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“To travel is to take a journey into yourself.” – Danny KayeTraditionally people start to firm up travel plans in May and June for the summer. I have long held that the preparation before and reminiscing afterwards, is at least equal to the travelling itself.I enjoy seeing people select gifts for friends and family. I’m always impressed with the care, thought and love they display. As I prepare for my next trip now to Sweden, I realize how I look for very different things in a journey, even if …

I have never been interested in making pretty products that sit on the sideboard. Each product I make has a story and comes from my Kishkes - gut. I love making products with YiddishIn our family, a typical Jewish family, lots of languages flew around the kitchen table. I spoke to my mother in Hungarian to my father in Yiddish, my parents spoke German together, my mother spoke Ladino to her mother and when my parents didn't want us to understand them, my mother spoke in Serbian and was answered …

As Pesach and the Seder approaches, I thought it could be useful to have a checklist handy to ensure that you don't forget what to place on the table. As SEDER means order, I thought a little assistance on this front might be helpful.Is there something we have left out?AT THE SEDER TABLESeder plate with: Sliced Cucumber / celery / potato (Karpas) Lettuce (Chazeret) Horseradish (Marror) Charoset Roasted chicken wing (Zero'ah) Hard boiled egg (Beitzah) …

Are you multi-tasking so much that you’re just not getting anything done? Who and what is draining your time and energy? Click here to view full clock collection Best to start with a plan and think of the salami approach - one slice at a time, thus avoiding an "all or nothing" approach.  A glass of wine may also put you in the mood!1. Create a plan. Walk through each room and and decide what areas need to be cleaned out. Plan what you want to accomplish each week, and then di …

The concept of spring cleaning came from the Jews. It is a wonderfully renewing and revitalizing process. So as the blooms are starting to burst, and the earth literally rises once more to its prime, we mere mortals have a need to cleanse our souls and cupboards of the all the dust that has accumulated over the year. I am grateful for the gift of Pesach or Passover, that gives me the deadline and formal and religious sanction to get the house in order in every sense. And I am far from a clean or …