Thursday, December 31, 2009
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
The Diary of Leah Fleischhacker
Dear family and friends,
so much has been going on in my life. i am now in my second year in high school, i started taking dance again, and i started and ended singing lessons. (they did not go so well) one other thing thats been going on is that the GMSG (my school) is putting on a production of The Diary of Anne Frank. i play mr. van dan (i am not even sure if i spelled that right. i will ubdate you all later on how it goes. the proformance is on December 14th wish me luck.
miss ya'll,
leah
so much has been going on in my life. i am now in my second year in high school, i started taking dance again, and i started and ended singing lessons. (they did not go so well) one other thing thats been going on is that the GMSG (my school) is putting on a production of The Diary of Anne Frank. i play mr. van dan (i am not even sure if i spelled that right. i will ubdate you all later on how it goes. the proformance is on December 14th wish me luck.
miss ya'll,
leah
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Cousin Shim in Concert
We were very lucky this past Shabbat to be part of a great weekend honoring the memory of our beloved Cantor Skopp. As a special treat the man in charge of the weekend decided to bring in a celebrity Chazan to lead the Shabbat services and entertain us with a concert on Sunday Night. You can imagine our delight when we found out that the Chazan they chose happened to be cousin Shim. It was great to see him (again?) We had a lovely meal with him Friday night and we really enjoyed his davening. Below is some footage of the concert that he gave. My camera doesn't work very well in the Shul social hall. If my amazing filming skills make you a bit sea sick just close your eyes and enjoy the music.
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
THE 4 SEASONS VIEWED FROM THE UK FAMILY BODLANDER RESIDENCE
For those of you who may have trouble sleeping, the following video is a perfect cure for insomnia!!!!!! (The video may be clearer if you download it first).
Monday, September 28, 2009
Hey everyone! Click on the links below to see Rya's latest you tube videos of baby Tzvi!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LqOG0eKOcE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAo7AlVXL_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIHXFqSh2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETC_P_0n8I8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRu8N2BeCMk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAo7AlVXL_A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HXIHXFqSh2A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETC_P_0n8I8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRu8N2BeCMk
Friday, September 25, 2009
Hey everyone! I just set up my new online gallery. (It takes a long time to upload pictures so far there are only six of my paintings.) If you want to view it just click the link below:http://www.etsy.com/your_shop.php?edit=1&rand=1853806540
Monday, September 7, 2009
Sunday, August 23, 2009
The Sunday before school started Yehudit wanted to start the year off with a fun Birthday Party. She knew how much her friends love shopping so she decided that we would have a Mall Party. While we waited for all the girls to arrive we played a game of pass the parcel. Then we sang happy birthday over a plate of bare cupcakes. It was time for the real fun! Every girls got ten Yehudit Bucks to spend at the "Mall" we created around the house. At the bakery (my dining room) each girl could decorate a cupcake for a dollar. In the craft shop (my kitchen) the girls purchased and created several exciting girly crafts. In the beauty salon (Yehudit's room) the girls pampered themselves with mannies, petties and makeovers. With their leftover cash they stopped at the dollar store (in my living room) where they could stock up on party favors to bring home. We closed the mall after an hour and then invited everyone to the movie theater (my den) for a movie, popcorn and soda. The girls had a fantastic time, and by the time they left Yehudit was grinning from ear to ear. (She's still smiling about it a week later). Special thanks go to Mrs. Larissa Baer, Leah Fleischhacker and Nachi Fleischhacker for helping to run the Mall.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
RUTH'S VISIT TO ISRAEL LAST NOVEMBER WITH MAUREEN & SELMA
Our previous visit to Israel was over eight years ago and so our relatives and friends living there decided for us that we were well overdue for another visit. Having made us feel thoroughly ashamed of ourselves we booked our flight and left the chilly shores of England for sunny Israel.
Our first few days were spent marvelling at the improvements that had been made since our last visit. Lots of beautiful apartment blocks had sprung up everywhere, better roads and a much more efficient public transport system. We visited so many new shopping malls and markets and were very impressed with the variety of goods on offer in this tiny Country.
