Marilyn is resting tonight, under heavy sedation, at Beth Israel Hospital in Boston. Doctors say Marilyn came through 5 hours of surgery “successfully”. Surgery included a bypass, a valve REPLACED with tissue and a “MYECTONY” procedure. They shaved a piece… Read More ›
Day: 03/20/2014
MARILYN UPDATE-THURSDAY
I’m keeping this short because there’s not much to report. Yesterday (Wednesday), Marilyn successfully went through cardiac catheterization procedure at Beth Israel hospital in Boston. She just went into surgery (1pm). Doctors first must drain fluid buildup found in her… Read More ›
THE RETURN TRIP
When I was immigrating to Israel, I asked my friend — a rabbi — whether or not Jews believe in reincarnation. He said “Which Jews? Where? When?” Beliefs in reincarnation transcend religious, ethnic and historical borders. Almost every known religion… Read More ›
ALEXANDER LEARNS VIRTUE – A JEWISH FOLKTALE
Judaism is a religion, but even more it’s a philosophy and an ethnicity. An identity. We have special foods, customs, stories derived from wherever “our people” came from — or at least came from most recently. It was during the… Read More ›