Shabbat Shalom I’m not going to lie.  The past two weeks have been crappy.  Mirah had to go to the emergency room after falling off a bounce house at a birthday party.  My father wound up in the ER the next day with stomach issues, I was rear ended in a car accident and worst of all two families in my “universe”  suffered tremendous losses of life.  My energy has been low and The Modern…

With the temperature outside pushing 100 all I can think about is taking a dive into my local JCC pool!  The couple in today’s Real Wedding jumped into the pool at their reception.  You have to see it to believe! With this H-O-T Austin weather who can blame them? Want some inspiration for a Modern Jewish wedding (or Bar/Bat Mitzvah) reception by the pool? Something that looks refreshing without the drastic measures?  Here are some…