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Shabbat Shalom Articles March 08, 2006The Wandering Purim Pie By Yaffa Ganz The story of Purim is a tale of venahafoch hu - things turning around and about and turning out, much to everyone's surprise, just right. Things like that happen nowadays too. It was late one Friday afternoon on erev Purim... March 02, 2006Summer in Kibbutz: A First Meeting with the Land By Varda Branfman As I balanced with one foot on the step ladder and deftly reached for the ripe pears, I heard the radio broadcast of the astronaut's first words as he set foot on the moon. The world was dramatically changing, vast new horizons were opening up, and I was eighteen years old and in love with the Land. March 02, 2006The Reading Lesson By Gita Gordon My father always used to say to us that the story of George Washington and the cherry tree is not a good one for Jewish children to hear. February 23, 2006Shabbos Waits for No One Chava Willig Levy When I think back to the Friday afternoons of my childhood, many of my senses magically return to our home in Queens. I can smell the intoxicating aroma of my Imma's legendary chicken soup. I can taste the scrumptious potato kugel that inevitably - and surreptitiously - would be nearly devoured by us kids before Shabbos even began. I can see the gleaming candlesticks on the credenza. But most of all, I can hear my father's voice booming... February 22, 2006Missing the Rabbi Varda Branfman Most people are highly corruptible. They may have ideals and lofty visions, but very often, they can be deflected off course by their own drives and desires. The Rabbi was incorruptible. February 15, 2006Tipping the Scales by Sheila Segal
I met her in the park in Bayit Vegan last week and she told me the story. I saw the glad look on her face and knew she had good news for me. "We're staying," she announced, as she sat down next to me on the green, wooden bench. Super Bowl Champion Becomes Super Ba’al Teshuvah Bayla Sheva Brenner
In 1992, Alan Veingrad, former offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys, made all the right moves to protect the quarterback and ward off the other team's advances, helping to secure his team a Super Bowl victory. Meeting Jason By Renee Rosenfeld I thought I understood life in a wheelchair. Over a decade ago, my mother had been in a terrible accident that had left her wheelchair bound for nearly a year. Getting her around, without an ambulette, was extremely difficult and seldom done. So I thought I had some insight into the difficulties of the handicapped. Then I met Jason. |
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