Growing Up Jewish: the early years
Three Branches of Judaism Growing up Jewish you'd basically fall into one of three different branches of the religion. For instance, if you identified with the lower branch, you'd be considered a Reformed Jew. Reform Judaism places a strong emphasis on...
Growing up jewish: the early years part ii
I'm not sure how old I was when I figured out the whole world wasn't Jewish. Suffice to say I was still in single digits age-wise. I think it was a disappointment too. "How come everybody wasn't Jewish," I thought. My parents I'm sure did their best trying to explain...
Religious Debates In The Hood
Flint's Eastside (The Bestside 🤣) As I mentioned in an earlier blog post (Click Here to check it out), I was born and raised in Flint Michigan. According to online resources, the population in Flint back in the late '60s and early 70's was just shy of 200,000 people....
The jewish Holidays
We observed four major Jewish Holidays. I'm not sure the exact number of how many different holidays Jews observe, but I think it is north of 10. The ones that we observed were: Hanukkah Passover Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur Hanukkah and Passover were observed at our...
My Bar Mitzvah Debacle
Since I had two older brothers I got to witness their Bar Mitzvah before mine was to take place. My oldest brother Mark is six years older than me which meant he had his in 1965 when I was seven. My brother Stephen had his a couple of years later in 1967. Mine was...
My Bar Mitzvah Debacle Part II
My Elementary School Struggles I struggled in elementary school. I don't remember seeing this, but my Mom told me that when I wrote my writing was backwards. I don't think dyslexia was a diagnosis while I was still in elementary school. They didn't know what my deal...
Boarding School Era
7th Grade Graduation In May 1972 my 7th grade school year at The Valley School came to an end. I don't remember learning much that year. I was floundering and falling further behind. I'm going to make a big assumption here because I don't know if this is correct or...
Mills School Ft. Lauderdale
Ft. Lauderdale Boarding School I don't think there were that many options when it came to schools that specialized in my learning issues (dyslexia). My parents concluded that the Mills School in Ft. Lauderdale Florida was the best option for an 8th grader that was way...
The Leelanau Years
9th Grade Graduation In May of 1973, I was deemed ready for the big leagues in terms of schooling. According to the Mills School, the ship was righted regarding my dyslexia and I was ready to jump back into the Flint public school system. They fixed my dyslexia...
One Decision With Two Different Outcomes
Say Hello To John One decision can change the whole trajectory of your life. The law of "Cause & Effect" plays a significant role in every decision we make. The following is an illustration of what I'm talking about. John had walked into a local office supply...
One Decision With Two Different Outcomes Part II
Part II In part one of this post (If you missed it click here to read it) John became outraged when a complete stranger backed his Ford F-150 out of a parking spot at the Office Supply store and ran over John's brand new Harley Davidson motorcycle. John became...
The Magic Of Leelanau Part I
I’m not sure how many times I walked up that hill to go skiing, but I only remember one time. It was etched and wired into my consciousness.