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hope
Hope must once again conquer “The Rabin Square”
Jewish Journal
August 13, 2014
It now seems as if thousands of light years have passed between the summer of 2011 and the summer of 2014. It is hard to believe that the same “city square”, once an open arena for hopeful debates involving social issues and reform, has now recently become an arena of confrontation between the violent and hostile groups about \”Operation Protective Edge.\”
The ironic ma nishtana
Marty Kaplan
April 7, 2014
There are two ma nishtanas – one adorable, and one ironic.
An enduring miracle
Jewish Journal
December 25, 2008
Chanukah 5769: Will the Jewish flame of our era burn forth unto our children and our children\’s children?
MUSIC VIDEO: Hannah Friedman: ‘Oh, Obama’
Jewish Journal
November 6, 2008
Writer (and singer) Hannah Friedman stayed up all night to bring us this song
Hope breeds strength
Raphael J. Sonenshein
November 6, 2008
The French now understand that Obama\’s election will set off a long overdue debate about the status of minority communities within their own nation. Why, people are asking, are there not more minority members of the national legislative bodies?
Beauty can arise from tragedy
Jewish Journal
September 25, 2008
As the events unfolded, it was a story that could only be measured against the biblical account of Job. It was everyone\’s worst nightmare.
Cancer survivor brings art, courage to other patients
Rachel Heller
September 18, 2008
Having cancer has emboldened Kaufman in other ways, too — after her first surgery in 1999, she traveled to Israel for the first time.
On having your (political) heart broken — the Edwards scandal
Marty Kaplan
July 31, 2008
His follow-up message, in response to my away-from-my-e-mail auto-reply, vibrated in my pocket during dinner, where no one else at my table had a clue what scandal had erupted. I stole a look at the screen, my transgression, I hoped, concealed by the tablecloth.
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