{"id":312,"date":"2015-09-25T14:57:08","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T14:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcschulman.com\/?p=312"},"modified":"2015-09-26T20:12:09","modified_gmt":"2015-09-26T20:12:09","slug":"some-refections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcschulman.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/25\/some-refections\/","title":{"rendered":"Some Reflections"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have not written for a while. \u00a0Ten days in New York meeting my new grandchild and spending time with my daughter and son-in law were wonderful, but somehow it did not lend itself to any writing. \u00a0Getting any work done was a challenge, beyond what I needed to do for a few projects that were very time sensitive.\u00a0\u00a0Writing did not seem to be possible. \u00a0I wrote a first version of my Yom Kippur article for Newsweek on my plane home, since I figured that it would be very similar to previous Yom Kippurs. \u00a0However, the first thing I had to do once I ate, on Wednesday night was to rewrite the article.<\/p>\n

Being a grandfather for the first time is transformative, but frankly\u00a0ifI am honest not nearly as transformative as having children for the first time. \u00a0I must say however when I looked at my grandchild Liam Zeev I could not help but wonder. what sort of world he would be living in. Will it be one filled with wonders and advances or one filled with disasters, natural and human. \u00a0I spoke at my daughter synagogue ( the one I grew up in ) Anshe Sholom on Sunday before I left. \u00a0I spoke \u00a0about our future here in Israel and reflected that I know\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0have to worry what will occur when its time for\u00a0my grandchild\u00a0 to go into the army. \u00a0. I hope to have a video of the speech on You Tube soon.<\/p>\n

Today is a sad day. \u00a0This morning Moti Kirschenbaum died. \u00a0He was one of the most distinguished Israeli newscaster. \u00a0While I had watched him at times in the past, it has been in his last incarnation as the co-host of London and Kirschenbaum that I have watched religiously for many years. \u00a0In the United States I paid to receive Israeli news by satellite just for that purpose. \u00a0Yesterday I watch him host his show- this morning he was dead.<\/p>\n

\"Motti<\/a>

Motti Kirschenbaum<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile the news keeps coming-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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