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Cleveland kidnappings: We must be our brother’s keeper
The exterior of the house where three women who had disappeared as teenagers approximately ten years ago were found alive on May 7 in Cleveland, Ohio. Photo by Pugliano/Getty Images
7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and you said, “Oh my God.” Most of the hummus recipes…
Palestinians mark Nakba with West Bank protests
Thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank marked the 65th anniversary of the founding of the state of Israel, which they call the “catastrophe,” with marches and protests.
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The Office’s best Jewish moment
Funny music, sad life
On an otherwise unremarkable day in 1938, a chubby but charming student at John Burroughs Junior High in Los Angeles “cracked the code of his comic gift and discovered his…
Filmmakers reveal magician’s secretive world
A British journalist recalls how she once sat down at a cafe with the legendary magician, author, historian, actor and, perhaps, the greatest sleight-of-hand artist on the planet in the documentary…
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7 Rules for Perfect Hummus
When was the last time you opened a tub of hummus and swooned? When was the last time a restaurant put a plate of hummus in front of you, and…
Survivor: Irene Rosenberg
“Mommy, I’ll be right back.” Irene Rosenberg — then Irene Grunfeld — said as she was leaving the apartment of her cousin Mancy Weiss, where she and her mother were…
The Divine Wedding and Kiss - Parashat Naso
“O for your kiss! For your love / More enticing than wine, / For your scent and sweet name – For all this they love you. Take me away to…
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What would my Israeli grandmother think?
When I hear about the latest events in Israel – the air strikes on weapons facilities in Syria, the flare-ups over women donning prayer shawls at the Western Wall –…
A hot topic, a great panel, and chance to learn and discuss—immigration at issue
It's a critical time for immigration reform in this country. Washington is getting set to make major changes, the likes of which haven't been seen since the 1980's under President…
State 194: A Documentary About Palestine
Opening this weekend at Laemmle’s Music Hall 3 is a very hot-button new documentary called State 194, which follows the recent history of Palestine. Many will approach this film with…
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NFTY’s Unintentional lesson
Hundreds of Jewish teens who arrived in Los Angeles on Feb. 15 for the North American Federation of Temple Youth’s (NFTY) biennial convention got a taste of both activism and irony.
If You Have Love, Does Marriage Matter?
One Mother, One Child, One Fear, One Day
Prince Charming is Taking Me To England!
Focus on kids’ character, not grades
Not long ago, psychologist Madeline Levine gave a lecture at a Jewish day school near her home in Marin County, Calif. The topic: "Your Average Child." Nobody showed up.
Kidsave changes lives for orphaned children, adoptive parents
Santiago Brown calls himself a “cashew.” It’s his way of combining the words “Catholic” and “Jew,” to refer to his unusual religious background. He lived in Colombia in a Catholic orphanage until being adopted into a Jewish family a year ago, at the age of 12. His mother, Lori Brown, a graphic artist and Nashuva member, says Santiago has Jewish music on his iPod and tells his friends, “It’s awesome to be Jewish.”
I’m Past All That
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 pies, summers with the grandparents, days spent on Greyhound buses and with dubious caregivers and creepy neighbors. There is just a moment in an adult’s life when the complaining and sad-sacking about how our parents got divorced, or lost custody, or bailed, or otherwise stank up the joint is just kind of pathetic. Let’s face it, that moment had come and gone for me.
‘Where the Wild Things Are’ author Maurice Sendak dies at 83
Maurice Sendak, author and illustrator of the children's book "Where the Wild Things Are," has died.
Baseball and G-d
A Conversation with Brandi Glanville & Jennifer Gimenez
Happy Sweet 16
Does Loud & Greasy = Old?
HOOTERS, children and me being the greatest parent that ever lived…
I LOVE YOU JONAH
The Russian way of educating children.
Dating, Kids, Religion, Sex
Overcoming my homesickness…
Youth Football and the big dilemma
My Hiatus from Online Dating Sadly, and Thankfully, Comes to an End
Kate Winslet’s Fight Against Plastic Surgery
My Teenager Still Needs Me - Thank God
Divorce & the Single Mother
Boys and their animal instincts
My Cynical & Jaded Online Dating Butt Just Got Kicked by a Kid
Mother Love
Boomerang Kids
The Secular Bar Mitzvah
Thrifty Parenting, Part 2, Educating Your Child
Kmart Layaway… Genious
Thrifty Parenting, Part 1
Back to School, Back to Bullying? Break the Cycle at Home
Grandma and My Poor Kitten…
Tooth Fairy money and other useless artifacts of choice…
Its Just Like Riding a Bike! In My Case a Big-Wheeler…
A Mother Who Loves Her Child and a Child Who Loves Her Mother
Are Jews Too Elitist To Accept Gwyneth Paltrow’s Jew-ish Kids?
A Letter to My Neighbors…
Oh Carnival Cruise Line, how I wish you’d step up to the rest of them…
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This week in power: Boycott ban, Beck, Obama, Polygamy
Supermarket Memories…
Summer Rules are not meant to be followed, at least in my house…
Voicemail and My Father’s Outgoing Message…
More Facts, Questions and Things I Will Never Understand or Have Answers To.
Ghosts, Spirits and My Kids’ Wild Imagination…
Vintage Stores and the big Dilemma…
Chivalry is Dead!
Soviet Dentists and My Anxiety…
The laws according to a Super Model, Gisele Bündchen!
With the over-abundance of Synagogues in O.C., I had to pick this one!
Obvious vs. the-Not-So-Obvious!
What’s an Expiration Date?
Jury Duty!
Angelina Jolie’s Tattoos.
Breast is Best - Give me a Break!
Amy Chua a.k.a The Tiger Mother Got It Right!
We got Apples and Oranges and Pears, Oh My!
A Soviet Passover…
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