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A bracelet of memory
I have not yet met Bonnie Glogover “in the flesh,” as the saying goes, but I know her very well; today’s internet makes this different kind of friendship possible. We
Blooms are muse for Lisa Siegel
Flowering art By Deb Silverthorn As a child, Lisa Siegel lived near the home of the founder of Kodak, and in those early years, a love of capturing flowers on
Jim and Judy Kline keep watch after death
Never alone By Deb Silverthorn Jim and Judy Kline of Plano lead a group of Dallas-area shomrim, guards of those who have died. They find contentedness and connection as they
Yad Vashem exhibit emphasizes power of family
By Deborah Fineblum (JNS) The world is marking Yom HaShoah — Holocaust Memorial Day — April 7-8 with particular attention on the 80th anniversary of a campaign against the Jews
Around the Town, Week of April 8th
Baseball’s Jewish themes: Sunday, April 11 Batter up! The community is invited to participate in an engaging Zoom program at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 11, that makes the case that
Butterflies, caterpillars and struggles
By Laura Seymour Dear Families, It’s springtime and the trees are coming back to life. Many of our trees and bushes did not survive the crazy freeze but don’t give
Columnists
The blood libels of vaccine denial and medical apartheid
By Edwin Black An egregious lie has been making the rounds lately. It is a timeworn smear against the Jewish people in a modern guise. The ancient blood libel —
Writing poetry helps me process the unspeakable evils
By Menachem Z. Rosensaft (JTA) — Not long after the gruesome reality of the Holocaust had burst onto the world’s consciousness, the philosopher and social theorist Theodor Adorno famously observed
Counting the Omer: Accentuate the positive
By Rabbi Dan Lewin The 49-day period between Pesach and Shavuot is known as “the counting of the Omer.” This countdown — a mitzvah each day — is not simply
Recipes
Pesach 2021: the holiday of our (impending) freedom
By Ethel G. Hofman (JNS) We are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. With coronavirus vaccinations ramping up throughout the country, this may be the last Jewish
Big flavors for seder and all Pesach long
By Tina Wasserman We’re getting closer to the holiday and you are now realizing that cooking for two or four is not much different then cooking for 10. Just remember
Sweet morsels for Passover desserts
By Tina Wasserman If you do bedikat chometz the evening before the first night of Pesach then cooking in advance has no meaning to you and is just a sigh