As you know, the Israelis are very hospitable people and we had many invitations to coffee and cake. However, we found out very quickly that “coffee and cake” in Ivrit loosely translates as “banquet” in English!! Thank goodness we were able to take a walk after each invitation otherwise we would have had to pay excess baggage at the airport on our way home!
We stayed with Anne and Leon for most of our trip but also spent several days in Haifa (more banquets!) as guests of Leon’s sister and brother-in-law, Ester and Albert. One evening Albert took us on a guided tour of Haifa-by-night in his car which was almost as old as the State of Israel itself. The car groaned and shuddered all the way up Mount Carmel and Maureen, Selma and I breathed a sigh of relief when we finally reached the top. However, no sooner had we all stepped out of the car when from the hood appeared what can only be described as a miniature Niagara Falls. Thank goodness Albert said he had plenty of spare water but our fears quickly returned when he produced only one bottle of water from the trunk.
Although we enjoyed our walk around Haifa by night, in the back of our minds was the nerve wracking car journey back to Albert’s apartment. He could see the anxious look on our faces and as we got in the car he told us not to worry as we would be driving downhill all the way home without the need for water - or gas. We were convinced he was joking but sure enough as soon as he released the brake, the car started rolling downhill and for the next 10 hair-raising minutes we sat with white knuckles praying we would get back home safely (which obviously we did otherwise I wouldn’t be here now telling you this story). Needless to say, we spent the rest of that night benching goimel!
From Haifa we were invited for Shabbat to our cousin and her family who live in Ma’alot. Whilst waiting for our train at Haifa Station I decided to take some photos of the family and just as I was about to click the camera, the station cleaner rushed over to me and excitedly said something in Ivrit. I thought he was offering to take a photo of all of us but it turned out that he just wanted to be in the picture also. Now isn’t that a perfect example of Israeli chutzpah!!!
Ma’alot was not how we pictured it. We had in mind a few shacks with a couple of dirt tracks and a few skeletal donkeys so we were very pleasantly surprised when we arrived to find a very modern town with beautiful houses and tree lined roads and amazing scenery as far as the eye can see. Unfortunately, our eyes could see as far as the Lebanese border and so we felt a little uneasy all Shabbat especially when our cousin proudly showed us the remains of a Kassam rocket in her back garden.
However, our cousin and her husband and two young sons, aged 4 and 6, made us very welcome and we had a most enjoyable Shabbat (even more banquets!). The little boys were very affectionate and inadvertently made us laugh out loud by the things they said. Our cousin speaks to them in English and her husband speaks to them in Ivrit so they are growing up bilingual and we were amazed at how easily they could immediately switch from one language to another. They are also mega-hyperactive so we were somewhat drained by the end of Shabbat.
Our visit to Israel was a very enjoyable one, mainly due to the hospitality of our relatives and friends but also to the sight of so many improvements in the last eight years. However, we were disappointed to note that after 60 years the Israelis had still not mastered the art of forming a line and many times we found ourselves being pushed and elbowed. I suppose some things in Israel will never change.
L’hitraot.
Our first few days were spent marvelling at the improvements that had been made since our last visit. Lots of beautiful apartment blocks had sprung up everywhere, better roads and a much more efficient public transport system. We visited so many new shopping malls and markets and were very impressed with the variety of goods on offer in this tiny Country.
As you know, the Israelis are very hospitable people and we had many invitations to coffee and cake. However, we found out very quickly that “coffee and cake” in Ivrit loosely translates as “banquet” in English!! Thank goodness we were able to take a walk after each invitation otherwise we would have had to pay excess baggage at the airport on our way home!
We stayed with Anne and Leon for most of our trip but also spent several days in Haifa (more banquets!) as guests of Leon’s sister and brother-in-law, Ester and Albert. One evening Albert took us on a guided tour of Haifa-by-night in his car which was almost as old as the State of Israel itself. The car groaned and shuddered all the way up Mount Carmel and Maureen, Selma and I breathed a sigh of relief when we finally reached the top. However, no sooner had we all stepped out of the car when from the hood appeared what can only be described as a miniature Niagara Falls. Thank goodness Albert said he had plenty of spare water but our fears quickly returned when he produced only one bottle of water from the trunk.
