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What you get
- Cheer on the Hawks vs. Pacers in the Playoffs!
- Choice of Three Home Games
- All Tickets Include Unlimited Popcorn and Soda
After snagging Game 1 in Indiana (and home-court advantage in the process), the Atlanta Hawks are poised to make some major noise in their first-round playoff matchup. With this offer, head to Philips Arena to cheer on our hometown hoops team as they take on the Indiana Pacers. No matter which game you choose, you'll enjoy unlimited popcorn and soda -- the perfect way to ensure you're fueled up to root the team to victory.
First, choose your playoff game:
• Thursday, April 24 (7 p.m.)
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• $35 ($51 value) for Section 301-306 or 315-320 + unlimited popcorn & soda
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News media mistake commercial rocket flight for a UFO
UFOs are in the news once again, after observers in parts of southern Africa and the Indian Ocean reported seeing a mysterious fuzzy-looking orb streaming across the sky Sunday morning. Astronomers were able to identify this "unidentified flying object" fairly quickly, however—it wasn't a flying saucer, but SpaceX's prototype Falcon 9 rocket craft.
Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket that SpaceX is designing as a vehicle to lift the Dragon, SpaceX's experimental spacefaring airplane, into Earth orbit. The rocket-and-vehicle duo have completed five previous missions successfully, the last four of which included a docking at the International Space Station.
The Falcon 9 even brought supplies to the space station, on NASA's behalf, on its latter three missions. It's the first commercial vehicle in history to visit the space station, and the only one on Earth today capable of both lifting several tons of payload to the space station and coming back to Earth with several tons of payload from the space station in turn.
This latest flight commenced at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, when the Falcon 9 lifted off from Vandenburg Air Force Base in California. Not coincidentally, the alleged UFO sighting began occurring shortly afterwards. The Zimbabwe Mail reported sightings of a "strange moonlike object" flying over the country's Mashonaland region. Media in Botswana, Malawi, South Africa, and the Indian Ocean island nations Mauritius and Reunion posted similar reports.
Speculations over the mysterious object ran a wide range. Mauritius' L'Express openly wondered whether it was a star cluster, a satellite, or maybe a UFO.
Individual astronomers very quickly perceived a more Earthly explanation, however. The timing running so close to the Falcon 9 launch was the first tipoff. A second was the remnant traces that floated in the sky in the vehicle's wake.
Greg Roberts, a retired astronomer in Cape Town, recognized it as rocket propellant and told the South African publication the New Age accordingly. The Falcon 9's typical flight procedure is to reach a certain altitude, and then its second stage releases its leftover fuel in order to avoid a blowup during atmospheric reentry.
The Falcon 9's observers are only the latest in a long history of individuals seeing an experimental aircraft flight and suspecting a UFO. UFO rumors erupted in Israel, Syria, and other Middle East countries in June 2012 following a Russian rocket's flight over their territories. And in May 2013, Chinese villages were abuzz over UFO sightings, the cause of which turned out to be the Chinese Academy of Science's test flight of a new rocket.


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Filipino Ginataang Manok
27 May 2010
Ginataang Manok means chicken stewed in coconut milk. This is a simple Filipino dish wherein chicken is saut̩ed in garlic, onion, and ginger then stewed in coconut milk. A more traditional approach requires native hen (usually grown in the backyard). It is much tastier compared to broiler chickens and adds more flavor to the dish. As many might have noticed, coconut milk plays a huge part in Filipino cuisine. Different Filipino or Pinoy recipes require the use of coconut milk and coconut juice. I think that this is a good thing because we are making the most out of what is abundant to us but let۪s keep in mind that there are some people that still need to develop their taste buds for these types of dishes. Don۪t be afraid to try if you are one of those people. It just takes a few baby steps to get there; it۪s time to experience the great taste that you are missing.
|2 Pound, cut into serving pieces
|Coconut milk
|2 Cup (32 tbs)
|1⁄2 Bunch (50 gm)
|2 Tablespoon, minced
|1 Large, sliced
|2 Tablespoon, julienned
|Green papaya
|8 Ounce, wedged
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|Green chili
|1 (Long Piece)
|Thai chili/Siling labuyo if available
|4 , chopped
|Cooking oil
|2 Tablespoon
|To Taste
|To Taste
1. Heat the cooking pot and pour-in the cooking oil.
2. Sauté the garlic, onion, and ginger.
3. Add the chicken and cook until the color of the outer part turns light brown.
4. Pour-in the coconut milk while stirring and bring to a boil.
5. Sprinkle some paprika then simmer for 30 minutes of until the chicken is tender and the coconut milk becomes thick.
6. Add the long green chili and Thai chili then simmer for 5 minutes
7. Add the green papaya then simmer for 5 to 8 minutes.
8. Put-in the spinach, salt, and pepper then simmer for 3 minutes.
9. Turn-off the heat then transfer the cooked chicken to a serving plate
10. Serve hot. Share and enjoy!
Recipe Summary
Difficulty Level:Easy
Course:Main Dish
Restriction:High Fiber, High Protein
Filipino Chicken Stewed in Coconut Milk
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- 1 Magnetic Closure - Jet
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- 8mm Swarovski Crystal Cube - Jet
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- 1 20" Beadalon 19 Strand Beading Wire
- 2 4mm Silver Crimp Cover
- Getting Started: Cut 20" of beading wire. String one half of the Magnetic Closure, over both wires slide a crimp bead.
- To Begin the pattern: Now, using one wire string a 4MM Bicone, a 4MM Swarovski Pearl and another crystal. Repeat the bead pattern on the other side.
- To Complete the pattern: String a 5mm Swarovski Crystal Rondelle in Black, an 8MM Cube and another rondelle on one wire end. Pass the other wire through the crystal and rondelles in the opposite direction. Tighten the wire to form the first circle. Repeat this pattern 11 times or until reach the desired length.
