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Janet Silver Ghent

Janet Silver Ghent

Janet Silver Ghent, a retired senior editor at J., is the author of “Love Atop a Keyboard: A Memoir of Late-life Love” (Mascot Press). She lives in Palo Alto and can be reached at [email protected].

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Anthropologist keeps returning to her homeland to gather Cuban Jewish stories

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 26, 2012December 29, 2016
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Baptized Catholic in Germany, shes now a Jew in Menlo Park

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 31, 2012December 29, 2016
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Unlocking her past: Old photo of her mom sends El Cerrito resident on a 20-year odyssey

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 3, 2012December 29, 2016
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Alex Joffe, 55, helped spearhead Palo Alto Jewish campus

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent June 8, 2012December 29, 2016
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The Column: In a pub in Wales, lifting of voices keeps culture alive

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent May 25, 2012April 24, 2018
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Rabbi’s retirement plan: To be a better activist than I have been

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 27, 2012April 24, 2018
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Holocaust play recalls Rossmoor womans harrowing life

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent April 12, 2012December 29, 2016
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The Column: Be Jewish, Elie Wiesel told me, and I, in turn, told a friend

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 30, 2012April 24, 2018
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Russian cantor strives to reach out, bring them back

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent March 9, 2012December 29, 2016
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Tinkering with Judaism, interfaith dilemmas and being different

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent February 3, 2012December 29, 2016

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