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Meet the Fockers
The loud, affectionate, occasionally crude, left-wing bohemian Fockers are essentially the polar opposites of the Byrneses. And so the fun begins, as Greg tries to convince his future father-in-law that his family won\’t be a \”chink in the chain\” of his lineage.
A Jewish Visit to Guthrie’s Land
Arlo Guthrie, the son of the legendary folk singer and composer, says that his father\’s mother-in-law, Yiddish poet Aliza Greenblatt, inspired Woody\’s largely unknown lyrics for Chanukah, Holocaust and Jewish children\’s songs.
Playwright’s Alter Ego Returns Home
For Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Donald Margulies, "Brooklyn Boy" represents both a return and a departure.
Mom Was There
\”We only have your dad and my mom left,\” I told my husband then. \”The rest of the week is too hectic for visits. We\’ve got to get them over here for Shabbat.\”
I could never imagine how much more precious this time would become, having had no inkling that it would be so limited.
Wonderousness of the First Time
When the date was set, everything came into focus. He really will become a bar mitzvah. How exciting the whole year became. Bobby knew his prayers and haftarah very well. No one was concerned about that. He began to work on his sermon and master that, too.
A Mitzvah Is Its Arab-Israeli Enmity Vanishes at Hospital
To avoid being branded as a collaborator, most Palestinians would not admit to accepting aid from Israel. Samera bravely told her story to A-Sinara, the largest Arabic-language newspaper in the region. Her experience \”was diametrically opposed to everything she\’d been told,\” Larry Rich said.
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