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Janet Silver Ghent with a cake at a pre-nuptial surprise party in the former office of this publication in early 2000. (Courtesy)
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Janet Silver Ghent by Janet Silver Ghent August 5, 2024August 5, 2024
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Rabbi Andrew Sacks speaking at the Fuchsberg Jerusalem Center, Nov. 29, 2010. (Via Facebook)
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How I helped bring the story of Hollywood’s Jewish founders to the Academy Museum — where it belongs

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College applicants wonder: What if they didn’t admit me because I’m Jewish?

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Why I took a group of Reform teens to a Jewish law debate in New York

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My whirlwind European tour: tulips, inner turmoil and missing Jews

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