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I was fifteen years old and engaging in one of my favorite pastimes – watching the television news. It was the fall of 1984, in the midst of the re-election campaign...

This true story is written as heard from Tzippy, the woman involved. She agreed to tell over her personal story so that its profound message could influence and encourage as many...

Early one morning, I entered my kitchen and found a persimmon and an apple partly gnawed. Bits of persimmon skin were splattered on my kitchen counter. Horrified and disgusted, I shrieked...

You and I know what it’s like, because we’re both human: the sense of innocence, and of having been wronged. The keen desire to craft some put-down that will diminish the...

From the pages of Jewish Action “Try my chocolate cake, it’s delicious!” These simple words once struck terror in my heart. As a young woman with an eating disorder, I was...

From the pages of Jewish Action When my wife and I were first married, we traveled to England. Attending to mundane matters upon our arrival, I needed a haircut. I went...