In March, we went to New York City for an egg donor procedure at NYU Medical Center’s...
The Arts
Barcelona Haggadah (14th century),Jews departing synagogue(credit: modia.org) Historical Background: In this current age of venomous Arab-Jewish relations,...
Joseph Wilson’s The Politics of Truth:Inside the Lies that Led to Warand Betrayed My Wife’s CIA Identity:A...
My light is not unearned, Though it has not come to me from my father as an...
Natan Alterman pictured on a record coverfor his Magash Hakesef (“On a Silver Platter”)(credit: Israeliscent.com) Palestine is...
At the setting of the sun, approach my window, Embrace me, Hold fast to my neck, put...
Hachnisayni Tachat Knafayich (Hebrew) Take me under your wings, Be mother and sister to me. May your...
It gives one a guilty pleasure to read a funny charming obituary. That’s the way I felt...
Today’s announcement of the death of Elia Kazan Elia Kazan, Influential Director, Is Dead at 94, makes...
Any of you who’ve ever been to Hungary or seen Hungarian needlework will know that Hungarian embroidery...
Jewish family of the Kelme shtetl Elyohu Ha-Novi (“Elijah the Prophet”) by Sholem Aleichm (1908) It is...
