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Drifting Prayers: Rosh Hashanah with the Rebbes

Drifting Prayers: Rosh Hashanah with the Rebbes

I wrote this for Rosh Hashanah in 2008 and never published it until now. With the yahrzeit of Lubavitcher Rebbe Menachem Mendel Schneerson just...

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Two Months in the Life of My Jewish Boston

When I moved to Brooklyn in 1980 after graduating from Princeton University, I joked, “I feel like I made aliyah.” Shuls, learning programs, the...

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Searching for Valesca: Once More to Memory Lane

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Into the Secret Annex: Reading Anne Frank at Last

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