The Great Miscommunicator
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Elie Wiesel implored the president not to go to Bitburg: “That place is not your place. Your place is with the victims of the SS”
Chicken Salad
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Roasted Portobello, Feta, and Fruit Salad with Honey-Mango Balsamic Vinaigrette
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My Baby Is Graduating
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“It’s Rina’s last high school play,” I sobbed to my married daughter sitting next to me
Only Simchahs!
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Veteran producer Dovid Nachman Golding hosts a walk down musical memory lane
The Compliment Game
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I stand taller yet, flash a smile to 20 upturned faces. Sweet little ten-year-olds. I’ll miss you, girlies
Picture This: Chapter 9
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A voice that sounded suspiciously like her kallah teacher’s hissed in her ear, “Smile! That’s your new husband. Smile!”
“My Daughter Thinks a Degree Is a Waste of Time”
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My personal mission was: “Prevent other 18-year-olds from spending a decade figuring it out”
Lessons Learned from a Schoolbag
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I head straight for the schoolbags. They’ve been eyeing me since school ended
Lie of the Land: Chapter 2
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Right. Abba is dead. It’s still a strange, unformed thought, like a wispy bit of fluff that floats away when Gabe reaches for it