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Through technology, I have been able to connect with more and more people who have or make their home in different parts of the world.
Being passionate about teaching global awareness to my students, comes partly from the fact that I grew up with different perspectives of what is “home”. I have the heritage on my [...]

My grandfather, Siegfried Rosenthal, never spoke to me about his experiences the night of November 9th, 1938, Kristallnacht. The night that the SS came to his door and arrested him in front of his seven year old son and pregnant wife for simply being a Jew and taken to a Concentration camp. He did write [...]

Today is 9-11, yes, the 9th of November, as the date is written in German (first the day, then the month).
Today, 70 years ago, is remembered as the Kristallnacht, or the night of the broken glass. It is the day  the Nazis orchestrated open attacks on Jewish individuals, property, and businesses. It was the night [...]

It is in my blood… I have moved over 20 times in my life. After about 2 years coming in the same door, driving along the same street, parking in the same drive way, going to the same grocery store… I feel it is time to literally move on!
It is odd going back to the [...]

I am very excited!
My article "Unterwegs mit Teddybaer und Technik /On the Road with Teddy Bear and Technology" was published this week in Germany’s Social Studies Magazine "Weltwissen ". The entire edition is dedicated to Egypt Studies.

This post has been in the making (in my head) for a looooong time. Keep in mind that I have a 30 minute commute to work each day in the morning and afternoon. This commute is divided into three distinct sections:

Through residential neighborhoods
Interstate
Through a main road, lined on both sides with mainly businesses, restaurants, strip [...]

In an effort to digitize my grandparents recipes in order to preserve them for my children and one day grandchildren, here is the recipe for my grandfather’s Matzeklöβsuppe (Matzeball Soup) for Pesach.

Ingredients:

One packet of Matze
1 sauteed onion
2 egg yolks
Salt, pepper, Ingwer, Muskat, chopped parsley
Baking Powder

Directions:
Soak Matze in water until soft, then drain them through a [...]

the autumn witch
Originally uploaded by Lars van de Goor

I am ready to leave for a short visit to my mother in Buenos Aires. Spring is in the air in Florida (Northern Hemisphere) and I am flying towards similar weather conditions in Argentina (Southern Hemisphere) where fall is about to start.
I found this amazing [...]

I was simply blown away yesterday when I saw Wicked on Broadway. It was not only the amazing set and costumes and incredible voices of the actors, but it was the connection I heard and saw in the story line. The underlying theme that the theatre piece was able to deliver so clearly by the [...]

I need to brag about my own sixteen year old daughter today. She surprised me … well… it was a school assignment… but she shared it with me. Her English teacher asked for a poem, comparing life to…
Life is an iPod, press shuffle
and see what you get.
Is it mellow, happy, upbeat
sing along.
Every beat has its [...]