- Bringing it all together: Over each wire string a 4MM Bicone, a 4MM Swarovski Pearl and another crystal to complete the bracelet. Over both wires slide a crimp bead and the other half of the magnetic closure.
- Finishing: Tighten the wire, leaving a small loop around the clasp. To crimp the crimp bead, grab the crimp with pliers. Squeeze the pliers firmly to flatten the crimp. Tug the wire tail to make sure the crimp is secure, and then trim the excess wire. For a finished look cover the crimp bead by using crimp covers.
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Save Some Water for the Fish
Earlier this week, Ruthie, her friend, and I had a heart-warming (for me) conversation about my work in affordable housing. We were talking about an event I had for work that night, and I asked Ruthie to explain my job to her friend. Of course, she started with the story of the dog that lives in one of our buildings and how he might have to find a new home because he's peed in the hallway one too many times (they both thought this was hilarious), but she ended with really explaining (in 4-year-old terms) about how some people need help finding and affording decent housing. So I had a proud moment of feeling like I am doing a good job in teaching her about the importance of Tikkun Olam, healing the world.
And then this morning happened. Ruthie refused her nighttime bath, for fear that we'd sneak in a stealth hair-washing, but slipped into the shower with me this morning. When she was done washing, and I reached over to turn off the faucet, she embarked on a mini-tantrum, yelling at me that she just needed 3 more minutes. As much as I have modeled good behavior, and dragged her along to volunteer events, charity walks and my own work, I am stumped when it comes to conservation. Raising kids in the era of hand sanitizer, it feels harder than ever to teach the tension between the value of cleanliness and the need to protect the earth's resources.
There was a father in our parenting class who is an environmentalist by trade, and in the session where we discussed teaching Tikkun Olam, I asked him how he taught his three kids about conservation. He told a sweet story about how he taught his kids to turn the tap off so that they could save water for the fish (meaning the fish in the sea). He made it sound like it was a pretty easy sell. So the next time Ruthie started to protest the shower ending, I tried it.
"Ruthie, sweetie, we need to be careful with the water and not use too much of it, so that we can save water for the fish." She looked at me, turned off the water frantically, and ran out of the bathroom. I followed the pitter patter of her feet and found her in the living room, standing infront of our fish tank.
"Look, Mommy," she said, "the fish have plenty of water." I am guessing my classmate didn't have a fish tank in his house.
So we keep trying. As we edge closer to her fifth birthday, she is beginning to get the idea of resource conservation a bit more (huge thanks to her schoolteachers on that one!), but we still have a ways to go before the "3 more minutes" pitch is over. The saving water for the fish story isn't working. Anyone have a better idea?
Better than Date Night
As I prepared to publish this post, I hesitated for a second, as hopefully many of you who read my posts also read Jane Larkin's musings, and we were both moved to write about Jewish learning this month. But I'm sticking with it, because our coinciding themes must mean that it's important, right? With all of the emphasis on back-to-school for our kids, it seems like a good idea to think about the possibility of back-to-school for us grown-ups, too.
I sit on the alumni advisory committee for Parenting Through a Jewish Lens, a fantastic program offered by Hebrew College and Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Boston's Jewish Federation). At our kick-off meeting for the year, we did an icebreaker where we all answered the question, "What is the best kept secret about PTJL?" We shared lots of ideas, but the thing that stuck with me was the comment of the woman who spoke after me: "Its better than date night," she said, "because unlike on date night, when you feel pressured to have a great time, to not be tired and to think of fun and interesting things to say, the curriculum is filled with interesting things to talk about, the babysitting is free, and you can easily connect with your partner without any pressure."
Now, I love date night, and I won't go so far as to say that a Sunday morning class is better than a night out on the town…and I even think that my friend from the committee might admit to a little hyperbole in her comment. But having had two Jewish learning opportunities with my husband, the most recent one two years ago with one kid in (free) babysitting and another on the way, I get what she's saying. First, because there always is a little more pressure to make the most of every minute of a date than there was before kids, and second, because taking Parenting Through a Jewish Lens with Eric was really great.
When we signed up for a Jewish parenting class, I imagined it would include some aspect of a rabbi telling us "the rules" of being a Jewish parent (this sounded helpful enough to me). Once we started, though, I realized that just telling us "the rules" wouldn't be very Jewish. Instead, the class was about studying direct texts, trying to understand who we are as individuals, co-parents, and children ourselves, and hoping that doing that would help us to be better parents. It is so hard in our every day journey to not just be parents, but to think about how well the parenting we are doing lines up with our hopes about the kind of parents we want to be. We were lucky in that the structure of our class supported just that kind of thinking.
That in and of itself was pretty great. But here was the icing on the cake: with Ruthie in babysitting down the hall, we had 90 minutes every week to be grown-ups together, to learn new things and talk about stuff that really matters. And it turns out we really like learning together. To hit a pause button every week and do something totally different…it would be pretty special no matter what we were doing. And all the luckier that it was about the intersection of parenting and values, two things about which we share a passion.
So here's my multi-pronged pitch. First of all, if you live in the Greater Boston area, sign-up for PTJL this fall, or at the very least put it on your to-do list for next year. If you don't live in Boston, or PTJL's not your thing, ponder the idea of studying something new with your spouse. It doesn't have to be something about your parenting, but anything that stretches your brain a little bit will probably ultimately benefit not just you, but your kids as well. [For those of you who live in areas where IFF has offices, you can take advantage of parenting and relationship classes and workshops in Chicago, Philadelphia and the San Francisco Bay Area.] So I hope everyone's had a good back-to-school month for your kids. And I hope you get back-to-school, too.
Back to School, Back to Family
I am so excited. It is back to school time. Not for Sammy, he's been in school since late August, for me.
