This open book is offered to our younger generation in the family; the opportunity— or burden— will be for our grandchildren Amos, Yasmin, Tamar, Talia, Yael, and Maya of passing along my own and hopefully your aggregated cumulative stories as well. I am only to introduce the spirit of “Edy” - as I am called not only by my better half, Lisa, but also by our children, Corinne and Yuval, and later Oded and Efrat, their respective spouses; all have lived through most of my life and can refresh this collective memory with their own recollections.