Although we enjoyed our walk around Haifa by night, in the back of our minds was the nerve wracking car journey back to Albert’s apartment. He could see the anxious look on our faces and as we got in the car he told us not to worry as we would be driving downhill all the way home without the need for water - or gas. We were convinced he was joking but sure enough as soon as he released the brake, the car started rolling downhill and for the next 10 hair-raising minutes we sat with white knuckles praying we would get back home safely (which obviously we did otherwise I wouldn’t be here now telling you this story). Needless to say, we spent the rest of that night benching goimel!
From Haifa we were invited for Shabbat to our cousin and her family who live in Ma’alot. Whilst waiting for our train at Haifa Station I decided to take some photos of the family and just as I was about to click the camera, the station cleaner rushed over to me and excitedly said something in Ivrit. I thought he was offering to take a photo of all of us but it turned out that he just wanted to be in the picture also. Now isn’t that a perfect example of Israeli chutzpah!!!
Ma’alot was not how we pictured it. We had in mind a few shacks with a couple of dirt tracks and a few skeletal donkeys so we were very pleasantly surprised when we arrived to find a very modern town with beautiful houses and tree lined roads and amazing scenery as far as the eye can see. Unfortunately, our eyes could see as far as the Lebanese border and so we felt a little uneasy all Shabbat especially when our cousin proudly showed us the remains of a Kassam rocket in her back garden.
However, our cousin and her husband and two young sons, aged 4 and 6, made us very welcome and we had a most enjoyable Shabbat (even more banquets!). The little boys were very affectionate and inadvertently made us laugh out loud by the things they said. Our cousin speaks to them in English and her husband speaks to them in Ivrit so they are growing up bilingual and we were amazed at how easily they could immediately switch from one language to another. They are also mega-hyperactive so we were somewhat drained by the end of Shabbat.
Our visit to Israel was a very enjoyable one, mainly due to the hospitality of our relatives and friends but also to the sight of so many improvements in the last eight years. However, we were disappointed to note that after 60 years the Israelis had still not mastered the art of forming a line and many times we found ourselves being pushed and elbowed. I suppose some things in Israel will never change.
L’hitraot.
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
RUTH, MAUREEN & SELMA HAVE A DAY OUT
Now that we have retired we have more time to visit all the places of interest in England that we didn’t have time for whilst we were in full-time employment.
A short while ago we decided to visit Valentines Mansion which is only a 20 minute walk from our house and was recently opened to the public after extensive renovation work.
This Mansion was built in the late 1600s on the edge of Valentines Park. Previously, the Park was just a very small part of thousands of acres of forest which was sometimes frequented by the likes of King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I who both enjoyed hunting animals roaming in the forest.
The Mansion was extended in the 1700s and then during the Victorian Era it was “modernised” (in other words, the servants had running water inside the house instead of having to carry buckets back and forth from an outside pump!).
We had an enjoyable tour of the Mansion and especially liked the enormous kitchen area in the basement. We noticed that some of the baking utensils had not changed in over 150 years - rolling pin, cookie cutters, mixing bowl and bread board to name but a few.
In those days it was a very hard life for servants employed in the Mansion. They would have to get up well before the crack of dawn each day to prepare the coal fires in every room. Cooking was done on a cast iron range over an open fire. The cooking utensils were extremely heavy as they were also manufactured out of cast iron.
As there was no refrigeration (electricity was still in its experimental stage) all perishable food was kept on a stone or slate slab to keep cool. Nearby the Mansion was a farm which daily delivered milk. All dairy products such as cheese, butter and cream were prepared in the kitchen. Even bread was baked in the stone oven in the kitchen. As you can imagine, the kitchen could become unbearably hot in the summer months, so the floor was made from large stone slabs which cooled it down a little.