Several years ago, I received a call from my friend Renee who is a teacher at our congregation inviting me to participate in a new class. She was going to be teaching a pilot of a Florence Melton Adult Mini School curriculum called Foundations of Jewish Family Living. It was designed as a course to help parents understand how Jewish values influence daily life. It was going to be taught on Sunday mornings during religious school hours.
It sounded interesting, but my first inclination was to say no. Sunday was my day to sleep in, food shop and practice yoga. I wasn't interested in committing to something that felt like an obligation. I had enough of those.
But the course material sounded interesting, and Renee is a friend and excellent teacher. I was torn – guard my Sunday me-time or do something to indulge my intellectual curiosity. I chose to take the class, but not because I had a burning desire to expand my Jewish mind. While I love learning, I made my decision because of Renee. A personal invitation from a friend is hard to turn down.
Dr. Ron Wolfson, in his book Relational Judaism, says that people "come to synagogues…and other Jewish organizations for programs, but they…stay for relationships." I came to adult Jewish education because of relationships and have stayed for the same reason.
When I arrived on the first day of class, I found old friends and new faces, Jews and those who are not Jewish, born Jews and Jews-by-Choice. A diverse group united by the common theme of parenthood, and the shared goals of raising good, decent children within Judaism and creating more meaningful lives.
As we studied together this varied group bonded as we shared deeply personal stories, debated ideas, offered each other inspiration and saw the world – Jewish and otherwise – through each other's eyes. We expanded each other's minds, but also each other's hearts. After 10 weeks we were more than classmates, we were like family.
I began to look forward to getting to the room that was my new Sunday morning home because I enjoyed both the social and intellectual aspects of the class. I wasn't alone, others felt similarly connected, and after completing the parenting curriculum we decided that we wanted to continue to learn together.
Over the past two-and-half years, we have explored the Jewish experience in America, Judaism's denominations and the challenges they face, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. We have also deepened our connection to one another supporting each other during the good times – births, celebrations, conversions, new careers and moves – and bad – deaths, illness and job loss.
For the transplants among us we have become, in a way, each other's Dallas family; and for the Jews-by-Choice and those who aren't Jewish among us we have become each other's Jewish family. But it is not just familial ties that have kept us together. The freedom to choose what we learn has been an important factor too.
Rather than being limited to topics selected by synagogue leaders, we have been allowed to select the subject matter we study. This ability to indulge our group's Judaic curiosity has resulted in a classroom filled with people who are excited to learn and eager for discussion.
This combination of community and learning has been a powerful force in strengthening our connection to our congregation, and made a large organization (Temple Emanu-El has over 2,500 families) smaller. I suspect that the engagement and relationships developed through our class are an example of the Relational Judaism Dr. Wolfson speaks of.
But whatever you call it, it is one of the things I look most forward to each week. Now after the summer break, I am eagerly anticipating getting back to school and to my family. We have a lot to catch-up on.
My Resolution to Unplug
A warning to you, kind reader: You have read this story before. It's about unplugging from technology and reconnecting with your family. It's not a new idea, in fact I know I'm late to jump on the train. But it's also about resolutions, and Shabbat, so hopefully I can bring in a little something new to the conversation. And if not, please indulge my unplugging declaration, and a Sweet and Happy New Year to you.
So here's my story:
I am not a big believer in New Year's Resolutions. It's not that I doubt people's ability to change – quite the opposite, as my resume reflects a career in pursuit of change. It's just that when it comes to resolutions, I think people have a tendency to set their sights too high, to pick a goal for a 12-month period that is rarely sustainable for more than a few weeks. Change is an iterative process, and if we've never done something very well before, it is rare that we can go from not doing something to doing it well every day. By setting ourselves up like that, by saying "I am never going to lose my temper with my kids," instead of saying "I'm going to remember to breath more deeply when little Frankie gets me frustrated," we fail to set up enough small victories to keep fuel in our tanks. In measured steps, I think anything is possible, but in huge bounds, as least for me, the hit rate is not always as good.
This year, there's a change I really want to make. Technology, especially in the form of Eric's and my pretty little iPhones, is getting in the way. It all started out rather innocently – when Ruthie was a baby, I started taking my phone out more and more to snap pictures of her – she was so phenomenally, well, phenomenal, and I loved being able to take a snapshot and immediately send it off to her grandparents or her dad. When Chaya was born, it seemed harmless to hand the iPhone over to Ruthie to play a shape-sorting game so I could buy five minutes and finish nursing in peace. And when we try to track down two or three friends at the hectic gate at the zoo, its great to have the tool of texting to save five minutes of searching with two hot kids hanging around my neck.
But despite its innocent beginnings, it is still getting in the way. Too often I catch myself taking the phone out to snap a photo of the girls and accidentally being caught up in an email that really could wait until nap time for a response. Or I complain about not having time to talk with Eric, and then get distracted by a news alert on the phone during our ten minutes of quiet together before bedtime. So how can I blame Ruthie for asking for a video more than I think she should, or begrudge Chaya's fascination with the lit-up screen of the phone when the alarm sounds in the morning?
It's not that the touchscreen has no place in my girls' development – I believe that their comfort with technology will play a role in their future academic and professional success. And in my own childhood memories, anything that parents forbid became an obsession, so I think parenting around technology should be about limit setting rather than prohibitions. Truthfully, though, after reading lots of blogs and articles about unplugging (see introductory note), I don't know what those limits should be.
So here's our resolution, or perhaps experiment: This year, we are unplugging on Shabbat. Eric and I started talking a couple of months ago about the technology issue, but unplugging every day sounds like a bound to me, something so grand that we'd quickly fall short and taste progress-deterring failure. I started to ponder a middle ground – a set of small steps – and as the High Holidays approached, I realized that that small step is handed to me by Jewish tradition. Shabbat is not just a day of rest – it is a chance to practice a different way of living, and a different way of being as a family. So committing to do something differently 1/7 of our year is a natural thing to do as a Jew, and a great way to try on this no-technology thing.
