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Consider the Brown Paper Bag
For Earth Day
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Lawrence Bush
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Almost Passover
Almost Passover. We have received many emails with versions of this title: WHAT SHOULD WE DO AT PASSOVER THIS YEAR? Given what is happening in Israel…
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Esther Cohen
4
The Boychik Rabbis
Years ago we joined a Reconstructionist synagogue in Columbia, Maryland and sent our kids to the Sunday school with which our congregation and several…
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Wendy Saul
3
Matzoh Madness
Cleaning the house for Passover and getting the bedrooms ready for the guests who will be staying, and making and freezing soup and broth to assure it…
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Jessica de Koninck
6
Falling Off the Hierarchical Ladder
In our increasingly authoritarian world, I’ve been thinking a lot about social hierarchy. My interest has been especially stoked by the seeming…
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Lawrence Bush
6
Holidays
Yesterday was Easter Sunday. This year the holiday follows Purim. And Passover is just a few weeks away. We celebrate them all. As a child, our world…
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Esther Cohen
6

March 2024

Writing My Way Out
A few months back I was selected to participate in Tupelo Press’ 30/30 poetry project. All I would need to do was write a poem each day for thirty days…
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Jessica de Koninck
7
How to Read Finnegans Wake
Guest Column by Joel Schechter
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The Good Old Days
Making America Gruesome Again
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Lawrence Bush
4
Book Tour
and Gratitude
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Esther Cohen
7
"My Mother Continued to Surprise Us"
I am always startled by the number of friends who look at young children and predict their futures: “an engineer in the making;” “undoubtedly an…
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Wendy Saul
Sopranos' Sundae
Holsten’s, not Holstein’s like the cow, though the ice cream is the best in region by far, but Holsten’s, is remodeling the diner’s interior. It’s about…
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Jessica de Koninck
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