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Maud Mandel

Jewish studies conference celebrates 50 years of explosive growth in the field

The landmark edition of the annual convention of the Association of Jewish Studies highlighted how the field helped lead to the study of other marginalized cultures.

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May It Be A Blessing

‘So what do you do?” That’s the question we most frequently ask upon meeting someone new. A version projected onto medieval times has a builder reply, “See that cathedral? I built the story 60 feet up, my father built the one below it, and his father built the one below that. My son will build […]

When A Moment In Time Changes Everything

Years ago, we took our boys to visit The Oklahoma City National Memorial to the victims of the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. There is a field of empty chairs, including 19 small chairs for the children. Two outer gates marked at 9:01 and 9:03, respectively, frame the moment of destruction […]

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