tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.comments2023-12-03T20:14:00.908-06:00Ima on (and off) the Bima: Real-Life Jewish ParentingPhyllis Sommerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16654761832717723000noreply@blogger.comBlogger5376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-9215563567469902292023-09-30T20:58:03.240-05:002023-09-30T20:58:03.240-05:00September was a great month for reading for me. Th...September was a great month for reading for me. There were 3 books that really stood out for me this month. "The Great Believers" by Rebecca Makkai, which is about the AIDS epidemic in Chicago and its long-term impact on the survivors, was phenomenal. I also enjoyed Ann Patchett's new book, "Tom Lake," especially for its depiction of the way many of the middle-aged mothers I know enjoyed (and felt guilty for enjoying) having their adult children come home during the pandemic. I also think you'd find "The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store" by James McBride, a novel that focuses on relationships between black and Jewish members of a small, rural community in Pennsylvania, interesting.ANNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01820617888798227140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-71947769134752539952023-09-01T08:34:36.675-05:002023-09-01T08:34:36.675-05:00Rabbi Phyllis, Hotel Cuba is written by Daniel'...Rabbi Phyllis, Hotel Cuba is written by Daniel's brother! The story is about Daniel's grandmother, so she is the great grandmother of all of our children you have bar mitzvahed!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-33717936180182178422022-08-28T15:40:54.066-05:002022-08-28T15:40:54.066-05:00I'm in!I'm in!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-80714561656063105742022-08-21T21:41:05.786-05:002022-08-21T21:41:05.786-05:00Thanks for posting. I have been writing poems for ...Thanks for posting. I have been writing poems for your prompts for several years.Linda Watskinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-77890730949400436842022-08-16T07:17:21.514-05:002022-08-16T07:17:21.514-05:00Hi Batya! No worries, it’s in the graphic and also...Hi Batya! No worries, it’s in the graphic and also in the post :) Rosh Chodesh Elul is on august 28th. People like advance notice!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-77089521014303133322022-08-16T05:55:55.981-05:002022-08-16T05:55:55.981-05:00But it's not yet Elul. Maybe you should includ...But it's not yet Elul. Maybe you should include when it starts this year.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-57573361156665962222022-05-01T16:58:40.709-05:002022-05-01T16:58:40.709-05:00I also read Oh William! I LOVED it!! and all her ...I also read Oh William! I LOVED it!! and all her books. <br />I too am a fan of all the Masie Dobbs books. I read them as soon as they come. <br />Have you read French Braid by Anne Tyler? Couldn't put it down!Delia HKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09511964053314822211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-16246093907708391362021-12-30T22:10:43.992-06:002021-12-30T22:10:43.992-06:00I'm very impressed.
I don't keep track of...I'm very impressed. <br />I don't keep track of what I've read, except for the reviews listed on my blog. And now my monthly book club --which includes a pot luck dinner-- chooses monthly genres, rather than a specific book. It's much easier and more fun. Besides that, I don't kindle; I read paper books.<br />Enjoy in good health.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-43742154541905784752021-07-26T10:25:03.813-05:002021-07-26T10:25:03.813-05:00Thank you for posting the list. Several years ago ...Thank you for posting the list. Several years ago I read of your Elul list in The Velveteen Rabbi’s blog. Hooked! I wrote a poem based on each daily prompt. I’m so glad there’s a new list. Where is the best place to post? <br /><br />AND may I share this list with other people? I’ve been taking a Psalm course for the past year at CBST led by Rabbi Kleinbaum. Over 100 <br />people, most from NYC—but others from around the country and one woman from Bulgaria, study together. At the end of each psalm, at least twenty participants write their own psalm based on the psalm studied. Some of those psalm writers might be interested. <br /><br />Shalom,<br />Linda WatskinLindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08863198545271471429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-20985360752304515002021-07-26T07:35:17.083-05:002021-07-26T07:35:17.083-05:00Thanks for posting this. I would love to try it. W...Thanks for posting this. I would love to try it. Where do I find your pretty badge? :) Elisa Heismanhttp://lifewithoutamanual.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-75043818589452458642021-04-15T08:52:38.044-05:002021-04-15T08:52:38.044-05:00I have three of these books on my bookshelf (well,...I have three of these books on my bookshelf (well, not the exact Winspear, but a Maisie Dobbs) which I have not read yet. It's a pattern. : )<br /><br />Have you read Code Name Verity? It's one of my favorites. AmyBnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-22912778916673900242021-02-04T10:36:00.871-06:002021-02-04T10:36:00.871-06:00Thank you! This is great!Thank you! This is great!Feivelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00480505989693169370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-53345440330110283892020-12-31T15:56:38.872-06:002020-12-31T15:56:38.872-06:00I've been reading a lot, but I can't imagi...I've been reading a lot, but I can't imagine keeping a list. My books are borrowed from friends or the library or given to me for review.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-42841392564377861202020-09-30T09:22:06.700-05:002020-09-30T09:22:06.700-05:00If you do decide to keep going the Gone series get...If you do decide to keep going the Gone series gets very very very dark...Marissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11277656522144422063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-67879510905771572012020-08-30T13:50:25.143-05:002020-08-30T13:50:25.143-05:00Gd willing
Bli eyin haraa, your kids are so grown ...Gd willing<br />Bli eyin haraa, your kids are so grown up.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-61312221889548402252020-08-25T15:49:32.349-05:002020-08-25T15:49:32.349-05:00Tears. Beautifully written. Todah.
