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Friday night dinner - a screen shot courtesy of Zoom
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Friday night - Erev Shabbat - is important. Families gather to welcome the Shabbat and enjoy a delicious dinner. We are not religious; although we do light candles and say the kiddush. We do not regard it primarily as a religious ceremony. For us iit is a moment in the week that brings family together to share an ancient tradition while stressing family ties. We all are busy and have activities that tend to separate families and family members. At least for the Friday night meal we are all together, whether within our own homes or in our larger family groups.
Covid-19 made meeting for dinner impossible, so we utilized "Zoom" and together celebrated Erev Shabbat and kiddush. It was very emotional to see how happy everyone was to see each other and 'be together.'

THIS WEEK'S NEWS

The Coronavirus Covid-19 lockdown continues. As shown above, we are finding other ways to keep together while observing social distance. Our two oldest granddaughters Danielle and Lior Ron decided that exercising together with Granny Doreen was an appropriate activity. Click here for short videos.

Congratulations to Raphael Cotton on his marriage to Tamar Gralnick in Johannesburg South Africa. (see pictures). Mazel Tov too to parents Cecile and Raymond Cotton. (See Matz and Hershovitz/Levy family trees.). Covid-19 restricted the number of participants but Cecile reports that there was a wonderful relaxed atmosphere at the wedding. Cecile is continuing her new set of treatments and we wish her a speedy and full recovery.

Granddaughter Zoe is utilizing the break from School to scan some of her dad's old photo slides. She has sent some to us. Here is an example. I'll be using some of her other pics in future issues of this site.

We've still going through the contents of the boxes in our storeroom, and have discarded much once considered essential and now considered junk. We have been meaning to do this for the last 9 years since we moved to Kiryat Hasharon in Netanya.

Happy Birthday this week to: MARCH: Abigail Cigler (28), Yarden Levy (28), Eric Cotton (28), Denise Braverman (28), - Yoel Geffen (29), Joe Leibowitz (29), Alan Klotnick (30) , Gabriel Bloede (30), Morris Gordon (30), Deryn Klein (31). APRIL: Klaff (1), Rachel Kirschner (1), Yaara Shavit (1), Barney Gordon (1), Roni Gurland (2), Issy Bacher (2), Richard Nickel (3)

Happy Anniversaries this week to : MARCH: Racheli and Avi Gilad (28), - Shirley and Nathan Kansky (29), Alana and Saville Stern (31). APRIL: Ruth and Joel Geffen (1)

Click for all Birthdays and Anniversaries for March

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Link to This Year's Miscellaneous Events and Pictures

This is a call for pictures and announcements! If you have a picture suitable for inclusion in this site, please send it to me. Also, send me current items suitable for this column ("news"). And while you're at it, check your information in your family tree and send me updates to my email, levy.eitan@gmail.com

BIRTHDAYS AND ANNIVERSARIES

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March Birthdays: (not sure how and if you're related? Then go to the family trees section):: 1 - Melisa Glogauer, Amy Stern 2- Annette Levy, Tina Gordon 3 - Giles De Millon, Dawn Zain 4 - Jane Glasser, Nathan Kansky 5 - Cecile Cotton , Avichai Skoczylas 6 - Toni Hock , Mila Lazarus 7- Amber Leibowitz 8 - Ezra Bortz 9 - Cheryl Tal , Clooney Levin 10 - Vered Shavit, Dan Bortenstein, Adam Marks, Robin Horwitz 11 - Jacques Bloede, Ariel Bloede, Eitan Forman 13 - Gwendolyne Glasser 14 - Steven Neiman 15 - Shirley Kansky , Hannah Gilbert , Abby Emanuel 17 - Ofra Ohanna , Daniel Nathan, Russel Gordon 18 - Brigitte Bloede, Yehuda Bolel, Alice Gullotta, Zvi Karsblad 19 - Andrew Hock, Adrienne Shivers 20 - Melanie Sklar, Noah Kagan , Moriah Pashas, Tamar Tabak, David Bloede 21 - Aviv Ron 23 - Daniel Hock, Stewart Aronson, Logan Thompson-MacLeod 24 - Nitzan Partok 25 - Pia Murad 26 - Assaf Nickel 27 - Ashlee Glasser, Itamar Gordon, Ofek Golomb 28 - Abigail Cigler, Yarden Levy, Eric Cotton, Denise Braverman , 29 -Yoel Geffen, Joe Leibowitz 30 - Alan Klotnick , Gabriel Bloede, Morris Gordon 31 - Deryn Klein

March Anniversaries 2 - Russell and Sharon Glasser 8 - Michal and Thomas O'Dwyer 16 - Leora and Aharon Stefansky 18 Shelley and Jonathan Klotnick 18 - Yael and Noam Deul 19 - Jennifer and Bruce Brod 19 - Debra and Barak Hochstadter 20 - Lauren and Saul Berkowitz 21 - Susan and Alan Hock 24 - Tamar and Ari Taback 27 - Buna and Mula Friedman 28 - Racheli and Avi Gilad 29 - Shirley and Nathan Kansky 31 - Alana and Saville Stern

April Birthdays: (not sure how and if you're related? Then go to the family trees section) Happy birthdays to Oren Klaff (1), Rachel Kirschner (1), Yaara Shavit (1), Barney Gordon (1), Roni Gurland (2), Issy Bacher (2), Richard Nickel (3), Itamar Levy (4), Louis Glogauer(4), Jessica Gordon (5), Ariel Moskovich (5), Eloise Feinstein(5), Sorrel Bolel (5), Dov Levin (6), Darren Klotnick (6), Michael Glasser (7), Erin Herr (8), Melodie Nathan (9), Leshem Nickel (9), Kenneth Berman (9), Nevo Nickel (12), Jonathan Hock (12), Vernon Galp (13), Leon Matz (14), Charlene Engleberg (14), Yaron Glasser (14), Noa Schwartz (15), Jodie-Beth Matz (15), Na'ama Gilad (16), Yael Schochat (16), Saul Ginsberg (17), Keira Leibowitz (17), Hanna Gordon (17), Rachel Zagnoev (18), Robert Cleaver (19), Harry Schochat (21), Kari Mynarski (21), Remy Levin (24), Joyce Bernstein (24), Zoe Segoli (24), Arie Schochat (25), Ben Zion Poupko (25), Racheli Gilad (26), Yonat Partok (26), Eitan Levy (27), Rene Hock (28), Elizabeth Mynarski (28), Jacob Glogauer (29), Noam Amit (30), Wendy Kansky (30)

April Anniversaries: Happy Anniversaries to Ruth and Joel Geffen (1), Shira and Ali Bacher (4), Haley and Adam Bacher (4), Roslyn and Claude Hakim (11), Vered and Aviv Ron (14), Katherine and Dorran Galp (18), Efrat and Gal Shabtay (24), Bracha and Avraham Bolel (26), Lauren and Hilton Meyerov (29)

DOREEN'S COLUMN                        MEMORIAL PAGES                             FAMILY TREES                                 OUR FAMILY PAGES

OLD PHOTOS (pre-digital)                     FAMILY RECIPES                                SPECIAL EVENTS

INDEX OF 'THIS WEEK' ARCHIVES 2004-2019                                                                                                                       MISCELLANEOUS EVENTS AND PICTURES 2004-2019

LAST YEAR'S (2019) EVENTS and PICTURES                                                                                                                            THISYEAR'S EVENTS and PICTURES

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