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TABLE OF CONTENTS SPOTLIGHT..............................................................12 MIND OVER MATTER: So, Your Husband Doesn’t Like to Travel..................38

Publishers Rachayle Deutsch Suzi Bollag

Sales Representatives Shani Schwebel Miriam Goldbrenner Barbara Gold Pearl Silber

Contributing Editors Rachel Rosenberg Shuly Rubel

FROM SOUP TO NUTS: Healthy Greek Cooking............................................54

Beauty Editor Naomi Scheier

REACHING OUT: Feeding Hungry Children in Israel with Lechem V’Chalav............................................62

Psychotherapists Robin Daar, LCSW, RN Jennifer Mann, LMSW Cover Art:

EPICUREAN EXCURSIONS with RACHEL Kasai......................................................................78 GRIN AND BARE IT..................................................88 DIRECTORY OF ADVERTISERS..............................96

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ell, it's that time of year again. I'm packing for a trip to Israel to see my children.

Except when there is a birth and I try to book a flight around delivery time (one time that actually worked out!), my other trips are random, pretty spontaneous.

I will suddenly get the feeling that I've got to go again and once that bee is visiting my bonnet there is no ignoring it. I will check my calendar, look for a good rate and the wheels start to turn.

Since I miss my children and grandchildren living overseas terribly you would think that bee would simply move in and that I'd be traveling across the Atlantic on a monthly if not weekly basis. In theory, yes. I wish I was with them every day. But since I do not own an airline, it's just not that practical. In addition, it is a long and uncomfortable trip (for solutions to that problem check out our Grin and Bare It column in this issue), the preparation before and the readjusting after take their toll.

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The trip is always wonderful and action-packed, even if all the action takes place in their crowded Yerushalayim apartment, and so I definitely come home feeling exhausted and in need of some decompressing time. I am not as young as I was.

More so, even the short trips like the one coming up — only six days :( — are so intense, practically 24/7 Babie time, that the feelings of love and family do carry over for a while. Sometimes I tell myself that it's not quantity — meaning not how much time I spend with them — but quality — how great and fulfilling those times are. I tell this to myself but it only works for those few days after I return home when even the idea of packing again and getting on a plane seems impossible. It's not easy. I miss them all the time but for the reasons stated above I just can't be there as often as I'd like. Thankfully, my younger daughter lives in Queens — comparatively speaking we are just about neighbors — and the joy

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Continued from page 12 and nachus I get from her family is huge and a great comfort.

But back to the packing. I last saw the Israel contingency for three weeks in the summer. By the time I arrive next week it will be over three months. By my calculations it's about time. El Al had a (relatively) decent deal a month ago so I took advantage and scheduled a trip. As if making the trip to Israel isn't a splurge enough I usually treat myself to two more perks. A seat on the exit row and a second suitcase. This time, however, since some parts of my body are not functioning as well as they

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should, I decided to skip the second suitcase. The schlepping is getting harder and harder. How much would I actually need for six days, I thought. For one senior moment I forgot that it's never about what I need but what I choose to bring for them.

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I have only traveled business class once in my five plus decades on this planet and it was quite nice. Getting a Preferred (Premium?), seat is far, far

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MIND OVER MATTER:

So, Your Husband Doesn’t Like to Travel

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t sounds like a cliché but it’s true. Marriage takes a lot of work. Every single stage of marriage requires effort on behalf of both spouses to make it a good marriage.

If asked to come up with a word to describe how to make a marriage work I’m guessing that the word compromise would be at the top of the list. Compromising is “the ability to bargain, agree or settle a dispute by mutual concession.”

I believe without compromise in a relationship there is little chance of two people being truly happy.

When speaking with various couples I have found that what they will compromise on or how much they will compromise differs from couple to couple. This of course makes sense because different things are important to different people. It also depends on the stage of life the couple finds themselves in. Regardless of stage or preference, we compromise because we want not only ourselves to be happy but our partners as well.

When a couple first marry it’s seems to be easier to compromise. That’s because they don’t have decades of “goods” and “traditions” that they bring to the marriage.

When we are younger we are more easy-going and flexible.

Of course that changes as we age which can make things very challenging in a marriage.

What are the most common things that couples find themselves compromising about? Those things can include money, how they time spend together, decorating styles, parenting, sleep styles, and even vacationing styles.

In my practice I have seen many couples who struggle to learn the “art of compromise”. In theory it doesn’t seem complicated but in reality it is certainly is. The concept of compromising makes logical sense and yet it’s almost painful for partners to “give in,” which is how it is sometimes viewed. Compromising can make a person feel as though they are losing the fight when in fact they’re both on the same team.

