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Flecked With Gold
Flecked With Gold
Everything changed for me that year. It seemed like I a light went on and I suddenly saw things clearly. How cute my sister was, with her huge blue eyes and...
May 1, 2008
By Yael Zoldan
The Year: 2037
The Year: 2037
Rachel awakes at 7:10 AM sharp to a small tingling sensation in her left calf. She really doesn’t want to get out of bed, but she knows that in a few...
May 1, 2008
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
A Gang of Big Tough Bikers…
A Gang of Big Tough Bikers…
… with folded pink dinner napkins perched daintily on their heads. That presents an ‘interesting’ mental image, doesn’t it? My wife and I recently took our kids to spend a weekend...
May 1, 2008
By David Bogner
The Tree of Life
The Tree of Life
I like to think of them as the “bad” boys and girls of Eilat, a group of Israeli friends who tend to be in their late twenties and early thirties with...
Apr 24, 2008
By Joyce Schur
Make Your Sheep Count!
Make Your Sheep Count!
What is unique about sheep? They play a prominent role in the Pesach story and its commemorative commandments. Starting back in Egypt, G-d tells Moshe that each Jewish family should take...
Apr 17, 2008
By Rabbi Leiby Burnham
Get Up! And Make Yourself Walk the Land of Israel
Get Up! And Make Yourself Walk the Land of...
I have been living in Israel close to ten years and have read and reread that biblical command spoken to Abraham, but I confess that I have not spent enough time...
Apr 15, 2008
By Rabbi Avi Baumol
Pesach: In the Spirit of Fours
Pesach: In the Spirit of Fours
In the spirit of fours…Four quick Mini Reflections on Pesach 1. As I sit by my computer considering the mountain of work (and the molehill of time) that still lies before...
Apr 14, 2008
By Rabbi Asher Brander
Over the Hill and Into the Movies
Over the Hill and Into the Movies
OLD PEOPLE MAKING FILMS Filmmaking is no big deal in our generation. Pensioners learn how to make movies in community centers. There are high schools where the art of communication skills...
Apr 10, 2008
By Leah Abramowitz
The Krechtz Dance
The Krechtz Dance
It was two days to Passover and I was in my car again with five kids squashed into four seats. We were on our way to a mall, to do a...
Apr 3, 2008
By Devora Lifshutz
A Place to Call Home
A Place to Call Home
When the realtor called right before Shavuot, I had a cheesecake in the oven and a five week old baby on my shoulder. She said she found the house for us...
Apr 3, 2008
By Yael Zoldan

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