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Jewish Groups Mourn the Passing of John Lewis

“At a time when some nefarious forces are stoking division between the Black and Jewish communities, we should look to the model that John Lewis set for us and remember that Black-Jewish unity is the best way to achieve justice for both peoples.”

The Meaning of Memory: A Yizkor Reflection

I grew up in a home filled with food and love and laughter and music and Yiddishkayt and stories. I was the youngest of four kids and we were part of a tribe in Boro Park, Brooklyn, with my uncle Nat’s family living on the floor above us, my uncle Ruby’s family living next door to us, and my grandparents living above them. Nobody ever knocked on the door and nobody ever needed a key, everybody was always barging into everybody else’s home.

Obituaries: Sept. 16-22, 2011

Ethel Baron died Aug. 25 at 90. Survived by daughter Carol; sons Howard, Jack (Rhonda), Mitchell (Miyuki); 3 grandchildren; 3 great-grandchildren. Mount Sinai

Obituaries: Sept. 2-8, 2011

Esther Edith Cohen died Aug. 6 at 89. Survived by daughters Shari (Gary) Effron, Ziva (Larue) Palmer; sons David (Michael) Serkin-Poole, Arnold (Cate); 10 grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren; brother Leon (Joan) Prasow. Mount Sinai

The dark side of Chanukah

It is important to remember that men can never predict how their descendants will act or how their legacy of achievement will be treated

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