Happy 90th Birthday to my Mom

Happy 90th Birthday to my Mom

Happy 90th Birthday to my beautiful mother, Shulamit Shimoni. Today, we celebrate a wonderful milestone and the life of a woman of incredible strength, love and true devotion. My mother is the very embodiment of Eshet Chayil, “A woman of valor, whose worth is...
Shanna Tova

Shanna Tova

On this last Shabbat of the year, marked by deep loss and hardship for Jews in Israel and around the world, we find comfort in the Haftarah reading and the words of Isaiah: “בְּכָל־צָרָתָם לוֹ צָר וּמַלְאַךְ פָּנָיו הוֹשִׁיעָם בְּאַהֲבָתוֹ וּבְחֶמְלָתוֹ הוּא...
Shanah Tovah U’Metukah

Shanah Tovah U’Metukah

Shanah Tovah U’Metukah – Wishing a sweet and peaceful new year to all שנה טובה ומתוקה לכל עם ישראל The year 5784 has been challenging and difficult for the State of Israel and Jews around the world—a year of complex existential struggles that have taken a heavy toll....
In His Dream

In His Dream

In his dream one night he saw hersailing in the skyin open crypt she laid on flowersas sirens sang their cry. Above green hills she drifted bywith fragrance sweet and silkyas virgin waifs hovered overher skin was white and milky. He wished to kiss her in her sleepto...
Heritage Museum of Orange County

Heritage Museum of Orange County

On Shabbat afternoon we like to walk to the Heritage Museum just down the street from us. It is always refreshing and never gets old The Heritage Museum of Orange County is a time capsule. It was created to preserve the area’s cultural and agricultural history,...