Archives for: 2006
By carra on Dec 20, 2006 | In Minkoff Musings | Send feedback »
Everything is fine now, but on Saturday, 12/16, Sydra managed to bang her head on some equipment at the park. It was nasty, though she was incredible. My initial reaction was to stop by the house, grab some ice and continue on to the ER. However, by the…
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By carra on Dec 15, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree, Minkoff Musings | Send feedback »
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By carra on Nov 25, 2006 | In Minkoff Musings
We hope everyone had a wonderuful Thanksgiving. Despite being stranded by sniffly noses in Elkins Park, we made the most of it and had a lovely Thanksgiving. We had hoped to be in Harrisburg with my family, but had to make the tough, but correct call, of…
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By carra on Nov 19, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree
I was very excited to receive an email announcing the arrival of our newest relative! Eli Solomon Tabak, son of Jenny Simon Tabak and Daniel Tabak was born on 11/17. Here are some of the photos. He's a beautiful baby! (What a great way to cele…
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By carra on Nov 19, 2006 | In Minkoff Musings
Sydra is not a tiger. At 5:00 on Halloween night with the costume already to be put on, she announced, "I don't want to be a tiger." In my most matronizing voice I said, "OK Sweetie, would you like to be a big special cat that's orange with black stripes…
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By carra on Nov 2, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree, Minkoff Musings
Thanks to my on-line family album I made a wonderful connection! Mash Lipman let me know that his great nephew, Keith Simon, lives close to Philadelphia. After a few emails and some research we realized we work 2 blocks from one another. We had lunch yes…
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By carra on Oct 27, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree | Send feedback »
Here are some other photos that Roberta sent last week.This is undoubtedly my dad.This one, despite being attributed to Dad, is not my father. I've convinced myself that this is Mashy Lipman. Anyone have thoughts one way or another?
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By carra on Oct 26, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree, Minkoff Musings
In WWII Dad served in the 8th Airforce, 34th Bomb Group, 391st Squadron. He was a navigator for both B-17's and B-24's. His nickname was "The Flying Litvak". His buddy, another navigator named Sidney Doppelt, was "The Flying Galitzianer".Crew Photo…
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By carra on Oct 22, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree
First some shameless self promotion! If you want to check out some recent photos of my gang, I'm starting to post them under the "Minkoff Musings" link on this site: http://planetminkoff.com/blog/index.php/easterns?cat=20Cousin Roberta (Fine) DiNitto…
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By carra on Oct 20, 2006 | In Minkoff Musings
Here are some favorite images from the spring and summer of '06. Left to right/back to front: Aaron, Aviva, Leora, Eli and Sydra
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By carra on Oct 15, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree | Send feedback »
Grandma at 100 (This was from 1988) - This was published in "The Harrisburg Patriot News". Grandma died the next spring.Here is Milt with Shirley and Laike Shapiro (Aunt Laura's Daughters). This photo is on our mantle. Sadly there is some discolo…
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By carra on Oct 13, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree | Send feedback »
Hello! Thanks to those of you who responded to the first posting. Here are some more photos.Dad wasn't able to identify anyone other than Aunt Laura on the top right. He thought this would have been around 1920.The following pictures were par…
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By carra on Oct 10, 2006 | In Minkoff Musings | 1 feedback »
Can any of you believe how long it's taken me, of all people, to finally start blogging? I'm still a little shaky on the technical end -- even on the etiquette -- none-the-less, it's nice to be here. Thanks to Max for creating this space for us.
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By carra on Oct 10, 2006 | In Braveman Family Tree | 12 feedbacks »
Hello World, and welcome to Carra's first blog!One of my treasured possessions is my grandmother, Lena Braveman's, photo album. It's a Victorian era book with a brass latch and tattered binding. In no chronological order, you can find photos from the…
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