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- What kinds of things do you want to talk about?
- Anything..I am from NY and Jewish :-)
- About Me:
- Divorced, working full time. My daughter is 20 and a junior in college. Son is 13 and getting ready to be a Bar Mitzvah (he is in 8th grade). I love to laugh, read, relax, go wine tasting, walking around old town, concerts...pretty flexible. Love meeting new people!
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Great to hear from you!! My Dad is a survivor who has volunteered at the HM since it opened. I have been there on several occassions. I resided in Annapolis now...I went to Yad Vashem in 1976. It has been way too long since I have been to Israel (I went with a youth group). How was your trip to Israel??? Did you go with a organization? Our you local to DC? Sorry for all the questions...SMiles, Sandy
As far as themes go, I've told Sofie that since her bat mitzvah is on Sukkot that will be her theme. We'll play up the whole harvest thing (I'm imagining fruits and vegetables in the centerpieces). We'll have the party Sat night at our synagogue. I've already booked disc jockey, caterer, but don't have a photographer. I'm thinking of not having a videographer and I'm dead set against that 'this is your life" video thing--she'll be 13! What kind of retrospective does she need? Plus they are always so boring (even for family).
that's as far as I've gotten, although I looked up her torah portion (I know it because it's sukkot so it's a special portion) and it's the section where we read "There is a time for every purpose under Heaven. A time to be born, a time to die...." so that's very cool!
And, since her name is SOFIE, she wants to give the kids those SOFFEE shorts, but have them printed with SOFIE instead (I think we'll do basketball shorts for the boys).
I really want to keep it to no more than 150 guests. Trying to figure out how to limit the grandparents' guests. We asked for their "wish lists" and if we have everyone they want (as in their friends) it's 6 tables worth! ummmmm...no!
My husband and I have always had an interest in making an international move, but the timing just never seemed right. Last year, though, we decided to make a go of it, and Australia was at the top of the list. I've always dreamed of coming here - just fascinated by the land and the culture. With the kids, it seemed like a good choice, given that they wouldn't have a language barrier to overcome (unless you count the slang here!).
I'm a SAHM, a former children's book editor/writer. I used to work at Scholastic in NYC, and still do freelance for them occasionally. My DH and I are originally from Long Island and (pre-kids) lived in Vienna, VA, for a couple of years, just outside of DC. It was lovely there.
DH is in marketing, and took a position as Marketing Director for a cosmetics distributor here in Melbourne. We've been here just over a month, and are slowly settling in. Yes, there is a Jewish community (about 55,000 in Melbourne, I believe), though I'm finding it's mostly centered about 40 minutes south of where we're living, in an area called St. Kilda/Caulfield. We're northeast of the city, where there does seem to be some semblance of a Jewish community in the next town over, mostly made up of expats from South Africa. I'm still feeling my way around, and we'll hopefully make it to a temple soon. With our two year old, services are a bit dicey. I'm hoping to make it to a family Shabbat this month.
So, that's our story! Thanks again for the welcome! I look forward to meeting everyone here!
Kimberly
I got the pic from this amazing website (http://www.geniza.net/bar/barbie.shtml). One of these days I am actually going to buy her and put her in my study at shul cause she is so cool!!!!
Hope you enjoy my blog :) Let me know what you think...
Thank you for your message. DC is a beautiful city, I visited it in 2001, when friends of mine lived there. I know there is a very large Jewish Community in NYC; in Rome, the community counts approx. 15,000 members.
I'll talk to you soon,
Letizia