I am not a dummy, and I know that tons of Jews have been doing this forever – that many believe we are not fulfilling the commandment by using electricity at all on Shabbat. But we are not becoming Shomer Shabbos – that's not where we are as family, or as Jews. So rather than saying to my kids "Cell phones and computers off because we don't use any electricity on Shabbat," I am going to try this on: "Cell phones and computers off because we are going to be together as a family on Shabbat," to sing our own songs, tell each other our own stories, play games that require sharing a game board or using our bodies.
I see this experiment as twofold. First, I hope it lets us see how we like life without technology, and to inform what the best limits are for our family. As I said before, I don't anticipate our final rule will forbid technology, but I hope that living without it for a controlled period every week will help us figure out how much we'd like to live without it over the course of a whole week. And second, I hope it will teach us some new things about how we want to be on Shabbat. Maybe we'll hate it and decide we want to be on our phones all of Shabbat…or maybe we'll love it and next year will decide to turn something else off for 24 hours.
The initial rules are no cell phones, no Internet, no TV – landline is OK. We'll see how it goes, and hopefully I'll let you know on this blog.
What do you think? Have you tried this, or do you have a different resolution? How do you make Shabbat a different day than the other six?
Transgression, Repentance and Forgiveness on the Tennis Court
I had no intention of writing two posts on the High Holidays, but something happened the other day while playing tennis with Sammy that was in sync with the spirit of the season.
Sammy has been playing tennis since the age of four. He has progressed from group lessons to private lessons twice a week. He truly loves the sport and started to play competitively last year. His game has improved exponentially and there is no longer a need for Cameron and me to take a little off our strokes when we hit with him.
But while Sammy has become hard to beat, we are still bigger, stronger and more experienced. No matter how close the games are, more often than not, one of us is on the winning side. This is hard for Sammy. We don't care if we win, but Sammy has an intense desire to beat us.
When I was a kid I too wanted to beat my parents. Winning against them symbolized a kind of independence. It said I wasn't a baby; I was strong enough to beat an adult. So I understand Sammy's pursuit of victory. I just don't like it when the intensity with which he pursues his goal leads him down the path of unsportsmanlike behavior. This is what happened the other day.
Sammy had won the first set 6-2. I was up 2-0, 40-30 in the middle of the third game of the second set. I could see Sammy's frustration building at having easily given-up the first two games. Now I had the chance to take a 3-0 lead if I won the next point.
I served, he returned the ball and after a short rally he hit it out. Sammy didn't like the call but instead of asking if I was sure that the ball was out, he exploded, "That ball was in!"
"It looked clearly out to me," I said. "It landed in the green space behind the baseline."
"No it didn't! It was in," he yelled. "You're a cheater! You just called it out so you could win!"
"Sammy, I'm your mom. I love you. Why would I cheat?"
"You do cheat!" he shouted before he started to serve the next game.
As I waited for his serve, I hoped that hitting the ball might help him work out his anger and frustration.
"Zero serving three," he said. "But it should be deuce!"
"Out," I called when his serve landed wide.
"I don't even know why I play with you. You make me so frustrated. I hate you!" Sammy screamed. This insult was followed by a cry of "Uggh," as he fired his next serve.
The serve was a bullet and the force of the shot made me think that he was channeling his emotions into better play. But I was wrong. I soon saw that rather than raising his game he was spiraling into a complete meltdown. After I won the set, I suggested that we go home and continue the match the next day.
Sammy protested and I agreed to play more, but after the first game of the third set I decided I had enough of Sammy's unsportsmanlike behavior. The tantrum wasn't working itself out. It was time to set some boundaries.
"I'm done," I said.
"I'm tired of listening to you use hurtful language. I'm tired of you throwing your racquet and whacking the fence. I'm going home," I said in a calm, but stern voice as I picked up balls.
Sammy walked over, sat at the net, put his head in his hands and cried. I went over and sat too. "Can I give you a hug?" I asked.
"No! I don't deserve one," he mumbled.
"Sometimes when we're angry and frustrated a hug is exactly what we deserve," I replied. "I may want to believe this because I'm your mother, but I don't think that you really meant what you said today. Your words and actions were your anger and frustration speaking."
"I'm sorry," he sobbed.
"I know you are. Listen, I'm your mom. I love you. I will never cheat you. I'm also human and humans are flawed. Sometimes I'll get the calls right and sometimes I'll make mistakes – just like you. But I'll always try my best to make an honest call."
Sammy inched closer. We hugged. "I'm really, really sorry," he said.
"I know. Sometimes we say things that we know are wrong or that we don't mean, but because we are so emotional we can't seem to stop the words from coming out. I know you didn't mean what you said. I forgive you." I gave Sammy a kiss and then said, "I love you – always."
I didn't intend to make our tennis game a High Holiday teachable moment. It just happened to be a reminder that as we seek to return to wholeness we not only want God's forgiveness, but also each other's.
New School, New Year
This year, we won the lottery. The school lottery. We were among the lucky few to win a coveted public pre-kindergarten slot for Ruthie, at one of our first choice schools, no less. This means that last week we celebrated Ruthie's last day of preschool, and with excitement and a twinge of nostalgia we will become an elementary school family in less than a week.