Laundry was also carried out in the basement where the clothes were first scrubbed on a wash board and then plunged into boiling water and wooden tongs were used to pick up the scalding washing.
Ironing was exhausting work as the irons were made from extremely heavy material and had to be constantly heated over an open fire.
So folks, next time you’re slaving over a microwave oven or washing machine in your air conditioned homes please spare a thought for the unfortunate workers years ago and then count your blessings!!!
The rest of the Mansion was also very interesting and gave an insight into how both the rich and poor lived over 100 years ago. We took a walk outside the Mansion where the gardens had been carefully restored after many years of neglect. We also came across a small octagonal shaped building which is known as a dovecote because, as the name suggests, it was originally used for doves to roost. However, these birds were eventually “evicted” and the dovecote became a place of storage for garden produce.
Here is a short video of our day out and we hope you also enjoy the tour.
Now that we have retired we have more time to visit all the places of interest in England that we didn’t have time for whilst we were in full-time employment.
A short while ago we decided to visit Valentines Mansion which is only a 20 minute walk from our house and was recently opened to the public after extensive renovation work.
This Mansion was built in the late 1600s on the edge of Valentines Park. Previously, the Park was just a very small part of thousands of acres of forest which was sometimes frequented by the likes of King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I who both enjoyed hunting animals roaming in the forest.
The Mansion was extended in the 1700s and then during the Victorian Era it was “modernised” (in other words, the servants had running water inside the house instead of having to carry buckets back and forth from an outside pump!).
We had an enjoyable tour of the Mansion and especially liked the enormous kitchen area in the basement. We noticed that some of the baking utensils had not changed in over 150 years - rolling pin, cookie cutters, mixing bowl and bread board to name but a few.
In those days it was a very hard life for servants employed in the Mansion. They would have to get up well before the crack of dawn each day to prepare the coal fires in every room. Cooking was done on a cast iron range over an open fire. The cooking utensils were extremely heavy as they were also manufactured out of cast iron.
As there was no refrigeration (electricity was still in its experimental stage) all perishable food was kept on a stone or slate slab to keep cool. Nearby the Mansion was a farm which daily delivered milk. All dairy products such as cheese, butter and cream were prepared in the kitchen. Even bread was baked in the stone oven in the kitchen. As you can imagine, the kitchen could become unbearably hot in the summer months, so the floor was made from large stone slabs which cooled it down a little.
Laundry was also carried out in the basement where the clothes were first scrubbed on a wash board and then plunged into boiling water and wooden tongs were used to pick up the scalding washing.
Ironing was exhausting work as the irons were made from extremely heavy material and had to be constantly heated over an open fire.
So folks, next time you’re slaving over a microwave oven or washing machine in your air conditioned homes please spare a thought for the unfortunate workers years ago and then count your blessings!!!
The rest of the Mansion was also very interesting and gave an insight into how both the rich and poor lived over 100 years ago. We took a walk outside the Mansion where the gardens had been carefully restored after many years of neglect. We also came across a small octagonal shaped building which is known as a dovecote because, as the name suggests, it was originally used for doves to roost. However, these birds were eventually “evicted” and the dovecote became a place of storage for garden produce.
Here is a short video of our day out and we hope you also enjoy the tour.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Monday, May 4, 2009
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
hello govener by:leah fleischhacker (alfred doolittle)
hello, as you saw in the video, i recently played in my schools production of pygmailion (i worked so hard yet I'm not sure i even spelled it right.) the experience was amazing, and i hope to be in future plays. we all worked harder then you could imagine and thought we would never get it right. everyone did great especially the stars, Maddie Taven as Proffesser Higgens, and Debby Farber as Eliza Doolittle. i had a great time, learned how to do a cockney accent, and got meself a daughter.lol. I also had another small part in the ball scene as a reporter named Ysabel. to make things even better i was second to last to bow and those who have been in the theater should know that you bow according to your lines or how important you are in the play. i bowed with My friends Molly Bracha who played Colonal Pickering and Tziporah Besser who played Mrs. Higgens. as well as acting i had a little something to do with costumes. when the fine arts teacher bought them in i helped her decide who got what costume. i also made the headband Eliza Doolittle (Debby Farber) wore in the ball scene.
