I met Rachel when she was a sophomore at Beverly Hills High School and I was a junior at YULA Girls High School. Brigitte, Molly and Shira were all friends in high school. Brigitte married Jonny who was in my graduating class. He was also good friends with Yosi. Esther married Yosi, who’s grandmother was a cousin of my grandmother. Yosi went to law school with Neil. I met Mona on New York’s Upper West Side. She had gone to Israel on the SEC Hamsa trip when Neil led the tour group, way before he ever married Rachel. This trip also resulted in many unfortunate camel jokes, but that’s a different story.