When I went to line up our fall calendars, I was faced with my first big school decision. Hopefully you have already realized that Rosh Hashanah comes very early this year. On Ruthie's second day at her new school. Transitions are not easy at four years old, and after months of preparing for school, of trying to get her excited about her new classroom, her school uniform and making new friends, it feels like an unfair jolt to her system to go through the routine for her first day only to break it up by pulling her out on her second. And I have thought a great deal about the possibility of dropping her off at school on the way to synagogue that day – of not mentioning the holiday in the spirit of structure during a transitional time. After all, she's nowhere near
As torn as I feel about breaking up her routine, however, she will miss that second day of school. Rosh Hashanah is important, as both a holiday and a time for our family to be together. Ultimately the observance and chance for reflection is more important than the bedtime difficulty the disruption will likely inspire. And in full disclosure, the thing that pushed me over the edge on this decision is the experience of navigating the holiday with my husband, and our annual holiday frustration.
Eric is very committed to raising the girls Jewishly, and began experimenting with observing the high holidays long before we were officially making a home together (like the year he secretly tried out fasting and didn't tell me until the grumpy 3-o'clock hour rolled around). But for years we have hit a snafu in September. In the weeks before the holidays, we talk about our plans for them. Eric looks forward to services and family meals and the like. When the actual day of the holiday approaches, however, he realizes he has key a deadline the day after Rosh Hashanah, or an essential meeting the day of Yom Kippur, and he forgot about the conflicting dates. He scrambles last minute for what to do, sometimes giving his boss poor warning of his need to miss work and other times missing synagogue.
I inevitably get irked, disappointed, and say something unfair.
I used to blame his forgetting the date on his not caring about the holiday, or just not getting how important it was. Over time, though, I've come to understand that that's not the story. It is a classic situation where the big things – whether or not we want to celebrate a holiday together – aren't what's tripping us up – it's the little things. The little thing here is that for over 30 years Eric didn't have to stay on top of an ever-changing lunar calendar to figure out when his holidays were. He didn't need to step out of "regular" life every fall for the holidays. His forgetting was never that he didn't want to, it was just that he never cultivated the habit. If we were going to be Jewish together, I needed to help him – to let him know as soon as I saw the dates, and to remind him once or twice (or thrice).
As an American Jew, the high holidays have always felt a little more sacred to me because even though "regular" life is going on all around us, we are required to stop and do something different. It is a profound time to sit in the quiet space of silent prayer in the synagogue, or by the water outside, and think about being Jewish, about how to be better people, and about the miracle of God. I was never going to win a perfect attendance award at school, but I was going to get a few extra days with family, and a few extra shots at reflecting on how to be a better me. So I don't want Ruthie to have a year without that, even if she's not old enough to truly get teshuvah (repentance). And I look forward to hanging that paper shofar up on refrigerator next to her first school art project.
Reason # 1: Why Being Interfaith is a Plus
When you are a mixed-faith couple, you loose the ability to assume from the get go. The question is not when we celebrate Yom Kippur, with whose family will we break fast? We need to start from more basic questions: Will we celebrate Yom Kippur? Will we both fast? And now that we have kids, how will we celebrate with our kids?
This inability to assume, and therefore the need to have an intention about our practice, is one of the greatest things about being from different faiths. In my marriage and co-parenting, I think this sometimes gives us a leg up, and its something that I wish was celebrated more.
When my husband and I were first thinking about marriage, we went to meet with a rabbi who ran a course for interfaith couples. Before he told us about the class, he asked us if we thought we'd have a Jewish home. We told him we thought so, but we hadn't figured everything out yet. With this in mind, he recommended that rather than taking his interfaith class, we take his Intro to Judaism class, to figure out if we were going to be an interfaith family or a Jewish family (he had marriage classes for both).
So we took the class. It was a great class. We learned that we loved to study together. And the class triggered a long series of conversations, about what holidays we wanted to celebrate, and how, about how we imagined marking life cycle events, and, at the core, about what it meant that we would create a home and life together, a nuclear family that melded the two individual histories we brought to the coupledom.
[As an aside, InterfaithFamily has a great online workshop for interfaith couples called "Love & Religion" that you can learn more about here.]
This is where the "leg up" comes to bear. All pairings, whether you were raised next door to one another or in different countries, bring two separate perspectives on life to the table when they marry. In an interfaith pairing, the separation between the perspectives is pronounced, highlighted by the difference in two easy to identify components of family history. This can be a gift – a gift in that the differences shout out to us, and demand attention. For Eric and me, it meant the dialogue about how "he" and "I" would become "we" started before our engagement, before we were thrown into trying to make a wedding that was fun for everyone (it was!), building a home together, and raising kids. It demanded a way to talk about things, to identify difference, and to navigate it.
I'm not saying we're perfect at it, but sometimes in same-faith couples, the differences are subtle, and they whisper until they need attention, often coming as a surprise. While our life together is not without our share of these surprises, I am thankful, particularly as we try to parent a 4-year-old who is as strong-willed and self-determined as I know I was at 4, that the interfaith dynamic of our relationship made negotiating differences a part of our life and commitment from day one.
Being interfaith is often talked about as a challenge, a barrier that separates you from the rest of the community. While I won't deny the challenges, I think perhaps we have a few positive things we can teach to those who "in-marry." Can you name some others?
Nice to Meet You (and why I almost didn't become your IFF blogger)
My name is Jessie and I am very excited to have my very own blog on InterfaithFamily. My bio will tell you some of the following: I live in Boston with my charming husband and my two (fascinating, and almost always charming) daughters. I was raised in a Reform Jewish home, and my husband was raised Protestant. We are raising our children Jewish.
I look forward to sharing some thoughts about our life as a family for two reasons. One is because we are always retooling, reassessing and renewing our path, and I hope to explore that with others who might be doing the same. Second, I think that the fact that we were raised in two faiths has strengthened our relationship and spirituality, and is generally a plus – an often-unsung bonus of being "interfaith" (more on that in future posts, which I hope will be helpful to you).
Today, though, I wanted to start out by reflecting on this concept of being an interfaith family, something that I have been pondering for a few years now. Because of the two reasons I just described, I love the idea of blogging here. But I almost didn't answer IFF's call for bloggers, because after 8 years of marriage, interfaith doesn't fit right for me.
