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Forging relationships around shared moments

I admit it. I’ve become a techno-connector.

1/31/2012 10:55:54 AM

Experiencing the land

So many of the stories we tell revolve around place. "Remember when we went to…?"  "That's when we were living in….."  It's the same for Jews; the stories told in the Bible revolve around either being promised the Place, living in the Place, leaving the Place, or returning to the Place.

12/29/2011 2:28:10 PM

Food, family, and drama

Food, family, and drama - a common trio. There's nothing like it.  It can bring a family together, or tear it apart.

11/29/2011 3:18:33 PM

One writer’s love for ‘Marjorie Morningstar’

I have a lot of very full bookshelves.

11/10/2011 4:36:01 PM

Learning how to be Jewish adults

A dream in the future.

8/3/2011 1:05:56 PM

‘One man’s ceiling is another man’s floor’

Was Menachem Begin a terrorist or a freedom fighter? 

7/7/2011 4:04:11 PM

‘The forty-nine year old Levite’

“When your best days are yester, the rest’r twice as dear” (Stephen Schwartz, Pippin)

6/3/2011 2:11:42 PM

Love is in the Details

I remember the planning our wedding. 

4/12/2011 1:29:01 PM

‘What do you take with you when you travel?’

Do you leave your most valuable, meaningful possessions behind so they’re safe, or do you keep them with you?

4/12/2011 1:20:05 PM

Let’s be on the lookout for spiritual chametz

And you thought cleaning for Passover was a big deal.

4/12/2011 1:10:30 PM