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The Difference Between an Optimist and a Pessimist – D’var Torah Vayechi
A forecast for 2015
My friend Greg long ago convinced me that instead of a laundry list of resolutions, what we really need every New Year is just one catch-all aspirational slogan, more likely to be remembered past January.
Teaching teenage girls self-esteem
During a self-empowerment workshop titled “You Are Beautiful,” a 13-year-old girl raised her hand and asked, “Have you ever hurt yourself?”
The Mensch List 2014
Last month, for our 10th annual mensch list, we invited your nominations of extraordinary volunteers in our community, and once again the outpouring of suggestions of amazing people was overwhelming.
Actress Luise Rainer, 1930s back-to-back Oscar winner, dies
Luise Rainer, the German-born actress who made cinema history by winning back-to-back Oscars as best actress for the 1936 musical \”The Great Ziegfeld\” and the 1937 drama \”The Good Earth\” during a brief, stormy Hollywood career, died on Tuesday at age 104.
Norton’s ‘Anthology of World Religions’: Our Prayers Have Been Answered
The publishing house of W.W. Norton is celebrated for the art of the anthology, whether it is a classic like “The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry” or Reza Aslan’s recent groundbreaking collection, “Tablet & Pen: Literary Landscapes From the Modern Middle East.”
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