Headed Home
We’ve been in Israel for the last two weeks visiting our son, Mataan, and as this email arrives in your inbox, we will be flying back home to Michigan.
August Memories
I will catch up on current events in next week’s email but as we enter the month of August, here are some historic moments (some good, some cataclysmic) that occurred in this glorious month.
In August…
Columbus sets sail in 1492
Declaration of Independence signed in 1776
General Washington establishes Purple Heart Award in 1782
First World War starts in 1914
Lucille Ball born in 1911
Andy Warhol is born in 1928
Hitler becomes German Chancellor in 1934
Anne Frank is captured in 1944
US drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima in 1945
NBA is form with competing associations in 1949
Marilyn Monroe is found dead in 1962
MTV launched in 1981
Reagan fires Air Traffic Controllers in 1981
Iraq invades Kuwait in 1990
Wishing you and your loved ones a Sweet and Peaceful Shabbat Shalom,
Shabbat Shalom - שבת שלום 