“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world” -Walt Disney 1955Walt Disney delivering opening day speech July 17, 1955
“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…” MORE
Disneyland Story > https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k_1xsPytKJw
“To all who come to this happy place; welcome. Disneyland is your land. Here age relives fond memories of the past…and here youth may savor the challenge and promise of the future. Disneyland is dedicated to the ideals, the dreams and the hard facts that have created America…with the hope that it will be a source of joy and inspiration to all the world” -Walt Disney 1955
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Remember when local schools announced they were closing for 2 weeks in March 2020 due to the mysterious novel Coronavirus? Many thought COVID would disrupt our lives for a very short time but here we are 10 months later with most local schools barely resuming in-person instruction and the future is anyone’s guess.
Imagine the school and business closures only lasted 2 weeks as initially announced, you can be sure we would have forgotten the virus ever existed by now, just like most people can’t tell you when the swine flu pandemic happened. But after 10 months of unprecedented global disruption, you can be sure the COVID era will be seared into the collective memory of humanity for a very long time.
In this week’s Torah portion Va’eira we learn about seven of the ten plagues G-d afflicted the Egyptians for enslaving the Jews. Many who are familiar with the story of Exodus don’t realize that more than ten months elapsed from when Moses first demanded Pharaoh let the people go until they actually left. Each plague was a one month procedure. For three weeks Moses warned them of the impending plague and each one lasted a week.
Only after enduring miraculous harassment for close to a year, Pharaoh finally snapped and chased the Jews out of the land in mere hours, which presents the glaring question: Why could G-d not whisk the Jews out of Egypt within hours of Moses arriving with the promise of redemption?
Imagine Jews in Auschwitz were told that G-d would first patiently afflict their oppressors for 10 months and only then take them out of the barbed wires. They would surely forgo seeing their murderous captors suffer and prefer to get out of there immediately. Why did the exodus from Egypt need to happen over such a long period of time?
The 10 plagues were not just a punishment for the Egyptians’ sadistic behavior. They were designed to disprove their heathen ideology and prove to them and to the rest of the world that G-d is in control of the universe. Had the Jews been whisked away from slavery in a matter of hours, days or even weeks, it would have been big news for a while but forgotten almost as quickly as it happened. Only because Egypt endured more than 10 months of divine harassment in such a public way did the knowledge of G-d’s omnipotence remain seared in humanity’s collective memory forever.
The COVID era is unique in the fact that people everywhere experienced its disruptions personally. But aside from the devastating pain, loss and financial ruin it wrought, it also revealed the deep reservoirs of perseverance and goodness we all possess. The outpouring of concern for neighbors, friends, community members and complete strangers is simultaneously astonishing and heartening. Many utilized the many extra hours suddenly available because of the closures to increase their Torah study and try out new Mitzvahs, discovering a new appreciation for their Judaism.
These past 10 months will reshape our lives and the world we live in for generations to come and it is up to us to choose which part of the experience will remain engraved in our collective memories. Let’s ramp up the unique positivity we can generate specifically during this once-in-a-lifetime situation and ensure that we can be proud of this era’s lasting effects.
They’re Here! This is no dream, it’s really happening! Get ready for our most spooktacular sales and deals of the year. We have such sights to show like my favorite Halloween buddy, ‘Dancing Skeleton,’ above, and our Hershey Dog and fellow Stringed Instrument Purveyor, the great DICK DALE, below. Gone but not forgotten! As for the good stuff, We have to warn you, these savings are bewitching. Happy Halloween! -JB
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That’s our Halloween Cat, Zack (O’Lantern). He has been made famous in yet another T-shirt (or poster) just for his girth (was up to 28 lbs) and for his EYEs – and great personality. T-shirt SALE
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The Adventures of 14-year-old Happy Hershey Dog Continue – One would never know he had heart and kidney failure, cancer and more. Amazing what a good diet, a good vet, lots of TLC and a determined dog can do. Never imagined he’d be here for Hershey Halloween 2018!
Remembering Amazing Surf Guitar Pioneer Who Shreded Oakland
This was Dick Dale’s last show in Oakland, where he’d performed yearly the past decade. The Man Who Invented Surf Guitar did it all, including movies and film-and beating cancer, along with his manager/wife, Lana. He not only plays but talks about the early days inventing the Fender gujitiar amp with friend Leo Fender.! Revisit a Legend Here
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Now for a change of pace…Same world, different place. It is possible, for now.
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Time for a Change of Pace
You’d think that Napa would be another Carmel by now, what with its world reknown wineries and reputation. Yet, only a few hundred feet off the famed Silverado Trail or Hwy 29 much of Napa is just the opposite of what you see at those other tourist destinations: An area untouched by the gentrification – one could easily believe he or she is time traveling back to Napa as it was in the 1950s or even 1940s. Just spending some time on one main artery of town, Jefferson St. , made us appreciate this throwback of a town and how city fathers have kept big business from changing that old charm as you see happening in so many Bay Area towns and nationwide. With the ‘quickening’ of society it’s refreshing to find places like this that remind us of the ‘happy days’ before pandemics and polarization. Never seen so many American flags. Only 45 minutes from the Bay Area- Check it out HERE
What a crying shame, I say. Lots of my old friends ruined. It ain’t fair. I’m sorry but Gruesome Newsome, oops, it slipped. I’m sorry but the Guvner could do a little better saving these old bidnesses, I say. What ‘ya think?It shouldn’t be all about politics…. Let them have a little more say – -JB
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