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A trio of reading treasures

  • Post published:June 9, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

These past few days of recovery have given me unexpected but most welcome chances for some special kinds of reading: most particularly, things I’ve read and loved in the past,…

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What have I accomplished today?

  • Post published:May 17, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

When they said goodbye to this earth, most of my female relatives were younger than I am today! Now, I’m well into my personal 80s, which gives me both pause…

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Homesickness and Queen Anne’s lace

  • Post published:May 4, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

From the TJP archives, May 28, 2009, we present a classic column from Harriet Gross. Spring is only a state of mind in a year like this, with its erratic…

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Saying final goodbyes are bittersweet

  • Post published:April 20, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Age takes its toll. The losses mount. I am losing my cousins. One by one, they are leaving – not only me, but life itself. And there is a strange…

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Free loans: an essential Jewish service

  • Post published:April 12, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

One of the essential Jewish community services that I first learned about from my late (and may I add “great” — because she really was, for me and so many…

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I’m fortunate to be living where I am

  • Post published:March 30, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

I opened my daily paper earlier this month to read all the grief about Edgemere. I knew people years ago who lived there, and were so happy there. But that…

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A new Haggadah for a newly poetic Pesach

  • Post published:March 22, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

We’re barely through Purim, but the holidays seem to come earlier each year — at least for me, as I get later and later into my own life. Is this…

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When dealing with serious problems, get help

  • Post published:March 15, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Life is very difficult for me now: As I’ve mentioned previously, I’ve become the victim of identity theft… I made my bad mistake early on: thinking I could handle this…

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Ritual Jewish burial is a sacred cause

  • Post published:March 1, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

Those of you who know me — either from TJP reading or personal contact — must already know that my two favorite Jewish “charities” are Hebrew Free Loan and Hebrew…

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Paying bills: musings and a little humor

  • Post published:February 22, 2022
  • Post category:Columnists/In My Mind's I by Harriet Gross

This is my time to pay bills and pledges. As I sit down to write checks, an old Jewish joke comes to mind. It’s one of those “Abie and Becky”…

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