overall it was an amazing experiance
thank you to Bubby, Zaidy, Nachi, Yehudit, Mrs. Tsuna, and Maddie Taven who helped me review my lines. Thank you also to my parents and Mrs. Kampf who did not let me quit when things got rough. thank you to our director, dr. Kuttleroff. Thank you to Mrs. Wanderman who helped with costumes and the set, to Mrs. Kuttleroff who helped with just about everything else including the choreography in the ball scene (no i did not get to dance), to the stage crew, to Raquel Kampf who was basically the assistant director, and to everyone else who i forgot to thank thanks. oh and thanks to the whole cast.
i cant wait until next years play!
bellow is a picture of the cast.
overall it was an amazing experiance
thank you to Bubby, Zaidy, Nachi, Yehudit, Mrs. Tsuna, and Maddie Taven who helped me review my lines. Thank you also to my parents and Mrs. Kampf who did not let me quit when things got rough. thank you to our director, dr. Kuttleroff. Thank you to Mrs. Wanderman who helped with costumes and the set, to Mrs. Kuttleroff who helped with just about everything else including the choreography in the ball scene (no i did not get to dance), to the stage crew, to Raquel Kampf who was basically the assistant director, and to everyone else who i forgot to thank thanks. oh and thanks to the whole cast.
i cant wait until next years play!
bellow is a picture of the cast.
Bottom Row left to right: Ariana kaufman as Mrs. Pearce/ bystander/ flower girl/ Perfide, Maddie Taven as Proffessor Higgens, Chana Joffre as Aristed Karpathy, Naomi Samberg as Clara/ Dutchess, Shira Hirshfield as Freddi Hill
top row left to right: Leah Fleischhacker as Alfred Doolittle/Ysabel, Debby Farber as Eliza Doolittle (she already took off her costume except for the hat.), Aviva Katz as Mrs. Einsford Hill/ Queen, Tziporah Besser as Mrs. Higgens, Dr. Kuttleroff the director, Shoshana Somer as Hostess, Rachel Rubenstien as bystander/ somone at the ball that i forgot there name, Simone Fertel as bystander, Elisheva Nathen as the Prince, Molly Bracha as Colonal Pickering, Mrs. Kutleroff who did just about everything she could to help us.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Leah as Alfred
Leah Fleischhacker did a fabulous job at her debut on the GMHSG stage as Alfred Doolittle in the production of Pygmalion. Below are a few video clips from her stellar performance.
Monday, March 2, 2009
Room of Doom by Nachi Fleischhacker
My parents always come in my room and say, “This room is a pig sty.” I don’t get it. There may be bugs in my room. There may be skunks in my room. But There are definitely no pigs in my room. OK, back to the story.
One day my mom came into my room and said, “Just look at this mess.” So I looked at it.
“Now what do you want me to do?” I said.
“Be quiet for a second,” she said. “This room is a pig sty.” (See, I told you.) “I want you to clean this room right now!” This was bad news. “But Mom,” I complained, “I haven’t cleaned this room in three centuries. One more, and I will have broken the world record.”
“Well, then go to Guinness you can’t,” Mom snapped. “You’re going to clean this room.”
“But Mom…”
“Now!” she yelled and then left the room.
“Well, room, I guess it’s just you and me,” I said to myself. I had decided the first thing I would do is take out the trash. I walked over to the garbage can and saw a pile of garbage bigger than Mt. Everest!
“OK,” I thought. “How am I doing to do this?” Suddenly, I had an idea. I took off my hat and took from it some mountain climbing gear. I always keep some mountain climbing gear in my hat. Hey, doesn’t everybody? Anyway, I started to climb up the trash. It took about two hours. Once I got to the top, I took out a match. Then I lit all the garbage on fire.
“Well, that takes care of that,” I said. Then I decided to put the dirty clothes in the hamper, but after one step in that pile of clothes, I started sinking.
