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What Ever Happened to Judy

Have you sometimes wondered what happened to friends that you grew up with? I have, we all have.
Prose

Good Hearing, Bad Speaking

You may have heard the saying, “some things are easier said than done.”
Poetry

The Message

I was right in the middle of deceitWhen truth found me.Well I thought I was living lifeas one should be.
Prose

Broken Pasta Dreams and Restored Faith

One day I was in the mood for food (well many days I am in the mood for food), but I had something very specific in mind.
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A Lawsuit with God

One of the most beautifully haunting pieces of cantorial music I have ever sung was called A lawsuit with God. An old pious Jew by the name of Berdeshever stands at the Western Wall and begins by saying good morning to God. Then he changes his cordiality and tells the Creator of the universe how disappointed he is with Him! What chutzpah! Berdeshever is angry because God allowed so many…
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T'shuvah

T'shuvah is the Hebrew word, for lack of a better term, meaning return. The Jewish writer Erich Fromm, who was also a practicing psychoanalyst, uses the word t'shuvah in his book, "The Heart of man, it's genius for good and evil." T'shuvah is return to yourself, return to the right way, and ultimately return to God.
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Great Bad Timing

I was rushing to go to work since I started driving later than I would have liked, but I…
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Bolster Your Memory

One special evening many years ago a small group of family members began sharing…
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And They Lived Happily...

Author Richard Paul Evans has written many novels that carry the theme “and they lived…
Prose

Havdalah

I’ve written in a previous article about Reuben Caplin (Ruby), my voice teacher and…
Prose

The Bar Mitzvah Boys

Bobby and I were friends for as long as I can remember. We not only had a bond of close…
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Rachmonis

Rachmonis (the Yiddish word for mercy and pity) I remember coming home from school many…

Cyril Miller

Cyril Miller has seen God answer many prayers in his life. When Cyril was about 14 years old he contracted a staph infection from a scratch on his arm. In just a few hours his body was raging with an…
Prose

First They Came for the Jews

First they came for the Jews and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew.
Poetry

Correct Terminology

Throughout the years of my marriage (almost twenty) I've tried to make my wife Yiddish savvy. She was born and raised in Florida so it's hilarious to hear her struggle to pronounce Yiddish words and…
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Rabbi Joe Kagan

Rabbi Joe Kagan had a beautiful tenor voice. At age 13 he sang at Carnegie Hall. He was very educated and became a rabbi. In addition to his career as a rabbi he was a researcher for Ronald Reagan…
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Hear, O Israel

Hear, my people, Israel,The Lord is one, the only God,And you shall worship him alone,For him reserve your praise and laud.
Poetry

The Overcomer

During the time that I spent with the children at the orphanage in Mexicali Mexico I was finishing my journalism project when I meet a very interesting man by the name of Valdez, his life was truly a…
Prose

Bubbe’s Zalts

Bubbe’s Zalts (Yiddish for the word salt) On a scale of one to ten, my mother was a ten. Mama was my heart. My bubbe, however, was a ten and a half! My bubbe never spoke English, only Russian and…
Prose

Except for That

Since I was a child I was always seemed to be the sickest child out of my siblings. I got sick on many occasions and have been found to have several chronic illnesses and foolishness, you know the…
Prose

Surges of Hope

As I write this, not only do I write it for you, but for me as well. This has been a particularly difficult week for me in many ways. Yet, I feel surges of hope; because without hope I would be…
Prose

The Largeness of Love

I’ll try to define - One small word, LoveDoes fill all the earth - And heavens above
Poetry

Attacking the Wrong Thing

One summer I was mowing the yard with my mom and at some point I heard her yell “run!” I quickly abandoned the lawnmower and ran up the hill and around the house and opened the back door for my…
Prose

My Rabbi's Tie

I was searching for something to give my Rabbi and his wife. I loved them very much so I just wanted to give something. I found his wife a pretty lacy kippah for ladies that had pearl colored beads…
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"The way of the lazy man is like a hedge of thorns, but the way of the upright is a highway."
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