And I needed it...Tears. Beautifully written. Todah.<br />And I needed it today!Rachel A Powersnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-82272553715476384652020-08-20T15:02:20.874-05:002020-08-20T15:02:20.874-05:00I'll be back, as I am able! Skipped a couple o...I'll be back, as I am able! Skipped a couple of years, and feeling like this is a different, and important time for delving into my soul. Thank you for continuing to facilitate my accounting of my soul with #BlogElul.Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599063144898675936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-11163738453652124472020-08-20T14:55:12.375-05:002020-08-20T14:55:12.375-05:00Oh, how I know that feeling! My daughter is a juni...Oh, how I know that feeling! My daughter is a junior in college now, but I felt that way as we moved her in to her dorm room and then left. Would she be ok? How would she cope on her own? I fretted and felt over-the-top anxiety. She did fine, of course. My anxious kid, who had had such difficulty with transitions, waved goodbye to us and walked off with two friends. Now is a new stage - an apartment off-campus, with a lot more responsibilities and a new set of concerns. She's doing great. We gave her skills and love, she has tremendous resilience, and even as we are hundreds of miles apart, I know she will continue to thrive.<br />Audreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09599063144898675936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-78488400916184643132020-08-18T20:27:36.893-05:002020-08-18T20:27:36.893-05:00Will you please teach me how to fold a fitted shee...Will you please teach me how to fold a fitted sheet -- it's impossible! Sommer family, I've been thinking about you much this week -- this is a big step not just for David, but all of you (I bet you know that). <br />Barb B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/17552385929974752805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-39643116242826206942020-08-18T20:19:14.930-05:002020-08-18T20:19:14.930-05:00Needed this tonight... thanks Phyllis xoNeeded this tonight... thanks Phyllis xoDebbie Berkowitz Rabishawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10727724350276168406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-52418274158818872132020-08-06T20:43:52.856-05:002020-08-06T20:43:52.856-05:00I haven't participated in #BlogElul since 2017...I haven't participated in #BlogElul since 2017. Maybe it's time to re-up on this commitment...and maybe not daily, but count me in for at least some posts this year.JanetheWriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10939674499667620123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-22793121609746228502020-08-03T14:10:02.735-05:002020-08-03T14:10:02.735-05:00Interesting list. Maybe I should keep track of my ...Interesting list. Maybe I should keep track of my reading. I get most of my books from my neighbor. His collection is my "library."Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-58050633676870956422020-05-31T22:36:36.327-05:002020-05-31T22:36:36.327-05:00Thanks for posting. I don't think any of these...Thanks for posting. I don't think any of these would suit my book club, though.Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-1290586327939135962020-04-02T13:54:54.457-05:002020-04-02T13:54:54.457-05:00I tend to talk too much (and write too much) so I ...I tend to talk too much (and write too much) so I just want to say Thank you for these posts and especially the exodus charts. Please keep doing those. I find them amazing and especially this year to find that I was doing as each date mentioned. LOL. <br /><br />I am excited about this time of year and especially because just like God Almighty showed himself to be Sovereign in the days of Egypt with each plague and how God shut down all that false worship in Egypt, it doesnt get past me that this year, as the plague c--id19 is causing many to go on shut ins (ours start tonight at midnight) here is yet another instance in which God Almighty shows himself to be Sovereign. That false celebration of Easter is shut down this year for man, but you cannot shut down Passover!!! <br /><br />To God be the glory. <br /><br />Thank you again. I look forward to learning more from your page. I havent looked over it yet except to look at the charts and desire to reach out to you to say Thank you. <br /><br />But I definitely look forward to learning more. <br /><br />But here I go talking too much (out of my excitement over it all)<br /><br />So I simply say thank you and I bid you adieu<br /><br />oh before I leave. I was instructed to say this to you by the Holy Spirit<br /><br />1 Samuel 25:6 " Long life to you! Good health to you and your household! And good health to all that is yours!" <br /><br />In the name of the Lord Christ Jesus. Jodi Lynn SBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17376778650021465002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1807022363279638349.post-49762218814830473672020-03-31T06:09:50.404-05:002020-03-31T06:09:50.404-05:00Beautiful and uplifting. Thank you! Stay safe and ...Beautiful and uplifting. Thank you! Stay safe and healthy, and may we rise up together to celebrate, very soon!rutimizrachihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06809119908148195009noreply@blogger.com