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The Four-Hour Bris
The Four-Hour Bris
In the old days, when I was growing up, most babies seemed to be born on time, and the bris took place on the eighth day as prescribed in the Torah....
Jun 27, 2009
By Yaffa Ganz
The Kindle and the Jewish Question
The Kindle and the Jewish Question
Pepsi. Cheerios. Verizon. Apple. Google. Mustang. Tropicana. Have you ever wondered how brand names come to be? I imagine that hours, days, weeks or even months are dedicated to choosing a...
Jun 24, 2009
By Chava Willig Levy
Living With Dorothy
Living With Dorothy
When I moved in with Dorothy, my friends were in shock. We were just graduating college and most were planning to live in the more popular destination of Washington Heights, with...
Jun 11, 2009
By Chana Mayefsky
Deathbed Visits With the Living
Deathbed Visits With the Living
“I don’t see how you do it,” someone said when I mentioned I was a hospice volunteer. Fear hung in the air. Death. How can you be so close? Why would...
Jun 11, 2009
By Debra B. Darvick
Doorways
Doorways
It was Sunday again–a day that always seems to last longer than its allotted twenty four hours. It didn’t even have the distinction of being a very eventful Sunday. There were...
Jun 1, 2009
By Baila Rosenbaum
The Story the Sparkles Tell
The Story the Sparkles Tell
l sit cross-legged on my bedroom floor with my daughters at my side. They are six and three. On the floor between us, my black jewelry box lies open. My daughters’...
Jun 1, 2009
By Yael Zoldan
Taking Ruth into Home Stretch
Taking Ruth into Home Stretch
“Shvoo-oat? That’s a new one. Is it one of those minor holidays?” I’d met Sharon downstairs at the mailboxes in our building’s lobby. I’ve never figured out exactly what floor she...
May 25, 2009
By Baila Rosenbaum
Forgetting Jerusalem
Forgetting Jerusalem
At many Jewish weddings, the custom of breaking a glass is often accompanied by the recitation or singing of ‘Im Eshkachech’: “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand...
May 21, 2009
By David Bogner
Man Plans and God Laughs… A multi-generational story
Man Plans and God Laughs… A multi-generational story
A young man, who had grown up in one of the more insular of Jerusalem’s Hassidic communities, had a plan. He planned to run away; away from the stifling sea of...
May 13, 2009
By David Bogner
Motherhood: Unsure
Motherhood: Unsure
I have been blessed to be a mother to wonderful, energetic, adorable, impossible, lovable and confusing children for a number of years now. And in that time I’ve learned a lot...
May 6, 2009
By Yael Zoldan

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