Judy Bolton-Fasman's Blog – September 2010 Archive (5)

Tallit Shopping by Judy Bolton-Fasman

I’ll gloss over the bromides. The ones like: “Time goes by so quickly,” or “I remember his birth like it was yesterday.” Adam has just turned 13. He’ll try to live up to the expectations of a bar mitzvah. He’ll also need some key accessories. I think it’s fair to defer expectations for a boy who won’t actually be a man for a few more years.

Anna and her grandmother bought Anna’s tallit together in Jerusalem at a store on the Cardo – a piece of Byzantine road defined by original Roman… Continue

Added by Judy Bolton-Fasman on September 22, 2010 at 5:51pm — No Comments

Home Scar by Judy Bolton-Fasman

Two decades ago Elisabeth Tova Bailey was stricken with a mysterious virus that left her bed-ridden for as many years. She’s recently published an affecting memoir, “The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating,” recalling one of those years during which she ardently followed the small, determined movements of a snail living large in a flowerpot by her bed.

A friend of Bailey’s brought the snail as a gift, hoping that observing the creature might lift the heaviness of time brought on by chronic… Continue

Added by Judy Bolton-Fasman on September 15, 2010 at 4:56pm — No Comments

Home for the Holidays by Judy Bolton-Fasman

This is Adam’s second year out of Jewish Day School. But this is the first year that Rosh Hashanah falls on weekdays. There’s not a ripple of recognition in his school community. The thought of missing two days of school has stressed Adam out so much that he’s carrying on as if missing classes will have dire consequences for the Free World.

I did my due diligence and wrote the dean of students that Adam would not be in school during the two days of Rosh Hashanah. As I anticipated,… Continue

Added by Judy Bolton-Fasman on September 9, 2010 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Home for the Holidays by Judy Bolton-Fasman

Added by Judy Bolton-Fasman on September 9, 2010 at 8:55pm — No Comments

Rude People by Judy Bolton-Fasman

To Amy Alkon, rudeness has reached epidemic proportions. The author of a witty syndicated advice column called “The Advice Goddess,” she’s also written a new book called “I See Rude People Everywhere.”

Turns out that the self-described advice goddess also has a touch of the revenge goddess in her. She has the chutzpah I used to have, until I decided it was too frustrating and, frankly, just plain useless to hold up a mirror to people who can’t see themselves anyway.

Alkon… Continue

Added by Judy Bolton-Fasman on September 1, 2010 at 7:30pm — No Comments

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