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I’ve never been one to hide our son Ben’s diagnosis. I’ve always spoken openly about the difficulties that Asperger’s can create for him as he navigates a world rife with bumps at every turn. But what I did conceal for many years was the pain I felt — the sometimes-oppressive nature that an autism diagnosis […]

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While I agree with Rabbi Yitz Greenberg’s advocacy of the Sharansky compromise in regard to the Western Wall, there are two elements in his Opinion article with which I disagree (“Time For Modern Orthodox Leaders To Speak Out On Kotel Proposal,” Opinion, April 26). First, he intimates that opposition to the Women of the Wall […]

I loved my 2009 honeymoon, two weeks of frolicking among the villages of Italy’s Ligurian coast. Given the nature of the occasion, I had always assumed my husband, Oggi, was equally delighted. So I was a little shocked when, as we were planning our next trip, he announced that he would never repeat the Ligurian […]

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