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rituals
Married . . . at last!
Mierel Verbit
October 26, 2006
I got married for the first time at 50. The groom was 51. Yes, we are both Jewish. We met online.
Just One Shabbat
Amy Klein
March 2, 2006
\”Just one Shabbos and we\’ll all be free,\” religious rocker Mordechai Ben David sang back in the 1980s. Well, for the last decade, one Jewish organization has tried to get people to experience Shabbat at least once a year.
The Greatest Game
Susan Freudenheim
January 12, 2006
We sat at my sister-in-law\’s kitchen table, 11 of us from three generations of my husband\’s family, absorbed by a wicked game of dreidel on the fifth night of Chanukah, howling with abandon and anticipation at each seemingly endless spin. My 10-year-old daughter, the youngest present, was killing us all, amassing huge quantities of chocolate gold.
Chabad Menorahs Gain Acceptance
Chanan Tigay
December 22, 2005
Ten years ago, the American Jewish Congress (AJCongress) sued the city of Beverly Hills to block the local Chabad house from erecting a 27-foot menorah in a public park near City Hall.
‘Tis Never the Season for Chrismukkah
Jane Ulman
December 22, 2005
On Dec. 25, Rod Shapiro and Pat Wong will exchange Christmas and Chanukah gifts spread under a seven-foot Christmas tree. They will listen to carols sung by Johnny Mathis and Chanukah songs by the Klezmatics.
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