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On Exhibit: Diplomats and Émigrés

Members of a small and select club were remembered and honored on Monday with the opening of the exhibit \”Visas for Life: The Righteous Diplomats\” at the Simon Wiesenthal Center.

From a Woman’s Perspective

The Project aims to debunk stereotypes about Jewish women and strives to highlight heroines who shape their own lives, women who are central protagonists and not merely supporting characters.

From Sexuality to Sensuality

There we were, my family, 11 anarchists cruising down to Ensenada for four days on the Viking Serenade, celebrating my mother\’s 85th birthday. I roomed with the birthday girl in one of those cabins where you have to yell, \”Watch out!\” when you exit the lavatory.

Checking My Mailbox

You read me! You really read me!
When I perused the stack of letters in response to my recent column on the difficulty of finding friends in a new city, I not only felt less like a huge loser, but I was reminded what it means to have a community. When I question why being Jewish is important, I will look at those letters and know.

On Finding Friends

\”Don\’t you want to play with the other little girls?\” my grandmother asked me one summer, while the two of us sat on a park bench near a pack of screaming children.

I buried my head deeper into my book.

Up Front Books that Cook

You can write a decent Jewish cookbook by collecting the recipes of decent Jewish cooks, or you can write a truly fine Jewish cookbook by compiling the recipes of fine cooks who happen to be Jewish. Make sense? It will when you consider two of the newest entries to the Jewish cooking market.

Charting a

The Holocaust has been the professional focus of Dr. Michael Berenbaum\’s life for 30 of his 51 years — as student, teacher, scholar, author, journalist and administrator.

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