Judy Gruen
Black Friday Never Ends
December 5, 2024
For weeks we’ve been barraged with relentless Black Friday sales pitches from every single business or organization that has captured our email addresses and there’s no end in sight.
I Tried to Grow My Own Vegetables but Threw in the Trowel
November 20, 2024
A few years ago I had the madcap idea of planting an organic garden in my backyard.
Against All Odds: ‘Eight People We Met on the Way Home’ Offers Concise Look at Founders of Modern Zionism
November 20, 2024
As Rabbi Berel Wein writes in his new book, “Eight People We Met on the Way Home,” “against all odds and against all opinions of pundits from every section of Jewish society,” Jews began to reclaim and resettle the land.
Natan Sharansky: We Are Never Alone
November 12, 2024
During a swing through California with the organization Combat Antisemitism Movement (CAM), Natan Sharansky addressed a private group of donors at a breakfast sponsored by the Jewish Community Foundation, the largest manager of charitable assets for Jewish philanthropists in Greater Los Angeles.
The Kids Are Alright; Grandparents Are Recovering
November 5, 2024
We can’t wait to see our out-of-state kids and grandkids again, but I’m still in recovery mode here.
It Must Sound So Cool to Boycott Israeli Cultural Institutions
November 5, 2024
This is the latest salvo against Jewish writers and all things Israeli by the publishing and literary world.
Dating Coach Advises How to Get That Ring in New Book, ‘Marry a Mensch: Timeless Jewish Wisdom for Today’s Single Woman’
October 16, 2024
Dating coach Devorah Kigel has bad news and good news for single Jewish women.
Why I’m Choosing Optimism This Year
September 25, 2024
We have seen many, many miracles, not only in Gaza but throughout the Jewish world.
YIVO Introduces Trendsetting Digital Exhibits for Holocaust Education
September 11, 2024
Since its launch in 2020, YIVO’s online museum has had close to 51,000 visitors from an astonishing 161 countries, from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe.
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