Birthday Time!

We've had a custom to stretch out birthdays.  We celebrate from the Jewish date to the goyish date, or vice versa, whichever is first to whichever is last. Sometimes that gives a couple of days, but other years it can be a few weeks.   For instance, my Jewish Birthday was today, from last night until dusk today, the 26th of Iyyar.  But my goyish birthday is May 25.  That gives me a nice long birthday time.

I'm sure many of you also have birthdays this season.  So let's celebrate together!



And just in case you're wondering how old I am, here's a hint.

The Paul McCartney Concert

This is as close as I got to the concert, the TV news.

No big deal. The music has been playing in my head for decades.

No, I Won't Be There Either...

...unless... I get a free ticket to the Paul McCartney concert in Tel Aviv.

Even for free, I don't think it would be a musical thrill, just something to brag about. Imagine being in a crowd of thousands and thousands, loud-speakers blaring... The object of everyone's adulation so far away, he could be a lip-syncing double...

I didn't ask my neighbor, who played for/with McCartney as the Beatles were breaking up, if he'd be attending. Considering that the neighbor is in the year of mourning for his mother, a musical event isn't in the cards.

Another Israeli, who had played with the Beatles when they were first starting, got publicity in his quest for a free ticket.

I wonder who's getting complimentary tickets. Well, we're not on that list, but if there's any change, you'll be among the first to know.