In common definition, I guess "interfaith" is a category we inhabit, but it doesn't feel like it tells our story. Eric and I agreed early on that as parents that it was our responsibility to choose one religion, and to partner in weaving that tradition into our family life (something I also hope to talk about with you). So we are Jewish, but of course nothing is straightforward.
I think the best explanation of my family is that we are a Jewish home in a loving multi-faith family. I am lucky that my husband and I have come from two great families with strong values and dedication to being families, and maintaining those connections has always been at the forefront of our decision-making. Our extended family includes a multitude of spiritual practices, both within Judaism (Reform, Conservative, Orthodox), and Christianity (Episcopal, Presbyterian, Catholic, Methodist, Lutheran, Christian). We have family members who don't practice any religion. And we have some family members who practice more than one faith in their home. So the bottom line is that we deal with lots of questions that are often categorized as "interfaith," but I don't use that term for my nuclear family.
Because our story is multi-layered (whose isn't?), so is my goal for my children. I hope that they will grow up as Jews with a deep respect and curiosity about the faiths of our family members, an ability to help grandparents and cousins and friends celebrate religious holidays with joy, and an understanding that all people of faith are struggling with the same questions – what it means to be a good person, how to find purpose in life, and how to connect with others. I'm looking forward to reflecting on that with you.
Three Year Olds and God
There's something about that age, for my kids, anyway. Three is where they start to get a concept of God – and I find it absolutely magical.
When Jessica Mary was three, she was so fascinated by the concept of God that I started looking much more seriously at Judaism, because I wanted a strong religious foundation for her. There was no Church of Melissa that I could send her to for formal instruction, and when I looked at raising her in my spiritual tradition or Marc's – Marc's was the clear winner. On the theological bones of it, Judaism was such an easy fit for my beliefs – and Judaism had the added bonus of already having a huge community waiting to welcome her. She loved the rituals, lighting the candles and making the blessings, and explaining that something was a mitzvah was the quickest way to ensure her cooperation. As a three year old, her spirituality was already so defined.
When Samuel Earl was three years old, he was the same way. He wanted to have a birthday party, just him and God for his fourth birthday. Part of that was that he didn't like people all that much and at least God wouldn't be looking at him and making him talk – but part of it was also that he had a profound connection to nature and trees and being outside. I called him my little Druid – he was intensely connected to nature. I remember him sobbing after a really bad storm came through and so many trees were lost. It was painful for him on a level that was hard to watch. For Sam, his belief in God has always been intense and natural and easy. God is his friend, God made the trees and when there is damage done to nature, Sam is devastated, not just for him, but also for God.
And my Julianna Ruth, who turned three in April… Last night, I started reading her a book that I had picked up for Sam for summer reading. First Book of Jewish Bible Stories – and I just read the beginning of it, where God first created the world. She was fascinated. It was a story she's heard before, because she goes to preschool services at the synagogue, and she knew the song about the days of the week, ending in Shabbat. She was so excited about it, reading about her friend God. She announced that he was her new best friend, and how he must have created people so that they could be his friends – and I thought about what a fascinating way children have of boiling down theology to their level. And how safe and reassured she was – God was out there, and God loved her and she loved God, and it was so exactly what I wanted her to take away from the story.
I struggle sometimes with Judaism. I don't feel at home with the culture all of the time. I don't like gefilte fish, and don't understand Hebrew. But what I love about it is that the Jewish God is my God. He (or She) is the one that I've been connected to for as long as I remember, and I have always felt as though we have a very personal, individual relationship. And when I've struggled the most is when I've felt cut-off from that relationship. But in the end, I believe what my kids believe. I think three year olds know it all already, and we spend the rest of our lives trying to understand it: That God loves us, and gave us tools to make it easier to connect with each other and with God, that the natural world is intimately a part of God and that in the end, the world is a better and brighter place because of our relationship with God.
Yom HaShoah
Yom HaShoah starts on Sunday night and ends on Monday at sundown.
I haven't taught the kids about the Holocaust yet. Other than in the most general of terms – they know about WWII, and they know that Hitler and the Nazis were terrible, terrible people, and they did awful things to the Jews. They even know that a lot of Jewish people died during the war, and that's part of why Jews are such a minority.
But the details… yeah, I can barely bring myself to think about them, how do I talk about them with my kids? And by kids, I'm talking mostly about my ten year old, Jessica. My six year old and three year old are still little enough so it's not an issue.
I wonder how old I was when I read the Diary of Anne Frank. Junior high? I feel like I remember some sort of presentation down in the cafeteria. I'm guessing it was seventh or eighth grade.
Jessie and I were talking earlier on the way to her slumber party, and I told her that she was going to be going to the religious school class on it on Monday. She knows about the Holocaust, but really has no idea. She asked if it was as bad as 9/11. Worse, I said. It was much worse. Then she asked what they did all day in the concentration camps, and I really stumbled over my answer. I don't even know exactly what I said… something about it being like a prison, and that it was horrible beyond words. I started to think about the pictures I've seen, and actually started to say that people starved, and then I stopped. Remembered that she's only ten.
I don't know that I'm old enough to really understand the Holocaust. Are you ever really? And if you aren't – then when do I tell her? How do you tell your child what happened? This was her family. If we had been alive then, and living in Germany, it would have been us. That's terrifying – and for a sensitive kid, for any kid, hell, for any adult, that's … I don't have words.
We'll light the candle together on Sunday night, and we'll talk a little about it. General terms, avoiding any graphic descriptions, and reassure her, and her brother and sister, that we live today in America, and that we're safe. And we'll tell her, and her brother and sister when they're old enough, that they have a special obligation to remember, to make the world better, in whatever way they can. To make the world a place where the Holocaust never happens again.


