A Welcomed Surprise

I recently began chemotherapy and the routine of my life became inundated with doctors, hospital visits and days where I could hardly get out of bed. So when my sons, Alon and Dolev along with Dolev’s girlfriend Nili, announced that we were going on a tour, it was the best surprise I could have asked […]

Carmela's Succah

Tonight marks the start of Succoth, or the Feast of Tabernacles. Succoth is the plural of Succah (booth or hut) and this 7-day holiday is intended to celebrate the gathering of grain and fruit harvests. Jews are to eat their meals, entertain and even sleep in the Succah as a reminder of the huts inhabited […]