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Workaholics of the world, unite!

Karen Galatz by Karen Galatz February 6, 2023
Alix Wall (front) with (from left), mother Sarah, grandfather Abraham and grandmother Rachela in Riverside in the late 1970s.
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Lullaby written for my mother in the ghetto will be in the spotlight at Carnegie Hall

Alix Wall by Alix Wall December 19, 2022December 20, 2022
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What I learned about Shabbat: Keep it, or else!

by Jenni Olson December 13, 2022December 14, 2022
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How local elected officials like me can fight rising antisemitism

Kevin Wilk by Kevin Wilk November 28, 2022
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For rabbi touched by Las Vegas shooting, Colorado club shooting raises the same old questions

Rabbi Jamie Hyams by Rabbi Jamie Hyams November 22, 2022November 22, 2022
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Palestinian flags in a Jewish museum? Try ‘listening’ to what the artist is saying.

Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan by Rabbi Peretz Wolf-Prusan November 11, 2022January 3, 2023
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My phone went missing on Rosh Hashanah — and it was awesome 

Samantha Grant (Photo/Sarah Deragon) by Samantha Grant November 8, 2022November 8, 2022
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Why I left San Francisco to write my family’s story in Israel

Dr. Jonathan Esensten by Jonathan Esensten November 2, 2022November 3, 2022
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An 89-year-old survivor reflects on his ‘different’ life

by Paul Schwarzbart October 28, 2022
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Who is that stranger in the mirror? It’s me at 80.

Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent October 27, 2022October 27, 2022

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