Category: general
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My time at the Human Genetic Center.
I found out a year ago that the variation of the BRCA gene, which gives women a hereditary risk for breast and ovarian cancer (on top of usual risks), was found in a tested family member. I decided after this past pregnancy to get tested. I like having information, and I don’t think I’m the…
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The Lorax is vindicated…
I think I found the last of the Lorax‘s fine Truffula trees… And I’ll yell and I’ll shout, For the fine things on Earth… That are on their way out.
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Why wasn’t he already dressed?
Cheder starts in five minutes… Nu, Yoni, move it!
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Baby Shape ‘Happening’ tomorrow in Jerusalem.
Thought I’d share an opportunity for moms and babes tomorrow, June 5, in Jerusalem. Baby Shape is a YMCA program designed by Rachelle Oseran (whose childbirth Lamaze classes I’ve plugged before). Hebrew and English friendly. Check out the free class: Moms with babies in strollers are invited to our Baby Shape “Happening”: a FREE Mom…
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Coming to Israel? Things to do.
Recently wrote up some off-the-top-of-my-head Israel tourism ideas for a friend coming in the summer (with a 6-month-old baby). So, while I’m at it, why not share, right? Short-term rentals There are quite often short-term rentals of apartments in Jerusalem and elsewhere, which is probably a better bet than hotel if you’re coming for a…
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Guess I’m old, then.
“Hi, I’d like to order my high school transcript signed and sealed, sent to my address in Israel.” “May I ask, for what purpose?” “Proof of my residence in the United States; I have to register my daughter’s birth with the US consulate in Jerusalem.” “Right. What class were you?” “Class of 2000.” “No problem,…
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Hints of spring.
Life is moving forward and this spring is meant to bring with it some new developments… apartment ownership and new baby to name, really, the big ones. Hints of what’s to come…
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Coupon, coupon, coupon, banana.
One of these things, is not like the other. One of these things, just doesn’t belong. Can you guess which thing is not like the other? By the end of this song…
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DYK? Australian Etiquette dictates…
I’m enjoying the bizarrity of finding this book at the State Library of Victoria today: Published in 1885, it’s pretty thorough on the type of behavior expected from true-blue Aussie ladies and gentlemen. How to propose marriage, how to accept or reject them. How to grow your beard, how to deal with hangnails. I like…
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United States of YAY!
Aside from being a seemingly social paradise, Australia can now boast a stronger dollar than the United States: Meanwhile, I’m trying to figure out how to get an hour’s flight away to Sydney without running out of U.S. of Yay cash. Oh, how the tables have turned. Here’s to 2011.
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Merry Christmas from Oz.
Just took an impromptu walking tour of Ivanhoe, an area of Melbourne where the folks get real merry about Christmas decor, American-style. Well, kind of; it’s a good effort. The blue-ribbon light show, in my opinion: Aussie class… Snowmen? Reindeer? How about a Santa-hat wearing kangaroo? Pretending it’s winter (though, it’s a freak summer and…
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Just a typical day.
This is the kind of thing you’d expect in Israel I suppose, but with my in-laws, who knows what might pop up down under… Today while visiting my brother-in-law’s farm (yes, farm), my nephew started towards one of the roosters and was attacked. My father-in-law ran over, grabbed my nephew, and kicked – booted –…