Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Survivor: Jack Seror
By Jane Ulman
Jack Seror didn’t know what to do. He was 25 and knew he had to leave Salonika; it wasn’t safe for Jews. And now a contact from the Greek. . .
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Giving as a fountain of youth
By Rachel Heller
Al Azus has found his fountain of youth, and he’s not keeping it a secret. In fact, the 92-year-old philanthropist recently published a memoir. . .
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
The Torah of our lives: On writing the next chapter
By Rabbi Laura Geller
“Boomers [people born between 1946 and 1964] are the first generation in human history … to reasonably anticipate living well and wholesomely. . .
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
My Single Peeps: Isaac S.
by Seth Menachem
When Isaac sits down to speak with me, I see the rugged beard with a shot of gray around the chin, the athletic build and the tight-fitting. . .
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The unconventional dress
by Lisa Alcalay Klug
After Talya Ilovitz (née Strauss) got engaged, the hunt for a dress for her Orthodox wedding felt endless. She never imagined her best option would. . .
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The bachelor party grows up
by Elyse Glickman, Contributing Writer
There are many things that come to mind when the words “bachelor” and “party” are said in the same breath, and often the sum of this equation. . .
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
I’m Past All That
By Teresa Strasser
There is some unwritten statute of limitations on how long one can whine about a crappy childhood, a negligent parent, a few too many chicken pot. . .
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Survivor: Julius Bendorf
By Jane Ulman
The morning stillness was shattered in the German village of Ober-Ramstadt, as people started running through the streets, crying out that the. . .
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Mechanic Mom
by Elyse Glickman, Contributing Writer
Rebekah Fleischaker knows a thing or two about working as a woman in a male-dominated field. A mechanic for more than 20 years and owner of Sherman. . .
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
My Single Peeps: Natania L.
by Seth Menachem
If I wrote Natania’s column gender-neutral, there would be very few tip-offs that I was writing about a woman. To be fair, if someone wrote about. . .
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Survivor: Jack Adelstein
By Jane Ulman
“Raus, raus!” (Out, out!) Jack Adelstein — then Janek Eidelstein, 4 years old — was abruptly awakened by a dozen SS soldiers and Polish. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Survivior: Julia Moshe
By Jane Ulman
In early October 1943, a day or two after Rosh Hashanah, Julia Moshe — née Conti — was walking to her bookkeeping job at the Atlas Watch Co. in. . .
Wednesday, April 11, 2012
Chasing parental boredom while catching some foreign films
By Teresa Strasser
I was in seventh grade when my dad took me to see a Turkish movie exploring the lives of five prisoners given a week’s home leave in the aftermath. . .
Monday, April 9, 2012
Jewish summer camps: Director’s cut
JTA
At age 8, when Molly Hott stepped off the bus to complete her first summer of overnight camp, she told her parents she was going to “do this. . .
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
To everything — even your colors — there is a season
by Lisa Alcalay Klug
Spending five hours discussing your clothing, colors and style preferences may seem like a nightmare to some. But it’s all in a day’s work for. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
Survivor: Miriam Rothstein
By Jane Ulman
“I don’t know where I am.” After three days and nights in a cramped cattle car, Miriam Rothstein — neé Farkas — was thrust onto the. . .
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The story of Titanic survivors Leah and ‘Filly’ Aks
by Marshall Weiss, JTA
When Titanic departed on its first and last voyage from Southampton, England on Wednesday, April 10, 1912, 18-year-old Jewish immigrant Leah Aks and. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Get hot: Soothe your soul at Israeli hot springs
by Lisa Alcalay Klug
That Tel Aviv and Los Angeles are located on almost the same latitude is not the only parallel between these two metropolises. Near both locales,. . .
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Alexa N.
by Seth Menachem
Alexa initially wrote to me because she was interested in one of my single peeps. She attached a picture of herself — a headshot, where she looked. . .
Monday, March 19, 2012
Bills to relax marriage registration rules pass Knesset committee
JTA
Two bills that would allow Jewish couples in Israel to be married by Modern Orthodox rabbis in the city of their choice were approved by a Knesset. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
EG Daily
by Seth Menachem
The first time I saw EG I was just starting to train at the Howard Fine Acting Studio. She looked familiar, but I didn’t put it together. . .
Thursday, March 15, 2012
Survivor: Albert Rosa
By Jane Ulman
Albert Rosa spied his older sister Luna across the chain-link fence. He remembered her as beautiful, with big, blue eyes and long, dark hair. Now she. . .
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Garden wedding in Israel
by Michelle Chabin, Contributing Writer
When Miriam Sushman and her then-fiancé, Owen, were planning a summer wedding, they searched for an outdoor venue that would reflect their love of. . .
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Marriage, family pressure and Jewish geography
By Pini Herman
What is the difference between a pit bull and a Jewish Mother? The pit bull eventually lets go.. . .