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When Samuel Huntington died late last year, obituary notices and memorial appreciations noted that the former Harvard political scientist was among the most influential thinkers of the late twentieth century. Huntington served as a mentor to a generation of scholars—but unlike them, he also served as an adviser to Washington policymakers. And his most enduring legacy will be the argument known informally as the Huntington thesis: the idea that global conflict stems from the competing cultural identities of seven or eight "civilizations." This idea gained cachet after the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, which dramatically pointed up the encounter between Muslim and Western civilizations that Huntington had stressed as a key emerging conflict.
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Dean Grover C. Gilmore, PhD
Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Dean in Applied Social Sciences
Professor of Psychology and Social Work
Dean Gilmore in the News:
Historic $1 Million Commitment by The Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation Toward Mandel School Renovation
Feb 25 2015
Gift creates the Albert and Beverly Higley Research Commons, encouraging collaboration in teaching, learning, scholarship and research
A $1 million commitment from The Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation – the largest single contribution from the fund in its history – will support creation of more collaborative research and education spaces as part of the $9.2 million renovation of the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University.
Announced Tuesday evening at a special celebration at the school, the commitment builds on a long history of engagement between the Higley family and the Mandel School. In fact, it dates back to 1922, when Mildred Higley, MSSA 1922, earned the degree that allowed her to begin a career in social work, and extends through to this most recent commitment.
The Higley Fund, a supporting organization of the Cleveland Foundation, has contributed more than $272,000 in scholarships and youth-focused research grants at the Mandel School. The Higley Fund, originally established in 1994 by Beverly and Albert M. Higley Jr., embodies the philanthropic spirit of three generations of the Higley family. Two of their children, Bruce G. Higley and Sharon Higley Watts, represent the next generation as members of The Higley Fund board.
"Our connection to Case Western Reserve University began nearly a century ago," said Bruce G. Higley, Chairman of The Albert M. Higley Co. and president of The Higley Fund. "This commitment to the Mandel School reflects that legacy, as well as our belief that well-constructed spaces can have a transformative effect on what happens inside them."
In 1925, Albert (Ab) Higley founded The Albert M. Higley Co., which today numbers over 100 employees and produces an average of $175 million in construction projects each year. The firm has an active practice in higher education, and has built many Case Western Reserve projects including Tomlinson (1948) and Crawford (1968) halls, as well as the Kent Hale Smith Science and Engineering Building (1994) and the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Community Studies Center (2007).
Albert Higley, Jr., became chairman and CEO of the company in 1971 and launched The Higley Fund through the Cleveland Foundation 23 years later. Beverly Higley was intimately involved with The Higley Fund and for many years also played an active role in the important work of the Cleveland Sight Center. In recognition of the new commitment, the Mandel School will name space on the second and third floors of the renovated building the Albert and Beverly Higley Research Commons.
"The commitment that the Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation feels to lifting the hearts and minds of others is evident in every commitment it has made over the past 21 years," President Barbara R. Snyder said. "We at Case Western Reserve and the Mandel School are deeply humbled by this new gift, and dedicated to proving the family's confidence in our work well founded."
The Higley Fund of the Cleveland Foundation focuses on social service organizations providing basic needs – food, shelter, clothing, medical care, and support – to those living in Greater Cleveland. It has contributed to organizations ranging from the American Red Cross, Greater Cleveland Foodbank to the Salvation Army.
"For more than two decades, we have been privileged to address the changing needs of our community through our partnership with the Cleveland Foundation," said Sharon Higley Watts, First Vice President of The Higley Fund. "This gift ensures the next generation of Mandel students will thrive in an environment focused on collaborative learning and innovative research that strengthens the compassionate care provided in Greater Cleveland and beyond."
U.S. News & World Report ranks the Mandel School's master's degree program the ninth in the nation. Launched a century ago as leading Cleveland philanthropists recognized the need for professional training for social work, the Mandel School has achieved particular distinction for its work on youth violence, international social work education, and urban poverty and community development.
The school's primary building was completed in 1990, and its design reflects an era in education more focused on individual learning and scholarship. But as the world itself has grown ever-more connected through technology and other advances, so too have approaches to education and research. Announced in the spring of 2013, the renovation project aims to provide students, staff and faculty space that encourages interaction, teamwork, and broad collaborations. All told the effort is expected to involve renovation of just over half of the building's existing square footage (32, 440 of 63,594 total) as well as the addition of 3,700 square feet.
"I cannot begin to convey how much it means to our entire school and alumni community to see this project become so much closer to reality," said Grover "Cleve" Gilmore, dean of the Mandel School. "We feel profoundly honored by the fund's historic gift, and extraordinarily appreciative of the entire Higley family."
For more information, media may contact:
Susan Christopher, The Cleveland Foundation: 216.615.7591
Bill Lubinger, Director of Media Relations, Case Western Reserve University: 216.368.4443
About Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University is one of the country's leading private research institutions. Located in Cleveland, we offer a unique combination of forward-thinking educational opportunities in an inspiring cultural setting. Our leading-edge faculty engage in teaching and research in a collaborative, hands-on environment. Our nationally recognized programs include arts and sciences, dental medicine, engineering, law, management, medicine, nursing and social work. About 4,200 undergraduate and 5,600 graduate students comprise our student body. Visit case.edu to see how Case Western Reserve thinks beyond the possible.
About the Cleveland Foundation
The Cleveland Foundation is the world's first community foundation and one of the largest today, with assets of $2.1 billion and 2014 grants of $98 million. Through the generosity of donors, the foundation improves the lives of Greater Clevelanders by building community endowment, addressing needs through grantmaking and providing leadership on vital issues.
