Author Archives: pgold

שלום על ישראל

It is very hard to believe but seven months from today Marsha, the kids, and I, and my in-laws will be landing in Israel. It is hard to believe that is actually going to happen (we have the airline tickets … Continue reading

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From Rutgers Hillel

Friends, please take a moment to read this important update from my friend and the Director of Rutgers Hillel, Andrew Getraer. If you can watch Fox News tonight at 9 please do so.   Dear Friends of Rutgers Hillel: We held … Continue reading

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Williamsburg Days 4&5

The last two days have been pretty good! On Wednesday we went to Jamestown, which is the site of the first permanent settlement in North America. There are two different places to go there and with our flex ticket we … Continue reading

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Williamsburg Day 3

What a difference a day makes! Today was a hot day! Not sweltering, but just plain hot. Bright and sunny. Thank God there is a lot of shade at Williamsburg so it was not so bad. The boys wanted to … Continue reading

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Williamsburg Days 1&2

Yesterday, we started our 2014 vacation and took a long drive to Williamsburg, VA. As I said in my last post, my in-laws drove down as well in their own car and this allowed us to split the kids up … Continue reading

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Vacation and Baseball caps

On Sunday the Goldwasser clan with Kheel grandparents in tow are going on a vacation to Williamsburg, Virginia. I am sure we will have a great time and hopefully the kids will learn something too! While this would be a … Continue reading

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Community Supported Agriculture

As some may know from my past blogging, I love to cook and I often blogged about recipes and other items of culinary interest. This summer we decided to buy into a CSA. For those who have never heard of … Continue reading

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Return to Blogging

Lately I have been thinking about starting to blog again, and with the addition of a server to my house (more of this in future posts) I was able to bring up a WordPress installation right here in my office. … Continue reading

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Taking Hiddur Mitzvah Too Far

Sunday was the Jewish holiday of Purim. For those who are not familiar, the holiday celebrates the story found in the book of Esther. I am not going to tell that story as it is available all over the web, … Continue reading

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Hamentashen

I have posted my Hamentashen recipe twice before in my blog (here and here). For the first time in more years than I can remember, I have made some changes to my recipe. If you can hold back you gasps, … Continue reading

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