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Why The Past is Now
Over the past few months since the George Floyd tragedy in Minneapolis, we’ve all been reminded of our nation’s troubling legacy regarding race, police brutality and social justice issues. The culture war has kicked into high gear as statues of Confederate leaders and...
Lessons from The G.O.A.T.
The National Basketball Association’s G.O.A.T. (Greatest of All Time) debate was rekindled earlier this summer as ESPN rolled out its riveting, 10-part documentary series titled “The Last Dance.” It came just in time for us basketball junkies who are desperate for any...
What’s New Under the Sun
It seems like several years ago now. But back at the start of this pandemic, I spoke with a good friend who seemed a bit clueless about what we were potentially in for. He seemed to confuse my concern about the coronavirus with hysteria brought on by watching too many...
Views from the Magic Kingdom
Last Chanukah, my husband and I bought four-wheeled rolling suitcases for our then-11-year-old, curly-headed granddaughter and 8-year-old, cherub-faced twin grandsons. Mickey Mouse luggage tags hung from the handles. The kids tore off the wrapping paper as we shouted,...
The House You Live In
It doesn’t happen often. But every now and then, I’ll walk into my bedroom and be transported to a time more than two decades ago. I was standing in a completely empty master bedroom on an ancient, threadbare carpet. I could hear the voices of a real estate agent and...
Legacy of Love
There was a time years ago when my wife made a peculiar observation about me. I was in the midst of blathering on about a venerable friend of mine when she said, rather abruptly, “You know, you collect old guys.” I stopped yapping and thought about it for a moment. It...
How Can We Not?
Maimonides, the great Jewish philosopher and scholar, wrote that there are eight levels of charity, each greater than the next one. The greatest is to help out a fellow Jew, and the list goes on to the less impressive gestures of “giving inadequately but cheerfully”...
Remembering the Late, Great Sam Moss
You know who I miss? I miss Sam Moss, who had a radio program around here, but only for about 35 years. On Sunday mornings, when the gentiles were in church, Sam was on the radio kibitzing with the Jews. In Sam’s inflections came echoes of Borscht Belt merriment, of...
The ‘Othering’
“You’re Jewish?!” two girls asked while stopping me on the sidewalk near our homes. It was sometime in the second grade. “Yes.” Had their parents been talking about my family, the only Jews in this Southern California suburb? “You killed Jesus!” one of...Upcoming Events
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Publisher’s Notes
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