Donna Perlmutter's Page

Donna--please e-mail me at Muziclvr56@aol.com you can give me your phone #, we can talk....there are only 8 more days of school left...I will find out, in the meantime who exactly you should contact...regards, CINDY

Hi Donna--I know you asked about a position in my school. If you can e-mail me and we can talk about your experience, your license, etc...I will then talk to my Principal, and spread the word, or get you in touch with the liason from the Region. Muziclvr56@aol.com speak soon...keep cool, wowowowo it was really hot here these past 4 days. regards, CINDY

The way of the chasid is the spiritual way. that is why we protect them because they keep the essence of judaism.somebody has to because the rest of us have to work for a living.Alice said very nice things. i don't know why i didn't mention arlene,may she pass in peace. sorry

Dear Donna
I was very saddened to hear of the great loss of your dear , sweet mother ( may she rest in peace). May the One above comfort you and may you always remember the good times you shared together. Probably my family wanted to spare me the sad news and that's why I hadn't heard anything. It will take a long time to adapt to this new situation. I'm glad you did the right thing about the Kaddish ...
May you send good tidings in your next letter

Good Morning America

Hello from the old country.
I still have great memories from our last get together. We'll have to do it again. I hear you're Mother's selling out? Where to?
Keep in touch
Al

Left in October 1960, 20 months after Castro took Havana. Had to hurry -- my father insulted a Communist party official and they threatened to send him to the countryside to cut sugarcane. he left the next day, my mom and I followed a few days later ... with 21 suitcases and a tricycle. They didn't close the borders for another 6 months. We were lucky -- although we had to leave businesses, real estate and lots of personal stuff behind.

Oaxaca is very overrated as a beautiful colonial city. Yes, there are crafts ... black clay pottery, the alebrijes (painted exotic animals) and there's a town 15 minutes to the NE specializing in rugs. The Monte Alban ruins just 5 minutes away are special, the Mitla ruins 45 minutes away not so much. The 1200+ year old Tule tree nearby is cool. And visiting on November 2, Day of the Dead is culturally interesting (visit the cemeteries, where families are picknicking with their deceased relatives).

BUT, if you want to see really nice colonial cities, I'd choose Zacatecas and Guanajuato over Oaxaca (you'd fly into Leon-Guanajuato International Airport; these two cities are about 2-3 hours apart by car, and I'd see both of them on the same trip) -- and, for crafts, another 2 hours south of Guanajuato are Morelia and Patzcuaro (painted masks, wicker animals, copper works, clay pots). If you can plan it, I'd be in Patzcuaro on November 2 ... so you can boat to the cemeteries on Janitzio island in the middle of the lake. Patzcuaro and Oaxaca are the two reknowned places for Day of the Dead celebrations in Mexico. The Americanized artist colony of San Miguel de Allende is 45 minutes east of Guanajuato. And Guadalajara is just 2-3 hours further on ... with its beaded crafts.

The advantage of Oaxaca is that you are in one central location; you take day trips to the Monte Alban ruins, the towns near Oaxaca with the crafts and the old tree, and the ruins at Mitla. Only Mitla is more than 20-30 minutes away from Oaxaca. And you can take a short flight to the beach at Huatulco -- which seems close on the map, but is a 6-8 hour car/bus trip because of the mountain roads. The Zacatecas-Guanajuato-Patzcuaro trip is more difficult, lots of driving -- you need a tour or a rent a car (which is expensive in Mexico) -- but there's lots more to do, see and buy.

The tsotchkes in our house are largely from Patzcuaro and Oaxaca. Either is a fun trip.

I lived on kibbutz Urim near Be'er Sheva until I was 6 and also spent another year living in Israel after high school, but I'm mostly from the U.S. I'm in central NJ now (Marlboro).

ah cool well just wondering wat was up with her. glad all is well P

As Bell Atlantic's sole, Spanish-speaking Hispanic (born in Cuba) corporate attorney, they sent me down there to run their Mexican cellular affiliate's legal department. Was fun, despite the crime and pollution in Mexico city. Ixtapa-Zihuatanejo is very nice, much nicer than the touristy Cancun or Acapulco. If you're going back there and want to explore other places, I recommend two other, less traveled beaches: Akumal (about 100km south of Cancun) and, if you like desert, San Carlos (on the Gulf of Mexico; a few hundred miles south of Phoenix and Tucson).