I was at a bat mitzvah party and the kids were playing musical chairs. One little girl got out early in the game and started to cry. It made me sad, so I jumped in and tried to pull my kid out of his chair while pulling her into his chair to take his spot, but it all went terribly wrong and we all ended up on the ground. As if that wasn’t embarrassing enough, what everyone remembers (and keeps reminding me) is that I shoved a kid off a chair so that I could get a spot for myself. It was hideous!
– Ori Parnaby, Tucson
Debbie Glassman, Early Childhood Center director at Temple Kol Ami, has so many “Oy!” moments that we started a chart to tally how many times a day she says “Oy!” Of course the first thing she said when she saw the chart hanging up in her office was, “Oy!!!!!!!!!!” There are too many moments to describe. For example, once the copier accidentally printed 500 copies of a document instead of just one. For each extra copy that came out, Debbie exclaimed “Oy!”
– Alison Klein, Scottsdale
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