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For her and my father, who had grown up in an anti-Semitic communist environment, my leanings toward frumkeit were a dangerous return to the shtetl
C. Saphir
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Wednesday, December 28, 2016
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016
Doctors aren’t prophets. They have permission to heal, but not to make predictions. But only several years later did I ...
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Wednesday, November 23, 2016
“My dad told me before he died that I have to marry a Jewish girl. Is it possible for you to become Jewish?”
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Wednesday, November 16, 2016
A few months before I was due to give birth, my eight-year-old daughter, Shulamis, turned to me and asked, “Mommy, what ...
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Wednesday, November 09, 2016
I realized, much to my dismay, that I had not enjoyed one moment with Yedidya. Was this the same person I had gon ...
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016
When you were around, Aryeh, I didn’t need company. I enjoyed having the kids over, and being invited out, and hosting ...
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Thursday, October 27, 2016
I couldn’t believe it — the boat was sinking! “Everybody out of the boat!” I commanded. “We’re going to have to swim ...
