Book Club

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 4:46 PM, Julie Ruden wrote: Mom’s book club meeting went good 19 people in the living roomish… it was cozy!! I’m bushed! Kisses to Pammie and squeezes you both! Love you to BEYOND!!! Julie - weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Thought of the Day

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 9:06 AM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

"Submission to what people call their 'lot' is simply ignoble. If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another." 

Elizabeth von Arnim

Inge and Gadi, Kenny and Sue

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From: Kenneth W. Aschheim Date: 06/08/12 02:05:30 To: Dr. Lisa Earle Subject: Re: 25 Incredible Pictures One World Trade Center Under Construction

Hi Lisa. Sorry I have not call or written. Have been traveling a lot and I am actually now in Israel. At Gadi daughters wedding. Saw Inge last night. Will call when I get back to NY.

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On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 3:21 PM, Dave R wrote:
Wow, busy guy.
Who are Gadi and Inge?
---D.

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On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 4:15 PM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

Gadi and his mother, Inge, are the same category Cousins to me as Kenny and his late mother, Edith Aschheim. I don't know if you remember her and her late husband, Kenny's Dad, David Ashheim..

They live in Israel, Gadi was born there, he is a brilliant Professor of Physics at the Einstein University in Tel Aviv, I believe. I met him and his first wife at Kenny's wedding many years ago. Gadi's Grandfather and my mother were first cousins...

Love, MOM

Thought of the Day

On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."

 -- Aristotle

Thought of the Day

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On Sun, May 6, 2012 at 5:11 PM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:
...Wow!

THOUGHT OF THE DAY:

"Life is change. Growth is optional. Choose wisely."

- Karen Kaiser Clark


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On Mon, May 7, 2012 at 5:21 PM, Dave R wrote:
Wow indeed!
Sounds like the premise underlying my entire 1st marriage!
---D.

Swimming in spite of neck

Julie for mom in the pool with her neck brace. She so totally Rocks!

Fw: SCHMALTZ (part 2)

On Thu, Apr 19, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Dr. Lisa Earle wrote:
...priceless!!! 
Thanks, I really enjoyed this treasure...Love, Lisa

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...priceless!!!  Thanks, I really enjoyed this treasure...Love, Lisa   

 

 

 

 

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      Growing up Jewish

•     If you are Jewish, and grew up in a city with a large Jewish population, or are gentile with Jewish friends or associates, the following will invoke heartfelt memories.

•     The Yiddish word for today is PULKES (PUHL-kees). Translation: THIGHS. Please note: this word has been traced back to the language of one of the original Tribes of Israel, the Cellulites.

•     The only good advice that your Jewish mother gave you was: "Go! You might meet somebody!"

•     You grew up thinking it was normal for someone to shout "Are you okay?" through the bathroom door when you were in there longer than 3 minutes.

•     Your family dog responded to commands in Yiddish.

•     Every Saturday morning your father went to the neighborhood deli (called an "appetitizing store") for whitefish salad, whitefish "chubs", lox (nova if you were rich!), herring, corned beef, roast beef, cole slaw, potato salad, a 1/2-dozen huge barrel pickles which you reached into the brine for, a dozen assorted bagels, cream cheese and rye bread (sliced while he waited). All of which would be strictly off-limits until Sunday morning.

•     Every Sunday afternoon was spent visiting your grandparents and/or other relatives.

•     You experienced the phenomenon of 50 people fitting into a 10-foot-wide dining room hitting each other with plastic plates trying to get to a deli tray.

•     You had at least one female relative who penciled on eyebrows which were always asymmetrical.

•     You thought pasta was stuff used exclusively for kugel and kasha with bowties.

•     You were as tall as your grandmother by the age of seven.

•     You were as tall as your grandfather by age seven and a half.

•     You never knew anyone whose last name didn't end in one of 5 standard suffixes (berg, baum, man, stein and witz).

•     You were surprised to discover that wine doesn't always taste like cranberry sauce.

•     You can look at gefilte fish and not turn green.

•     When your mother smacked you really hard, she continued to make you feel bad for hurting her hand.

•     You can understand Yiddish but you can't speak it.

•     You know how to pronounce numerous Yiddish words and use them correctly in context, yet you don't know exactly what they mean. Kaynahurra.

•     You're still angry at your parents for not speaking both Yiddish and English to you when you were a baby.

•     You have at least one ancestor who is somehow related to your spouse's ancestor.

•     You thought speaking loud was normal.

•     You considered your Bar or Bat Mitzvah a "Get Out of Hebrew School Free" card.

•     You think eating half a jar of dill pickles is a wholesome snack.

•     You're compelled to mention your grandmother's "steel cannonballs" upon seeing fluffy matzo balls served at restaurants.

•     You buy 3 shopping bags worth of hot bagels on every trip to Stamford Hill or Edgware and carefully shlep them home like glassware. (Or, if you live near Chigwell, Manchester or another Jewish city hub, you drive 2 or 3 hours just to buy a dozen "real" bagels.)

•     Your mother or grandmother took personal pride when a Jew was noted for some accomplishment (showbiz, medicine, politics, etc.) and was ashamed and embarrassed when a Jew was accused of a crime… as if they were relatives.

•     You thought only non-Jews went to sleep away colleges. Jews went to city schools... unless they had scholarships or made an Ivy League school.

•     And finally, you knew that Sunday night and the night after any Jewish holiday was designated for Chinese food.

    Zei gezunt!!