My family lives in Israel. But where are they now?
\nOne daughter-in-law and 6 children are in Los Angeles visiting her parents and sisters and families.
\nHer husband is working with a mashgiach (kosher supervisor) on a cruise ship currently moored in St. Petersburg, Russia.
\nOne daughter is in Croatia with her daughter on a mother\/daughter trip, but may be in Venice for the day tomorrow.
\nAnd my husband is in Beijing.<\/p>\n
When I was growing up would I ever have imagined this? I mean, we lived in Philadelphia and “going away” meant going to Atlantic City, an hour and a half away. When I was in 6th grade, my mother took me and my sister to New York for a couple of days (it was 2 hours away.) People didn’t used to travel like this for business or for pleasure unless they were very wealthy.<\/p>\n
And now, I say to the gabbai (member in charge of logistics) at my shul, who emailed me to ask if my husband could read the Torah on shabbat: “He may be reading, but it will be in Beijing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My family lives in Israel. But where are they now? One daughter-in-law and 6 children are in Los Angeles visiting her parents and sisters and families. Her husband is working with a mashgiach (kosher supervisor) on a cruise ship currently moored in St. Petersburg, Russia. One daughter is in Croatia with her daughter on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-life","category-ramblings","entry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t