More
thank you Umbereen, see you next time with the girls xx
11 May 2014
"Superb place to stay"
What a fantastic place this is to spend on holiday. It is a home from home, only bigger, better views, better weather and of course it has a pool. The villa is huge and has masses of space. Everything… More
9 Nov 2013
"Awsome place loved every minute, ample space and everything that you could need."
Stayed here for 9 days, and what a beautiful spot, the Villa is amazing,, ample space, everything that you need there, could not fault it, I did most of the cooking whilst away, and i was pleased to s… More
Thank you very much, it was my pleasure to look after you and so pleased you had a fantastic holiday. A. x
13 Sep 2013
"Paradise Views at this Villa"
Thank you so much for the drinks upon arrival and the little bits you got in for us, we had no need to shop and started our holiday straightaway. The villa is immaculate. All fresh linen, a clean fr… More
ah thanks so much for a great review. I know you guys had a blast and a lovely holiday at our villa, it was my pleasure getting everything ready for you all and the little ones. Hope to see you again next year xxx
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Is that c4, c5, & c6? looks incredibly similar to an MRI i had a year ago. It sounds like you made the tough decision to have surgery. Laminoplasty? I hope you are doing well!
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This is a fantastic story.Wonderful job.Yes pain does try to take over.You have won.You are a fighter
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