Stories about my childhood growing up in Detroit, my college and graduate school years in chemistry living in Portland OR, my clinical chemistry research years spent in LA, my gemologist years spent in New York City, and lastly my years in Israel with my wife. Theseare the stories, Ideas and events which shaped my life as an orthodox jew, and those who helped me find my way...
July 20, 1969, the night of the first moon walk, the unexpected turn of events which nearly caused me to spend the night in the Southfield Police station.
In my late 20s I attempted to climb Mt. Rainer. I came to know the meaning of sudden and immediate danger. B'H I'm here to tell the story.
Entering my junior year at collage, I got a message at Bob"s diner that changed the direction in life.
Along the journey towards learning to live a modern orthodox life, it turns out to be more than just learning Torah, doing mitzvot, and giving tzedakah. Its the people you meet along the way and how…
A beautiful bike ride off road turns into a life saving experience.
On this Yom Kippur morning, when I expected only normality, I found myself completely alone with only the Creator.
The story of our lift to Israel, it was expected to arrive the week before
passover, then corona happened; passover came and went,
then the lift arrived with all our passover stuff. I guess
the 30 hagga…
The Passover Seder song of Dayenu calls out to me this year
as our unique situation of having just moved to Israel coincides
with the first global pandemic.
Several years ago I traveled to Israel to visit my daughter.
My arrival was met with unexpected challenges, but with a cry
into the heavens for help, all worked out just fine.
One of the first hurtles in the Alyiah journey you won't be able to avoid is
getting your documents apostilled.
Karen and I made the Big jump to Israel. The world is
faced with a pandemic. Everyone on the planet is staring
into a huge unknown..