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When Life Paths Cross Again
When Life Paths Cross Again
I had a lot of fun writing the article “Pass On Passover? Not On Your Life!” which appeared on on the Orthodox Union’s website, www.ou.org, shortly before Pesach this year. It...
Jul 6, 2006
By Barbara Bensoussan
Slow Motion
Slow Motion
The night before I receive the phone call that divides my life into before and after, my face swells in an allergic reaction to a skin cream, then blisters and chaps....
Jun 30, 2006
By Dani Shapiro
Growing Pains
Growing Pains
The journey towards a life of Torah and mitzvos is paved with challenges and unexpected inspirational moments; decisions and changes merging into the creation of a new reality – a Torah-true...
Jun 28, 2006
By Debbie Shapiro
“Is This Mine?” & “I’ll Take You Home”
“Is This Mine?” & “I’ll Take You Home”
Is this Mine? Racheli S. is the daughter of a friend of mine. She told this story to her mother, who told it to me. Only in Israel…. Racheli was sitting...
Jun 28, 2006
By Tzvia Ehrlich-Klein
Conversation in Union Square
Conversation in Union Square
I might have liked to start by saying that it was a mild and clear evening, the stars visible even in the Manhattan sky, or that it was chilly and I...
Jun 22, 2006
By Hasidic Rebel
Her Glasses in the Downpour
Her Glasses in the Downpour
It’s my good fortune to have one friend with an outrageous talent for seeing the world through spiritual glasses. Underneath her gaze, meaningless events, mundane non-events, come to life as messages...
Jun 22, 2006
By Sarah Shapiro
Frank Sinatra, Savior of the Jews
Frank Sinatra, Savior of the Jews
You can croon all you want about the 50’s, but mostly you’d be singing through your ears. For all the gray-flannel comfort you might take in those days — in the...
Jun 15, 2006
By Ronald Pies
The Shabbat Bride
The Shabbat Bride
She made her debut at our home shortly before the commencement of Shabbat. Sweet and youthful-looking, petite, newly engaged and adorned in a white coat, she entered our lives. That Shabbat...
Jun 8, 2006
By Adina Hershberg
Mrs. Weiser’s Cheesecake
Mrs. Weiser’s Cheesecake
Suri wandered through the narrow aisles of the makolet, peering disconsolately at the unfamiliar items. She picked up a package of crackers and examined it carefully. She replaced it on the...
Jun 1, 2006
By Sheila Segal
Rain Man and The Mattress King
Rain Man and The Mattress King
My family had the recent pleasure of attending Yachad’s annual Shabbaton in Waterbury, CT. As first timers, the weekend was an eye-opening experience for all of us and something of a...
May 25, 2006
By Joyce Schur

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