When working with a particular couple recently the wife shared that she felt she has been the one to give in for most of the marriage. She reported that she has always had an “easy going” personality and so “giving in” has not always been that difficult for her. She said that she and her husband often saw eye to eye on many important things in their marriage such as disciplining the children and budgeting their money.

What had brought them into therapy now was the realization that since their children were out of the house and after so many years of marriage, the wife was still the one doing most of the giving in and was not happy about it. She shared that something she had always dreamed of doing with her husband once the children were grown was traveling and now that they could, her husband wanted no part of it.

The wife said she felt silly coming to therapy for this issue but that no matter how much she tried not to think

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about it the more it bothered her. She stated that taking a vacation represented something more than just going away. She thought traveling was a lot of fun but it was also something special that she and her husband could share.

Traveling specifically with her husband could bring them closer together after so many years of concentrating on their family. The wife explained that taking vacations was never a priority in their marriage because they were always so busy and had so much else to do with their money. She had never really shared this fantasy with her husband assuming it would happen when the time was right. Now that she had finally verbalized that she wanted to travel with her husband she was shocked at his reaction.

The husband on the other hand couldn’t understand his wife’s strong feelings about traveling. He suggested she travel alone or with a friend and didn’t understand why that suggestion made her more furious.

The husband had some very good reasons for why he didn’t want to travel. He stated that he was very much a creature of habit and therefore didn’t like being out of his routine. He found traveling exhausting because when he ES ALhad thought about S it he images of constantly being on the move. He hated living out of a suitcase and preferred to keep his things where they belonged.

The wife felt the husband was not very flexible or open to new experiences. Deep down she felt that what she wanted was not very important to him. It made her question all the “giving in” she had done and whether he actually appreciated it.

This husband and wife came to therapy looking to improve their communication and be better understood.

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relationship. Through the course of the treatment they learned to compromise on many issues including their traveling differences.

The husband agreed to do some traveling with his wife and at other times the wife agreed to travel with a friend.

The wife in turn tried to modify her traveling plans to make her husband comfortable when he was with her.

This is like any other situation a couple presents at therapy. If the couple can learn to listen to each other, accept that they have different needs and compromise there can be a happy ending. And as with any situation, if the couple matters enough to each other they will make it work!!

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Preparation time: 45 minutes In a large pot, bring the water to a boil. Add the bouillon cube and dissolve.

Slowly add the cauliflower, onion, dill, garlic, and carrots and simmer for 25 minutes.

Wash the potatoes and steam for 30 minutes. Peel and cut into cubes. Process the potatoes in a blender until they are smooth and no lumps remain. Add the potatoes to the soup and simmer over low heat for 5-10 minutes, adding additional water if necessary.

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Preparation time: 1 hour Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

In a medium bowl, beat the eggs until frothy.

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In other words, it’s dinner and a show.

Kasai has six hibachi tables that seat approximately eight, so reservations are highly recommended.

Kasai’s menu includes some fabulous cold and hot starters. The yellowtail jalapeno was fresh and light with the perfect amount of heat. The chicken skewers were sweet and tasty. The asparagus goma ae (Japanese vegetable side dish) was breaded and crispy and incredible when eaten with the soft boiled egg it is served with.

However, don’t make the mistake of over-ordering on the starters. Ordering from the hibachi entrees is a must and portions are large. Hibachi entree choices include dark or white meat chicken, samurai, hangar, French roast or rib eye steak, lamb and on special nights, duck. All entrees are served with Japanese styled rice with grilled vegetables.

The hibachi chef arrives at your table and the show begins. Prepare for fire flaming out of an onion tower, chopped vegetables aimed at the closest open mouth, and sake squirted into any willing participant’s mouth.

The food is tasty and it doesn’t get fresher than this. The rice is cooked with a heap of margarine and mixed with the chopped vegetables.

The noise of the metal utensils on the metal hibachi table combined with squeals and shouting from diners as food is thrown their way makes table conversation almost impossible. This is not the place to go for a romantic dinner for two. I would suggest you make reservations with your most rambunctious, crazy, fun friends and family, the more the merrier. As I have many of these, I plan to return often for both the great food and the entertainment.

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Continued from page 14 removed from that but the extra legroom and open space in front of my seat makes a big difference to me, makes the trip a bit more bearable. I didn't expect this. I am not a happy camper.

But back to the packing. I pulled out my navy blue Kipling and matching carry-on over two weeks ago and put it on the bed in the spare room.

Every time I had a conversation with my daughter in Israel I would listen for hints of things she or the children might need. Even when I point blank ask her what I should bring she rarely comes up with anything. Yet all the same I have been gradually filling the suitcase with bags and packages, toys and clothing until now, still nine days before my trip, there is not an inch of space left in the big K and I haven't packed a thing for myself yet. I decide I will just have to fit all my stuff into the carry-on.

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