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Flipping the Hanukkah Gift Script!
"If commercialization and expectation have ruined a bit of the joy of receiving and giving gifts, we can reclaim the fun part if we bring back to it the…
Words Tell Our Stories; Actions Define Our Lives
"At his Hall of Fame acceptance speech in 2019, Harold Baines quoted his father: 'Words are easy, deeds are hard. Words can be empty, deeds speak louder…
We Are All Related
“I naively believed a DNA test would fill out my family tree and allow me to find family members who vanished in the Holocaust. It turns out, I found…
A Former President Presents Inconvenient Facts To Young Protesters
"The Palestinians would also have had a capital in East Jerusalem. It was everything Arafat had been negotiating for since the process had begun in…
Playing Your Way To Happiness
"Has your doctor ever given you a prescription to paint?"

November 2024

What It's Like Being Jewish, What Jews Are Really Like
"After leaving the neo-Nazi movement, Arno grew new eyes — just by opening them: 'I learned that Judaism is essentially about empathy. I get that now…
Can a Jew Direct a Christmas Movie?
"I confess, on occasion I felt like a bit of an imposter. Whenever that happened, I just tried to keep in mind the first thing Debra ever taught me…
Sid Luckman, Jewish Football Legend...Now Jake Retzlaff
"Sid would be handing out $20 bills as if we'd all found the afikomen. Then his grandsons and I would team up and wrestle the 65-year-old legend. He…
The Hate Goes On...As Does Jewish Strength
"Minutes after the Amsterdam program, two Hercules transport flights left Tel Aviv on a rescue mission to Europe filled with elite IDF rescue teams…
A Braver Jew You'll Never Find
“Eighty years ago today, a mighty young heart was executed for daring to rescue her fellow Jews. Hannah Szenes was a poet long before she was a…
Dismantling the 'Jewish American Princess' Trope
"I’m not sure why this ZBT guy thought I was a 'princess.' Was it because I was an only child, close to my dad, and lived in the suburbs? Or could it…
'Mommy Of the Year'
Why are the role models either on TikTok or in Proverbs?
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