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March 12, 2015

Matzo balls

Our family tells the annual tale of the Israelites’ woes in the desert at the same breakneck speed as the Israelites rushing to make their exodus from Egypt.

Coffee with matzo

The search for the afikoman and the wait for Elijah the Prophet are dwarfed by the great expectations held for the post-Seder breakfast.

Spring pancakes

A moment before going into the operating room, sometime in Israel in the 1950’s, Grandpa Yano turned to the Master of the Universe and asked God to watch over him.

Israel’s coming Arab surge

Between now and March 17, the day of the Knesset election, followers of Israeli politics will hotly debate which party and prime minister should and will guide Israel’s next phase.

Third generation

Nick stood in the laundry room, all six feet of him towering over me, his hand cupped as if it were holding a tiny fragile bird.

A rodent flight

We flew what the 1989 Soviet press branded a rodent flight.

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