http://www.cjnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=22365&Itemid=86 I haven’t seen my father in 22 years. His name was Shragah Phyvle Rosensweig. In those days, when he was a boy, you would be assigned an English name. His was Philip, which he didn’t like. Philip means “lover of horses.” He grew up in Toronto with two brothers, Berel and Davey, and his [...]
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I’ve been away for a while. Iwas getting frustrated with my blog. I worked hard to attract viewers, and am grateful to everyone who comes by. But I could never, ever, just hit that right button that would throw my blog into superspeed. I couldn’t figure it out. While I’ve had 31,000 views since the [...]
Menachem the Learned, Avrum’s Art
By Avrum Rosensweig Oil on Canvass (2010)
Happy Birthday Mom
Often women do not like to announce their age, so suffice it to say, on May 2, my mother turned an age older than 29 and younger than 81. Mazel tov, Mom. Between the two world wars, a little girl was born to Hinda and Moishe Chaim Flicht. They named her Gitel. She was Menashe’s [...]
Today It’s My Birthday…..
Today I turned fifty 50 50 50 50 years old. If you haven’t and wonder what it’s like, read the following. Throughout my 49th year I began digesting the idea that my next birthday would be my 50th 50th 50th. Initially I was able to deflect that reality away, let it circle in the sink [...]
Turning 50 and No Burial Plot (CJN Article April 23, 2010)
Turning 50 and No Burial Plot I will be half a century old on April 27. 50! Am I my grandfather? Being 47 didn’t take much getting used to, and 48 walked in as if on a breeze. There was nothing terribly memorable about the onset of these ages. They were nondescript really, just like [...]
David Nefesh…a friend for four decades +…forever!
I have known David Nefesh since we were eight years old. We have been friends for 42 years. Wow! 42 years. What a blessing. David has turned into Michigan’s finest singer/songwriter. His voice is angelic and his passion for life and to connect with others is unique and beautiful. See his website: www.davidnefesh.com . Hear his music. It is an event [...]
Clanton Park: The Champions
In September, on a cool night, my team, Clanton Park Synagogue, won the Orthodox Synagogue 2009 Baseball Championship. I watched from the sidelines with pride, as my mom and I cracked open sunflower seeds. I had an injury. We clapped feverishly as Clanton Park shul dominated its opponents, Shomrai Shabbos, the best team in the [...]
Homefull
I’m going out to live in the streets of Toronto on August 26, 27, 28th. At that time I will spend much time with those people we call the homeless. But if they are homeless am I homefull? Are you? Is this the way we should qualify ourselves, if we are calling people without homes, homeless? [...]
I Had a Heart Attack on July 18, 2008 The Series – 2 Days to Go
I won’t go into details about what happened next at North York General, but it wasn’t pretty and it wasn’t satisfactory. Suffice it to say after my first year anniversary has come and gone I will speak to the hospital personnel about how they dealt with me. Next time you are awake and lying down in an [...]
