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May 13, 2010
Kagan was a pioneer at age 12
Elena Kagan, President Obama’s nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, wanted a bat mitzvah when she turned 12. But that simply was not done in May 1973 at Lincoln Square Synagogue, the Orthodox congregation on the Upper West Side of Manhattan to which the Kagan family belonged.
Childcare, for the book collection
The exasperating thing about parenting books is that most of us cherry-pick our own issues and then put the books on a shelf, never to be looked at again. With few exceptions (“The Blessing of A Skinned Knee” by Wendy Mogel and “Queen Bees and Wannabes” by Rosalind Wiseman), they are crashing bores to read.
Eliot Spitzer, Examined
When Eliot Spitzer self destructed two years ago while governor of New York State, his downfall provided reason to celebrate or despair, depending upon the outlook of the interpreter.
Chandra Levy, her story and how the media reported it
The death of every promising young adult becomes its own tragedy. But when Chandra Levy died, the tragedy became magnified by seemingly relentless national and international publicity, making closure especially difficult for everybody involved.
D.C. mom recounts her child’s life, efforts to save him
Fourteen years ago, District resident Laurie Strongin remembers, it seemed almost like \”science fiction\” the notion that you could \”pick the baby you could get pregnant with.\”
Rolling with not so holy Chasidim
Danny A. Abeckaser — or “Danny A.,” as he likes to be called — looks like your typical slick, smooth-talking Sephardic \”playa\” from Brooklyn.
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