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Jul 2, 2018, 12:03 AM

Getting Ready for Our Granddaughter’s Wedding

We are now in the "nearly there" stage. The wedding is planned for four weeks from this day. July 29, with God's help. And, as to be expected, we are incredibly excited. Our beautiful amazing first granddaughter will soon...

Jun 25, 2018, 7:36 PM

What Is It About Me

I ask my husband if I look very old, Nice guy that he is his answer is bold, “You’re the girl that I married in one nine six o, And you don’t look a day older than those many years ago.” But me,...

Jun 7, 2018, 7:33 AM

Summer, Then and Now

Today's vacation plans are grand, but nothing beats the (almost) Catskills adventures of a long a youth

May 29, 2018, 11:32 PM

Summer Haunts, Memories of a Life in the Catskill Mountains

Sometimes, when I can’t sleep, I count rooms. Let’s clear the air right now. I never lived in the palace at Versailles. I lived in a kuchalein in Parksville, New York. Not as many rooms as Versailles but, for me, no contest...

May 15, 2018, 6:53 PM

Are You One of Those Misguided Jews ?

Are you one of them? Did you think Trump would be good for Israel? Time to do some rethinking. He's a disaster as so many of us knew long ago. Look at the facts. Israel is fighting on two fronts....

May 13, 2018, 8:14 PM

We live in Israel in a city honoring the Jewish hero Theodor Herzl. Entering our city from the qviche ha chof (the coastal road) a large statue of Herzl stands to welcome visitors and those who call the city...

May 1, 2018, 12:40 AM

Mindful of the Generations, L Dor v Dor

You might think it happens when one of your children, a sweet former baby whose birth seems so recent, becomes a grandparent. You might think that but I don't. After all, in some societies, including many folks in our...

Apr 21, 2018, 12:16 AM

A Woman of Two Countries

I just came back from doing my pre-Shabbat shopping here in New Jersey, in these united states. It wasn't bad. Easy to park. Fast checkout. Plenty of kosher food in the kosher aisle. I really can't think of what...

Apr 16, 2018, 8:26 AM

A letter to my Love

To my beloved: we met so long ago. You were young, a mere 22, a proud creature, filled with ideals and ideas and stretching high for a long and productive future I was a tad older, a youngish mother...

Apr 11, 2018, 10:30 AM

Dear Jews, you must remember

This is the season of remembering. We remember Pharoah. We remember Hitler. And, betwixt and between we remember all the other despots who sought to destroy us. And we remember those who saved us. Moshe. Schindler. Ben Gurion. Our heroes...

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About Me

Rosanne Skopp is a wife, mother of four, grandmother of fourteen, and great-grandmother of one. She is a graduate of Rutgers University and travels back and forth between homes in New Jersey and Israel. She is currently writing a family history.