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Among My Mother-In-Law’s Pots and Pans

To have known my mother-in-law was to have tasted her cooking. Unfortunately, I never did. I was an enigma to her, and she to me, from the very beginning. With the former Yugoslavia in the throes of violent civil war, I found myself — an observant, then twenty-something girl from the Upper West Side — […]

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Good Intentions Hurting Jerusalem

There are currently an estimated 9,000 ghost dwellings in Jerusalem that are owned by foreigners (“Jerusalem Is Becoming A Ghost Town,” Jan. 6). The average vacant, shuttered home is twice the size of the average apartment occupied by Israeli families. Hence, in effect, there are 18,00 units that are unavailable and unaffordable to real Israelis. […]

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Debbie Friedman’s Shalom Aleichem

Her songs and soul always felt timeless, often joyful, her contributions to the liturgy are everpresent, and yet the fact of Debbie Friedman’s passing one year ago, January, remains painful and mournful. There may not have been another composer and singer whose folk and soul did more to influence the Reform and Conservative movements, let […]

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Among My Mother-In-Law’s Pots and Pans

Good Intentions Hurting Jerusalem

Debbie Friedman’s Shalom Aleichem

A Rash Of Swastikas, With Question Marks

Lag Time

Affordable Jerusalem Housing

A Rabbi’s Changing Role

The Mossad Vs. Ahmadinejad?

Ten For ‘11

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