“Help!” I screamed. “Help! I’m sinking in a pile of dirty clothes! Help!” No reply. I was finally able to walk, but the pile of clothes walked with me.
“Soon I won’t be able to breath,” I thought, “and these clothes really stink.” Then I had an idea. It was risky but worth it. I walked over to the hamper. The clothes were still around me, and I jumped in. Now with the clothes in the hamper, I was able to escape. However, the hamper had so much dirty clothes in it that it fell through the ground. Now that I was done with the clothes, I decided to put the toys in their boxes.
When I started to put the toys away, I heard a harsh voice say, “Try to dig up me treasure? I don’t think so, matey.” I turned around and saw an angry pirate staring right at me.
“The name’s Blackbeard,” he said. “ I don’t know how ye found me treasure, but if you want to live you’ll have to beat me in a duel.” Then he handed me a sword and got ready to fight.
“I’m a goner,” I thought, but then I looked over my head and saw a lightbulb. I had an idea!
“Wait a minute,” I said. “If you’re Blackbeard then what are you doing here?” I thought he had died years ago.
“A good point you have there, matey,” he said. Then he dropped dead on the floor.
I put the rest of the toys away, and guess what? There really was a treasure chest under there. I got my mom and told her I was done. She came into my room and screamed.
“You didn’t clean it,” she said. “You just made it worse.” I looked and saw she was right. On my floor was a dead pirate. Half the room was on fire, and there was a hole in the ground.
Oh, well. Back to cleaning.
The End
One day my mom came into my room and said, “Just look at this mess.” So I looked at it.
“Now what do you want me to do?” I said.
“Be quiet for a second,” she said. “This room is a pig sty.” (See, I told you.) “I want you to clean this room right now!” This was bad news. “But Mom,” I complained, “I haven’t cleaned this room in three centuries. One more, and I will have broken the world record.”
“Well, then go to Guinness you can’t,” Mom snapped. “You’re going to clean this room.”
“But Mom…”
“Now!” she yelled and then left the room.
“Well, room, I guess it’s just you and me,” I said to myself. I had decided the first thing I would do is take out the trash. I walked over to the garbage can and saw a pile of garbage bigger than Mt. Everest!
“OK,” I thought. “How am I doing to do this?” Suddenly, I had an idea. I took off my hat and took from it some mountain climbing gear. I always keep some mountain climbing gear in my hat. Hey, doesn’t everybody? Anyway, I started to climb up the trash. It took about two hours. Once I got to the top, I took out a match. Then I lit all the garbage on fire.
“Well, that takes care of that,” I said. Then I decided to put the dirty clothes in the hamper, but after one step in that pile of clothes, I started sinking.
“Help!” I screamed. “Help! I’m sinking in a pile of dirty clothes! Help!” No reply. I was finally able to walk, but the pile of clothes walked with me.
“Soon I won’t be able to breath,” I thought, “and these clothes really stink.” Then I had an idea. It was risky but worth it. I walked over to the hamper. The clothes were still around me, and I jumped in. Now with the clothes in the hamper, I was able to escape. However, the hamper had so much dirty clothes in it that it fell through the ground. Now that I was done with the clothes, I decided to put the toys in their boxes.
When I started to put the toys away, I heard a harsh voice say, “Try to dig up me treasure? I don’t think so, matey.” I turned around and saw an angry pirate staring right at me.
“The name’s Blackbeard,” he said. “ I don’t know how ye found me treasure, but if you want to live you’ll have to beat me in a duel.” Then he handed me a sword and got ready to fight.
“I’m a goner,” I thought, but then I looked over my head and saw a lightbulb. I had an idea!
“Wait a minute,” I said. “If you’re Blackbeard then what are you doing here?” I thought he had died years ago.
“A good point you have there, matey,” he said. Then he dropped dead on the floor.
I put the rest of the toys away, and guess what? There really was a treasure chest under there. I got my mom and told her I was done. She came into my room and screamed.
“You didn’t clean it,” she said. “You just made it worse.” I looked and saw she was right. On my floor was a dead pirate. Half the room was on fire, and there was a hole in the ground.
Oh, well. Back to cleaning.
