I watched it last night and to say I was effected would be putting it mildly. After I turned off all the lights in the house, planned my move to a “Off The Grind” community, wrote a stern letter to Exxon/Mobil and professed my new love for Leonardo DiCaprio, I texted a friend of mine and said “Oh my god this movie! I’m going to sell my car and plant 100 trees. Tomorrow!”
OK maybe selling my car is a little drastic but I’m definitely reinstating “No Drive Sundays”. This is something Ben and I came up with last summer where we didn’t use the car at all on Sundays. Winter put a wrinkle in that one but now that the weather is better, there is no excuse.
So please dear readers, I don’t ask you for much. Actually I have never asked you for anything! But I am now. Please. On Earth Day, go watch The 11th Hour and then go plant a tree. Or two. And then make someone else watch this movie. Mother Earth, and my future great great grandchildren thank you.
Leonardo DiCaprio.
I’ll save you all the Google search. An Upshernish is when an orthodox Jewish boy reaches the age of 3, his hair is cut for the first time. This symbolizes the start of his formal Jewish education and the change from no longer being a baby but now a boy. In celebration of this great event, a big party is held where everyone gets a chance to cut a piece of the boy’s hair.
As many said “G-d must have been mistaken when he gave a boy this hair.” Mendel’s hair was truly amazing! Many of us were mourning the cutting of such beautiful locks.
The celebration even continued the next morning as Mendel, with his cute new haircut, began his Jewish education, starting with the Hebrew alphabet.
