Interview #1!!

Shmuly got an interview at University of Cincinnati! Hopefully it'll be the first of many!
We're thinking about going there for shabbos next week for a Friday interview. We'll keep you updated.....

Dovi - Before you throw Italy under the bus...

New Mexico wasn't so innocent either.
In the late 1600s the governor of New Mexico and his wife were accused of practicing Judaism; soon thereafter the same charge was leveled against a soldier and bureaucrat named Francisco G�mez Robledo, who was also said to have a tail -- supposedly the mark of a Jew. All were examined by the Holy Office. All were acquitted.

.... The Inquisition's punishments for such transgressions ranged from the forced public wearing, for months or even years, of the humiliating sanbenito -- a knee-length yellow-sackcloth gown -- and headgear resembling a dunce cap to years of imprisonment in a monastery to garroting and burning at the stake. By the time the Inquisition was abolished in Mexico, in 1821, it had put to death about a hundred accused crypto-Jews, and many suspected Judaizers still languished behind bars

Full Article: http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/ferry.htm

Parents are home again

Hi guys! Well, we're back from Baltimore again. We had an uneventful flight and are happy to be back home again. Thank you to Yosef and Lisa for hosting us, to Hadassah Miriam for giving us the opportunity to visit, and to Shmuly and Avital for living there too. It was nice seeing 6 Isenberg siblings together at once. Rucky and kids are going to be spending a couple of days with us because Dovi is going to New Mexico for the CRC. We'll have to start gearing up for Chanuka this week - I've already had some requests for Sufganiyot. Itchy is having some WITS friends stay with us over Shabbos. Stay well and warm everybody. Love, Mommy

Shmuly was caught redhanded!!!

So, everyone knows how Shmuly is "against the blog" and "doesn't give in to those things." Well..... a picture is worth 1,000 words isn't it?

:)

JOBS????

Ok so I made my schedule for next semester, and apparently I am only going to school two days - mondays and wednesdays from 10-7. So that leaves tuesdays and thursdays wide open. So here's where the title comes in! Who wants to find me a job in ny? :) I don't even know where to start. So...
Thanks in advance -
Chaife

IT'S OFFICIALI !!

I shall be heading across the Atlantic for work and play! (First Stop - Israel!)  My ticket is booked (12/28 - 1/14) and once I get the guide book from Chaifenstein (Thanks Drs. Rubin) I'm going to book my hotel stay in ROME! Yes, Rome, like the Italian Republic (Italian: Italia, IPA: [i'taːlja] or Repubblica Italiana, IPA: [ɾe ˌpubblika ita 'ljaːna]), the Southern European country.

Elana B is gonna meet me out in the Middle East and we're going to explore the Holy Land for a week and stay through Shabbat. Bright and early Monday morning we head to Roma. I'm uber excited - it's going to be ballisimo! And maybe I'll even get to meet Andrea Boccelli or Josh Groban. Yes, I know the don't live there and the likelihood I'll run into them even if they did is slim to none - but a girl can dream.  Here's where I'd imagine Davey starting to sing "al improviso aah tuu tuu!" hehe.

Ahhhhh...Heat

Waking up to a brisk 69 degrees yesterday, I knew something was amiss. Our thermostat was set to 73, and nothing was happening. I called American Home Shield (a home warranty we got with the house for a year) for them to send out a service company. They sent out Tony from Always Heating and Cooling (who, after three weeks of phone calls, finally gave up their task of replacing our AC in the summer). Tony went to check if there was power running to the furnace with the black and red thingy that electricians use. He registered no electricity. He noticed there was no fuse. "That's the problem," he diagnosed. I told him we never had one. He was insistent, and I told him not to come to my house and tell me its not working because of no fuse, when the heat worked all last winter and until yesterday. He then asked me how to get out of the basement. I guess its possible to forget WHERE YOU CAME FROM in ten minutes. He comes back, all packed up, telling me that since the fuse is bypassed, there is improper installation, and the home warranty doesn't cover it. Please give me 60 bucks. I begrudgingly paid, and called Uri Brill of U & E Service (his wife does the makeup). He came as the other guy left, whipped out his electric meter dohickey, and lo and behold! There WAS electricity running through the unit. Tony must have forgotten to turn his thing on! And that doesn't surprise me from a guy who gets lost in other houses.
Sof kol sof, our board which was replaced in August got "zapped", and since this furnace is nearing the end of it already extended life, and good 'ole Uncle Sam is giving tax credits for 1/3 of the cost of upgrading to an energy efficient system, we are having our furnace replaced. (Ironically, when we have no heat, a chimney sweep is coming today to check our fireplaces.) Thanks again to Zaidie and Savta for their hospitality at Chalet Isenberg Chicago.

-Dovi