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Forgotten Souls
I never met my Aunt Gerty who died in 1933, years before I was born. Nonetheless, I recently encountered her, and this left a profound impact on my soul. Years ago,...
Sep 28, 2006
By Rabbi Yaakov Luban
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Israel, the Eternal Nation
Sometimes a simple drive on a highway in the Jewish state is all that it takes to restore perspective, to revive hope. A road, its exits and the places they recall...
Sep 21, 2006
By Daniel Gordis
![Mortal Sin or Mortal Chet?](https://www.ou.org/life/files/sin-stop-sign.jpg)
Mortal Sin or Mortal Chet?
It’s pretty instructive to note that the English word sin derives from the Proto-Indo-European word fragment, es, meaning to be. The Christian notion linking sin with our very essence as human...
Sep 20, 2006
By Debra B. Darvick
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Facing Our Fears
With his older brother and sister gallivanting around California presumably having a grand time on an extended summer vacation with their grandparents, we knew we had to spend some extra quality...
Sep 14, 2006
By Brian Blum
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Reflections on the New Year
For some Jews, the merest whiff of a roasting brisket or simmering chicken can evoke a flood of High Holiday memories. For me, it’s not brisket or chicken, or even the...
Sep 14, 2006
By Debra B. Darvick
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Fly Away Home
I knew it was coming, but the reality only began to hit me inexplicably, while selecting produce in a small neighborhood market. There, right in front of the zucchini and parsnips,...
Sep 7, 2006
By Judy Gruen
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Lasting Horizons
As I boarded the plane, I was overwhelmed with a strange combination of fright and exhilaration. I was leaving home for the very first time to travel halfway across the United...
Sep 7, 2006
By Debbie Shapiro
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I’m All Ears
Ever since I was a little girl, oh, six or seven years old, I knew immediately if people were talking about me behind my back. Back then, only recently released from...
Aug 30, 2006
By Chava Willig Levy
![My Home, My Birthright](https://www.ou.org/life/files/dianabirthright6_663.jpg)
My Home, My Birthright
View Slideshow This past summer NCSY birthright israel had 240 participants aged 18 to 26 visit Israel for their first time!! They explored the country, history and culture of Israel from...
Aug 30, 2006
By Shelomo Dobkin
![Come As You Are](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Tying-a-Tie.jpg)
Come As You Are
One of the cultural stumbling blocks over which I find myself constantly, well… stumbling , is...
Aug 29, 2006
By David Bogner
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