“I haven’t heard from him in years…” When Parents and Adult Children Are Estranged
Aging Jewishly – What Our Traditions Teach Us about Growing Old By Rabbi Barbara Aiello The cellphone chimed the first few bars of Jimmy Buffett’s “Margaritaville”, jolting Julie out of her ten minute afternoon “schlaf.” “Did I catch you sleeping?” It was Beth,...
NEW! Paddington Bear Inspired by Jewish Refugee Children
The year was 1958 when war-weary Britain first met the character that became the beloved Paddington Bear. In that very first book author Michael Bond (z”l) introduced children and adults to a lonely bear that had just arrived in Paddington Station, wearing a sign...
A Chanukah Gift with Spiritual Meaning
The Hamsa (symbolic hand) has Sephardic Jewish Roots Popular in jewelry, ceramics, and pottery art the five-fingered, hand-shaped symbol, called the Hamsa, commands a prominent place in Jewish tradition, so much so that historians believe that it is as ubiquitous as...

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