Brotherly Love
Yehuda Lev
October 3, 2002
Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, in the early afternoon, I visit my younger brother at his nursing home, a mile from my home in Providence, R.I.
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Personals
The Unexpected
Elyce Wakerman
September 26, 2002
It was Sept. 11, 2002, and there was no reason on earth to feel anything but somber.
Lions in Zion
Ari Z. Zivotofsky
September 19, 2002
It is not common for the mayor of Jerusalem to write to a 7-year-old and a 5-year-old. But it is similarly not the norm for them to write to him.
Delivery Pains
Elyce Wakerman
September 12, 2002
Coming back home, I took a deep breath and let it out slowly. \”It is done,\” I sighed.
A 9/11 Family Tale
E. Scott Menter
September 5, 2002
Although I was there, I can\’t tell you much about the events of Sept. 11, 2001, that you don\’t already know. After all, you had CNN; I only had my two eyes and the prescription lenses I thankfully remembered to grab as I fled the apartment.
On Statistics and Heroes
Hal Klopper
August 29, 2002
The current conflagration in Israel and the territories is now two years old. News of each explosion in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv alarms me and fills me with a dread that does not retreat until I hear on the phone the voices of my friends in Jerusalem or Tel Aviv. Countless times now I have woken my friends in the middle of the Israeli night. I confirm their voices, and then my dread recedes into statistics.
Funny Girl
Lesley Wolff
August 15, 2002
Is it harder for nice Jewish girls in the world of stand-up comedy? Yes.
The Rebbetzin Will Keep Her Name
Viva Hammer
August 8, 2002
One of the great debates after I became engaged to a rabbi was how I would be addressed by my husband\’s congregation. I
Honor Thy Butcher
Si Frumkin
July 25, 2002
\”Stalin is our fighting strength, Stalin is our youth…. Singing, struggling and victorious, our people go with Stalin.\” — from a popular Soviet song.
The Reason Why
Vic Cohen
July 18, 2002
So, my divorce is now official. My marriage of three years, eight months is over.
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