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Visit with us at SSWR 2015
Jan 15 2015
The Mandel School will have a substantial presence at the Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) 2015 Annual Conference this week in New Orleans. Stop by Booth #100 to visit with Dean Grover "Cleve" Gilmore, faculty and PhD students who are gathered for the event. Additionally, the following papers and posters will be presented at SSWR (faculty names are in bold and doctoral students/graduates are in italics):
Dean Gilmore's Research Finds Cataract Surgery Slows Dementia for Alzheimer's Patients
Sep 25 2014
Cataract surgery on Alzheimer's disease patients slows dementia and improves their quality of life, according to clinical trials conducted by researchers at Case Western Reserve University, University Hospitals Case Medical Center and MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland.
Grover "Cleve" Gilmore, PhD, Dean of the Mandel School, led the five-year study funded by the National Institute on Aging that examined the benefits of cataract surgery for people with Alzheimer's disease. Gilmore said he hopes the study's outcomes change the health disparity for Alzheimer's patients denied cataract surgery due to a lack of evidence of any benefit.
"We've shown that it does benefit them," he said.
The researchers report that, after assessing risks and safety issues for Alzheimer's patients, co-occurring health problems—like cataracts—should be addressed.
"This study supports the Alzheimer's Association view that people with dementia retain, and benefit from, full health care treatment," said Maria Carrillo, PhD, the association's vice president of medical and science relations.
Common perceptions that Alzheimer's patients need no extra care or shouldn't be put through surgery "are not justified and are bad medical practice," Carrillo said.
Gilmore's psychological research in visual perception deficits has shown that blurred vision and problems with contrast, which can occur with aging and dementia, place many at risk for accidents, such as bumping into things and falling down stairs. And as their visual world disappears, he said, many become withdrawn.
The study's co-investigators are: Alan Lerner and Jon Lass, from Case Western Reserve's Department of Ophthalmology at the medical school and University Hospitals Case Medical Center (UH); Julie Belkin and Susie Sami, from UH; Tatiana Riedel from Case Western Reserve's Department of Psychological Sciences and Sara Debanne from the Department of Epidemiology; and Thomas Steinemann, from Case Western Reserve and MetroHealth Medical Center.
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BUFFALO, NY - NOVEMBER 11: Patrick Kaleta #36 of the Buffalo Sabres looks on before the game against the Edmonton Oilers at HSBC Arena on November 11, 2009 in Buffalo, New York. (Photo by Rick Stewart/Getty Images)
Buffalo Sabres winger Patrick Kaleta was released from the hospital Wednesday after being held overnight for observation, but he did not travel with the team for Thursday's game against the Boston Bruins, the Buffalo News reported. Coach Lindy Ruff told the News that Kaleta was hospitalized because of a neck injury sustained after taking a hit from behind from Toronto's Mike Brown on Tuesday. It's unclear when Ruff will return to action. Kaleta does not have a point in six games this season.
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Not in a mood to share, the Westhill girls basketball team made sure that it owned the OHSL Liberty division regular-season championship all by itself.
Two next-door neighbors, Westhill and Bishop Ludden, would settle the league title between them Friday night in Geddes -- the Warriors trying to win it outright, the Gaelic Knights wanting a share of the title.
And Westhill would prevail, jumping all over Ludden in the first quarter and never surrendering that advantage as it beat the Gaelic Knights 50-41.
It was Ludden's Senior Night, and maybe the festivities took the players' focus away for a while - all the time Westhill needed to take charge.
The Warriors (16-2) scored the game's first 14 points, showing terrific rhythm on the offensive side and shutting down anything Ludden attempted to do.
The Gaelic Knights (13-5) recovered long enough to pull back within 18-8 by the time the period ended, and both teams would go cold the rest of the half.
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Eighth-grader Anna Ross and Kathryn Christensen led Westhill with 14 points apiece, while Emily Haggerty put up 11 points and Kayla Stirpe earned eight points.
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Two nights earlier, Westhill clinched at least a tie for the title by finally breaking the two-season, four-game hex Cazenovia put on them by beating the Lakers 59-51.
The Lakers won three head-to-head-meetings with the Warriors in 2008-09 on its way to the Section III Class B title, then prevailed again 48-46 at Buckley Gym on Jan. 6. But it brought just a seven-player roster to Westhill for the rematch, and that would prove important.
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There's something different in the air when a performing organization faces an uncertain future.
The Memphis Symphony Orchestra recently announced that it has a financial situation that requires boatloads of money or a change in what it does or both.
Before Sunday afternoon's Masterworks concert, president and CEO Roland Valliere spoke to the audience of how groups and individuals are digging deeper and working harder to come up with assistance if not solutions.
If that spirit were translated into a musical performance, that might be what concertgoers heard in the performances of Schubert's "Unfinished" Symphony and Brahms' "German Requiem," the latter including the Memphis Symphony Chorus and the University Singers from the University of Memphis.
The orchestra and chorus soared in the performance at the Germantown Performing Arts Center (another performance was held Saturday night at the Cannon Performing Arts Center).
Schubert's 8th Symphony is luminously gorgeous and melodic. Under the baton of Maestro Mei-Ann Chen, the orchestra gave a very nearly flawless rendering of the simply beautiful work.
After intermission, orchestra and combined choruses, with soprano Mary Wilson and baritone Matthew Morris, took on the enormous Requiem.
It's an exquisitely beautiful piece, not intended, as Brahms said, as a prayer for the dead but rather a comfort for the living. With that in mind, it casts aside the darkness of loss and celebrates the remembrance of those whose lives have touched us.
Wilson's voice is crystalline, strong and delicate at the same time. Her rendition of "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit" (You now have sorrow) was breathtaking.
The choruses, under the responsibility of Lawrence Edwards, deserve another round of commendation. Edwards imbues the singers with a deep sense of finesse and artistry, and their work was as thrilling as the orchestra's performance.
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