The End
* A Note from the proud Mother - Nachi won the Dean's Writing Award for this story.
Thursday, February 26, 2009
I've got spirit by: Leah Rose Fleischhacker
hello to all the relatives out there, i mean that literally because we are very unfortunate to not live near each other.
so this week was my favorite week
!!!!!spirit week
okay so some of you may be wondering what is spirit week. well we have categories and we dress up in those categories. well so here is what i did. Monday was extra religious day. i went to school in a long black skirt, black knee socks, ballet flats, a plain blue jacket, a necklace with Leah written on it in Hebrew and, my hair in braids
Tuesday was look into the future day so i dressed up as an author
Wednesday was Israel day and i dressed up as an Israeli flag
today was US history day and i dressed up as a Salem witch trial victim for those of you who don't know what that is its basically when they burned people who they thought were witches at the stake
tomorrow is pick a name day originally i picked my friend Sade cooper but i accidentally told her
so i switched with someone and i will be dressing up as my good friend Molly Brakah
so that's all about spirit week
here is another thing going on in my life right now
my school is putting on the play Pygmalion and i got the role of Alfred Doolittle and a reporter in the dance scene. we will be putting on this play March 4 and i am so excited
well that's all for now so as we texters say ttyl
LEAH
p.s. check out my blog leahsstorysandstuff.blogspot.com
THE END OF AN ERA - by Ruth Bodlander
How many times have we heard the expression "the end of an era". Here is one rather sad example.
Clapton Shul was founded in 1919 in East London, England where most of the Jewish population resided at that time. In 1931 a new building was established and over the following 40 years it had become the flagship Shul of its area. In the 1940s and 1950s it was not uncommon for several Chupahs to take place on one day and on the Yomim Naraim members felt it a privilege to be able to sit just at the very back of the Shul.
Visitors were awestruck by the beautiful architecture and many came especially just to sit under the ornate arched ceiling which was painted blue with silvery stars so that it felt as though you were davening ma'ariv under the night sky.
In the early 1970s, Mr. Harry Bodlander was appointed Shammas of the Shul and felt honoured to hold that position for the next 30 years. Apart from his Shabbos and Yom Tov duties, he also helped in the office and on many occasions during a weekday he acted as a guide to school children from all religions explaining the various parts of the Shul.
In the latter years, the congregation dwindled and as there was not enough financial assistance to keep up the running costs of the Shul, it sadly fell into disrepair and in 2005 the decision was made to close it down.
This beautiful building was sold in 2006 to a Chassidic Charitable Trust. It was hoped that they would use the Shul as a study centre but they very soon sold it to a developer who then immediately demolished it before it could be saved by being awarded a certificate as a building of outstanding beauty and heritage site.
This was "the end of an era" for Anglo Jewry. What the Nazis set out to do in 1930s Germany, the British Developer finished off in 2006!! An incredible waste of a beautiful building.
Please watch the video which is only 2 minutes long.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Monday, February 23, 2009
Dov & Adele Bodlander Receive a Much Deserved Award
On the 7th of February, at the Anshai Shalom dinner, Dov and Adele Bodlander received the Keter Torah award. This was not much of a surprise. Anyone who knows them is aware that they are tremendous Baalai Chesed. Dov is so dedicated to helping others that he often visits multiple minyanim on Shabbat mornings to make sure that they all have someone to lain Torah. Adele is often the first person people will turn to to provide a Tehilim reading or a learning group and is frequently called upon to put her hachnasas orchim talent to good use. This is only a small sampling of the many things this wonderful couple does. Dov and Adele are truly a roll model for their family, their friends and the community at large.
To enjoy the video, please click on the arrow below it.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Growing Up Bodlander
You can play the video above by clicking on the arrow. (it's about 7 minutes long) Enjoy the show
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Chanukah is such a special holiday. Especially when you spend it with family Latkes, dreydles, songs, games, and the little ones opening presents whether you live in London, Israel or the USA we all light candles for eight fabulous nights. You can enjoy the little film below by clicking on the arrow underneath it.
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